[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens, Sun 10/6
On Sunday morning, ten birders joined me for a Cayuga Bird Club group walk around the Cornell Community Gardens on Freese Road. Among all the ~100+ times I've birded at this site in fall, today's outing towers above all the rest in terms of LINCOLN'S SPARROW encounters. In about an hour, we had about 15 sightings, all in the northern half. The average for me per visit is probably about 1! Getting a precise count poses impossible methodological challenges, but from timing and locations, I weakly infer that we didn't have a lot of repeat sightings. I would add that the ratio of Song Sparrow sightings to Lincoln's sightings seemed much lower than usual. So, if pressed, I would guess that there are at least 8-10 Lincoln's Sparrows in there today. And if one makes the eminently reasonable assumption that our sightings comprise only some fraction of the birds actually present, one could conclude that there are dozens!! We also saw one SWAMP SPARROW, a couple of SAVANNAH SPARROWS, a FIELD SPARROW, several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (fine sightings in both the northern half and in the hedgerow at the southern border of the site -- a few sang repeatedly), some WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, several HOUSE SPARROWS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and an INDIGO BUNTING (several more heard). We also enjoyed watching 25+ Turkey Vultures rising from the Cornell compost area to the south, as well as a PILEATED WOODPECKER and Great Blue Heron passing overhead. I am also pleased to report that recent traffic from walkers and at least one truck has greatly facilitated passage through the weedy corridors among the plots. Thanks to all who joined our group! Thank you, Lincoln's Sparrows! Mark Chao -- 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] Black Vulture, Cornell compost
Anne Clark reports a BLACK VULTURE on the piles and then in a tree at the compost on Stevenson Road. She doesn't see it at the moment so it may be airborne but is likely still in the area. Keep an eye out! She also said she would be more than happy to trade vulture info for crow sightings. If you see any tagged crows, whether at the compost or elsewhere, let her or Kevin know. 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] South End 6Oct2013; Montezuma 5Oct2013
After seeing some good waterbird movement on Onondaga Lake yesterday I was hoping to make it to Myers this morning so see what might be moving through in the wake of yesterday's favorable winds. I never made it to Myers, but Andrew Van Norstrand and I did walk around Hog Hole mid-morning to look for Nelson's and anything else we could find. Lots of people were out doing the same, but as far as I know no one was successful finding the sparrow. We did have a MARSH WREN in the northwest corner where one has been for a couple of weeks. The other highlight was several groups of migrating waterfowl: ~50 Green-winged Teal, 54 Northern Pintail, 65 Northern Pintail with four WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS mixed in (!), and a group of 36 BRANT. Stewart Park was quiet, with the highlight being three NORTHERN SHOVELERS (one an interesting transitional male) at the east end, a female LESSER SCAUP, and a male GREATER (I believe) SCAUP flying around with a Green-winged Teal flock. Checklists (with pictures, eventually): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15334517 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15334514 Yesterday before going over to Syracuse for the tern, I spent several hours on Towpath Road at Montezuma. I saw most of what Mark Miller reported (though missed the Ross's Goose), as well a few shorebirds: 1 continuing juvenile HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 2+ Black-bellied Plovers (juveniles), 2+ American Golden-Plovers (juveniles), 1 Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Baird's Sandpipers, increasing numbers of Dunlin, lots of Pectoral Sandpipers, and Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover. Nine Bonaparte's Gulls were out on the flats as well. Checklist (again, pictures to come at some point): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15329829 On the way back down the lake in the evening I checked a few spots for Arctic Terns. No luck with that, but I did have two COMMON TERNS at Harris Park in Cayuga and another Common Tern on the pier at Frontenac Marina. -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Spring-like sounds
I forgot to mention that a RUFFED GROUSE was drumming loudly at the power line cut on Updike Rd yesterday mid- day. Always a surprise to hear them in the fall. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Geo Kloppel geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: Out here on Sorry Hunter Hill (West Danby) our heads were in the clouds through midnight at least, and there was nothing to hear when I went out. But this morning in the spruces I was treated to a long series of songs from a recrudescent Swainson's Thrush. A Ruffed Grouse is drumming too. -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black Vulture, Stewart Ave
Ben Barkley reports: Black Vulture soaring with a kettle of turkey vultures seen from Stewart Ave. bridge to north. Just east of Stewart Park. -- 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] Michigan Hollow birds
Today Ngampit and I spent a couple of hours hiking in Michigan Hollow WMA. Highlights were two WINTER WRENS loudly calling and were seen (separately)! After years I have seen Winter Wrens. In two different flocks of chickadees, there were several RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS, one BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. Also came upon a large flock of AM ROBINS (25+) feeding on wild grapes. I also heard a RUFFED GROUSE drumming! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
