[cayugabirds-l] Nest box trails report

[Robyn Bailey]

Hi all.   Wow, we got all the boxes up at Salt Point and 10 of the bluebird 
boxes at the Lansing Center Trail.  That is amazing!  So...if anyone wants to 
come back in the morning to help put up the last 5 bluebird boxes and possibly 
the screech owl box on the Short Line Spur, we are meeting again at 9 
am.

Something amazing happened at Salt Point as we were packing up to leave...I 
spotted several male bluebirds sitting on top of the bluebird boxes and looking 
in the holes  Lots of bluebirds were in the field. I have never seen a 
bluebird at Salt Point before.  It's incredible!

Thanks again to everyone who came!
Robyn Bailey


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[cayugabirds-l] Moral & ethical birding at Montezuma

[M Miller]

Following the thread about spooking birds, I would also like to ask birders to 
follow the traffic laws when on a Federal Wildlife Refuge. As I left the Ibises 
at Benning about 8:30 AM, another vehicle began to follow me out, only to turn 
around and drive the wrong way back to Benning Marsh so that he could take 
photos from the driver side of his car (while facing the oncoming traffic). 
It’s behavior like this that results in more restrictions and areas being 
closed to all visitors.

 

Besides for the Ibises, a large variety of ducks are present along the wildlife 
drive (most in the cattails of the main pool). A very large number of Rusty & 
RW Blackbirds are around South Spring Pool as well as numerous YR Warblers.

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park 1:30pm

[Judith W. Jones]

Male wood ducks - 10 in the lagoon, and in the swan pen a juvenile green 
heron and small flock of yellow rump warblers.


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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Brant

[bob mcguire]

As of a half hour ago there was a flock of some 150 BRANT a few hundred yards 
offshore at Stewart Park. Stu, Judy, and I also followed a group of 15 Dunlin 
as they coursed back and forth between the lighthouses, sometimes nearly 
alighting ON TOP of the swimming Brant! They eventually came to rest on the Red 
Lighthouse concrete base.

Bob McGuire

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Ibis flew west

[Dave Nutter]

There are plenty of people with giant lenses who know how to be subtle, so I don't think equipment envy is the issue. Gary is a fine observer, photographer, and outdoorsman who knows how to approach wildlife. The issue, I think, is awareness of how to act so as not to spook the birds, especially rare birds which others are watching, too. Using a big lens out a car window, as I saw people doing Thursday, worked well, but a couple of people getting out of their car and walking for a closer view or photo scared the Ibises away from 6 cars of other observers, but fortunately the birds only flew a short distance that time. I suspect that disrupting the profile of the vehicle by standing through the sun-roof, and not even being gentle about the movements with lens and sandbag, were the triggers. The Ibises seemed tame because they were so close to the road, but that doesn't mean they will tolerate people getting even partially out of cars so close.--Dave NutterOn Oct 19, 2013, at 10:33 AM, John Cancalosi  wrote:As a photographer that has followed this list for sometime, I am grateful that the inappropriate actions of my fraternity are regularly highlighted by certain members of the birdwatching community. Although I wasn't the photographer mentioned in the post, I always welcome these opportunities to be reminded of the shaky moral ground upon which I and all photographers stand. The present entry leaves me realizing the ever-present need to reset my moral compass in order to meet the exacting standards of those who are the true shining beacons of propriety as far as conduct in the outdoors goes. I would however point out that the present commentator seems to exhibit a certain degree of "equipment envy", which may have influenced his judgement.  Submitted with all due respects and abundant humility.On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Gary Kohlenberg  wrote:As I was studying the two Ibis at Benning Marsh around 6:15pm a photographer arrived, wiggled his bulk up through the sunroof of the van, slapped down a sandbag , hauled up his giant lens and managed to spook the Ibis away to the west. I didn't see them again , but maybe they will be back in the morning after an evening cruise. I hope.  Gary--  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:Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird!--
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Ibis flew west

[John Cancalosi]

As a photographer that has followed this list for sometime, I am grateful
that the inappropriate actions of my fraternity are regularly highlighted
by certain members of the birdwatching community. Although I wasn't the
photographer mentioned in the post, I always welcome these opportunities to
be reminded of the shaky moral ground upon which I and all photographers
stand. The present entry leaves me realizing the ever-present need to reset
my moral compass in order to meet the exacting standards of those who are
the true shining beacons of propriety as far as conduct in the outdoors
goes. I would however point out that the present commentator seems to
exhibit a certain degree of "equipment envy", which may have influenced his
judgement.  Submitted with all due respects and abundant humility.


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Gary Kohlenberg  wrote:

> As I was studying the two Ibis at Benning Marsh around 6:15pm a
> photographer arrived, wiggled his bulk up through the sunroof of the van,
> slapped down a sandbag , hauled up his giant lens and managed to spook the
> Ibis away to the west. I didn't see them again , but maybe they will be
> back in the morning after an evening cruise. I hope.
>
> Gary
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