[cayugabirds-l] Trip up the lake on 5/27
Susie I headed north yesterday from Brooktondale. She needed an ORCHARD ORIOLE for her list, and we found 3 at Salt Point (Cayuga Lake); 2 singing males (one very close) and a quick view of a female. Some dark birds off the Aurora boathouse induced us to stop. Among some GULLS were 3 COMMON LOONS, one in juvenile plumage. Another COMMON LOON was fishing by itself, and 2 more COMMON LOONS, to the north, were being followed about by 30 juvenile D.-C. CORMORANTS. With the exception of the juvenile, the other 5 loons were adults with a plumage we had not seen before. The heads were mostly black with white spots here and there, the back was mostly dark, and the neck ring was visible, but faint. I checked my sources and found that C. loons undergo a partial molt in late winter to the typical adult plumage; these 5 were not all the way there yet. Presumably they will continue north, maybe to breed, although it seems late for that this year. We saw the masses of small shorebirds at the Montezuma Main Pool, identified them, but declined to count them. We did not see any short-billed sandpipers, however. They would clearly have been a life bird for both of us. Then we checked Carncross Rd. where 2 adult and 2 CHICK SANDHILL CRANES continue. The chicks appeared, from a distance, to look like yellow, fuzzy soccer balls. S. S. Fast -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstone again
Yet another RUDDY TURNSTONE landed on the spit at Myers Point a few minutes ago. Not too much else other than baby mergansers (Common and Hooded), but Chris Wood had a Forster's Tern a few minutes before we arrived. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Vireos along EIR
Hi all, Today on the way to work, I heard two singing Yellow-throated Vireos, one was in Strawberry Circle housing complex and the second was in Hawthorn Orchard. Otherwise Hawthorn was very quiet. Meena Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Large flock ofBlack-bellied Plovers, Wilson's phalarope Montezuma NWR Knox-Marsellus Puddler Marshes3
Hi Everybody, Thank you for all your shorebird and other bird reports. They really are helpful. After reading your emails about our newly acquired area along Route 90, north and south of the Thruway, we decided to stick with the already established name of Kipp Island rather than Cayuga or Jackson. Thanks again, Linda Chorba Ziemba Wildlife Biologist Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge 3395 US Route 20 East Seneca Falls, NY 13148-9423 Phone: 315-568-5987 ext. 225 Fax: 315-568-8835 On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Michael and Joann Tetlow mjtet...@frontiernet.net wrote: We spent quite some time searching through the huge numbers of Dunlin, Semi-palmated Plovers and Peep at the Main Pool and the so called Kipp Island field.(The refuge people call that Jackson South.) The only highlights were 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Black-bellied Plover and 1 Ruddy Turnstone flushed by a beautiful adult Peregrine Falcon on the main pool. We had no luck finding the Ibis or the previously reported Phalarope. We decided to check Knox-Marcellus for ducks and found the only shorebird in the NW corner and it was a Wilson's Phalarope. A few minutes later (around 4pm) a large flock of Black-bellied Plovers totaling at least 110 approached from the South, circled the marsh for a few minutes and continued off to the North. A beautiful flock of black and white birds in perfect sunlight. Mike and Joann Tetlow -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 281 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstone again
The Ruddy Turnstone was still there at 10:00 along with a couple of Killdeer. There were also lots of swallows again--Bank, Barn, Tree, and Rough-winged. From the point looking up the creek, there's a tree with no leaves, and some swallows were perching in the upper branches. There were a pair of PURPLE MARTINS perched on a branch just below where the swallows were coming and going. I didn't see any terns, unusual gulls, or baby mergansers, but there were lots of baby geese. I stayed in the rain for awhile hoping something new would drop in, but nothing did. Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SPECIAL Tuesday Night Seminar
Hi everyone, I wanted to post a reminder about this special Tuesday Night Seminar with Mark Avery this evening at 7:30 at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It's sure to be thought-provoking and provide some interesting perspectives from Mark's experience at RSPB. Please join us for the final Monday Night Seminar of the semester on TUESDAY, May 28th, at 7:30pm in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Visitor Center auditorium. Dr. Mark Avery presents: How to Do Bird Conservation the UK Way: The role of science Mark Avery is the former Conservation Director for the Royal Society fro the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and wildlife blogger for the The Independent newspaper. Mark Avery spent 25 years working for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in the UK–an organization with more than 1.1 million paying members. As Conservation Director for more than a decade, he led conservation actions: lobbying the UK government; carrying out species reintroductions; providing outreach to farmers; buying land for nature reserves. Dr. Avery will discuss how much of this success came down to science and how much to luck or politics. Mark's charismatic personality and insightful perspective on bird conservation from across the pond, ensures this will be an exciting finish to the Spring semester seminar series. The seminar is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:00 and will close when the auditorium reaches capacity. For more information visit: www.birds.cornell.edu/mns Cheers, Chris Christopher Wood eBird Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://ebird.org http://birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cobbs: Bicknell's Thrush?
This afternoon I saw a warmish-brown version of a Gray-cheeked Thrush (not a Swainson's because there was not a prominent eye-ring nor a buffy face) in Washington Grove at Cobbs Hill Park. It did not sing but I watched as it called. At home, admittedly several hours later, I had my husband play both Bicknell's and Gray-cheeked calls without telling me which he was playing. I picked Bicknell's as the one I had heard. I am not familiar with the Gray-cheeked call and had not previously played these recordings, which I found online from Cornell's library of sounds. The calls, to my ear, are admittedly very similar, so I may have just been lucky. The bird was near the center of the woods. I've posted to Cayugabirds in case anyone from Cornell has comments. Cobbs Hill Park is in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe. Pat Martin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
