Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Jerry Lazarczyk
Thank you for letting us all know. Pink-footed Goose comes to mind when I remember last seeing Jerry...or was it a Chat. Suddenly, he was just where the bird was! For me, the serendipity of seeing friends when on the birding trail more than doubles the joy. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad On Jul 19, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu wrote: This was posted to several other area eLists. Sharing this sad news with those on Cayugabirds-L who may not have received this message. From: Thomas O'Donnell tmodonn...@roadrunner.com Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jerry Lazarczyk Date: July 19, 2014 9:14:39 PM EDT To: geneseebirds-l geneseebird...@geneseo.edu, HM Birds hmbi...@yahoogroups.com, osbirds osbi...@yahoogroups.com, Oneida Birds oneidabi...@yahoogroups.com, NNY Birds northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com, NYSBirds listserve nysbird...@cornell.edu Reply-To: Thomas O'Donnell tmodonn...@roadrunner.com As Jerry was well known to birders across New York, I am posting this to several of the birding lists. Please forward as appropriate. With sadness, I report that Buffalo birder and BOS member Jerry Lazarczyk passed away last week. Jerry was a member and officer of several local nature organizations and also active with the New York State Ornithological Association. He was known by many birders across the State and Region from his frequent trips to observe birds. Services will be on August 2, 2014 at noon from the Kaiser Funeral Home 1950 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island, NY 14072 Thomas M. O’Donnell, President Buffalo Ornithological Society Niagara Falls, New York tmodonn...@roadrunner.com -- NYSbirds-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! -- -- 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! -- -- 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] Least Bitterns at Catharine Creek Marsh
Thanks for the report Matt. nesting Least and American Bitterns are two of the specialties at Queen Catharine Marsh with at least 4 pair of the former and three of the latter breeding. They've been there since the IBA was granted many years back. The lack of waterbirds is somewhat surprising but QCM has never been a hot spot. HAd you stayed a bit later you would have heard Sora and masses of Great Blue leaving for roost. There had been many Canadas there as well. The two highlights this year. After two years of trying our Sandhill pair produced two young this year. Secondly, the lower Seneca Lake Bald Eagles decided to nest this year and produced at least one eaglet. QCM is also a Bird Conservation Area and a Critical Environmental Area. Rock Cabin Road is also noted for a few butterfly species not found elsewhere in the area such as the Snout and Hackberry Emperor. It always amazes that with this beautiful asset in our back yard, Schuyler County ignores it and pushes Nascar and wine instead of all the natural assets which are abundant. Heck, WSKG even named its local repeater WINO! ;-) John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat On Sat, July 19, 2014 21:25, Matthew Medler wrote: Hi All, In the I can't believe I've never been there category, I visited Catharine Marsh in Watkins Glen for the first time today (19 July 2014). It's a beautiful marsh, and despite the late date and hour, my visit was quite productive. I birded from Rock Cabin Road, along the eastern edge of the marsh, stopping regularly along the road, and then spent a good 30 minutes at the small observation tower near the south end of the marsh. The undisputed highlight of the visit was seeing not one, but two LEAST BITTERNS from the observation tower (with the help of my scope). There was also a GREEN HERON and 12+ GREAT BLUE HERONS in this area, and a VIRGINIA RAIL called once fairly close to the tower. The sheer number of singing SWAMP SPARROWS was quite impressive for this date, and singing MARSH WRENS also put in a good showing, especially near the platform. The only disappointment from my visit was the complete lack of any waterbirds visible on the open water in the marsh. I literally did not see a single duck, grebe, cormorant, gallinule, or even goose! With all of the reports of young waterbirds from Montezuma, I thoughts I would see some waterbirds at Catharine Marsh. Maybe next time... My complete eBird checklist is below. Good birding, Matt Medler Ithaca Catharine Creek Marsh--Rock Cabin Rd., Schuyler, US-NY Jul 19, 2014 10:30 AM - 12:27 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.2 mile(s) Comments: Overcast, calm, 70°F. Stops every 0.1 mi. All totals are best attempts at careful counts, except where noted. Scope used to scan marsh when possible. br /Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.7.1 43 species Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) 2 First individual seen in flight in scope for 15+ seconds before it settled back into cattails. Second individual seen perched on edge of cattails for ~1 min. Both seen on far (west) side of marsh from platform. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 25 12+ from observation tower. Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2 I saw one lone individual three different times; am confident of at least two different individuals. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5 Soaring distantly over ridge to west Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 Adult perched on small shrubby vegetation just a few feet above water. Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) 1 One kiddick series after being on tower 30+ minutes. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus) 3 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 5 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 6 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 3 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 1 Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 2 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 9 Carefully counted, one individual at a time. Most numerous (or easily detectable) from observation tower, where 4+ individuals singing. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 2 American Robin
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Juvenile Sharp-shins
I think a Sharp-shinned Hawk would be not just naive but really stupid to go after prey as large as a Gray Squirrel. So I looked closely at your photos. They have fine (not coarse) brown streaking below, and even though the tail of the perched bird appears square, you can see all the ends of the tail feathers such that each successively outer pair is significantly shorter. That tail when spread would look quite bowed out in the middle. I think you've got Cooper's Hawks.--Dave NutterOn Jul 19, 2014, at 01:26 PM, Richard Maxwell rwm...@gmail.com wrote:We have had 4 juvenile sharp-shinned hawks frequenting our yard for several days now. We had an identified nest a couple years ago that also had four offspring. No awareness of the nest this year. I have gotten many nice pictures. This morning they were trying to figure out how to catcha squirrel, unsuccessfully so far. We are close to the lab at 34 Turkey Hill Rd. and would welcome anyone interested. Max and Eileen--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to 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! --
[cayugabirds-l] Great Shearwater - bad news
With sadness I have to report the Great Shearwater did not survive. I think plans are for it to go to the American Museum of Natural History. Dave W. -- 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] turkeys
We were just coming up Giles St, and at the intersection with State/MLK (2 houses south) was a family of turkeys! Since they were gathered underneath a tree, I at first thought they were statues, so I had Larry back up. Sure enough 2 adults and 7 young: (is that considered a 'flock'?), but they were headed down the hill and most likely from whence they came--to Van Nattis Dam area. I've never seen turkeys in city limit before! -- Sara Jane Hymes -- 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 on Stevenson, Clay-colored Sparrow still on campus
At 2:30 today I was just finishing up an hour crow watch at the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road when I noticed that an incoming vulture was a BLACK VULTURE: short tail, flat and broad wings, and white patches in the primaries. It then landed in the big lone snag, with 8 Turkey Vultures. It was easily visible from Stevenson Road. Nothing else of note in the compost. The ponds have been drained enough that little shorebird habitat remains. 2 Killdeer were the shorebird total today. Earlier around noon I went to Cornell campus to see if I could find the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW that everyone else saw in the spring. I found it in the trees on the south side of Goldwyn-Smith, between there and Stimson Hall. It sang softly a few times and I was able to get a good look. Neither it nor the Chipping Sparrow in the same area seemed to be feeding young. But, the Chipping Sparrow family just to the north was feeding a fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird. I saw 13 bird species on the Arts Quad, including a fly-over pair of calling MERLINS. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Instructor Home Study Course in Bird Biology Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birds Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses and learn about our comprehensive Home Study Course in Bird Biology, our online course Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birdshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/courtship/, our Be A Better Birder tutorialshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/tutorial/, and our series of webinarshttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/webinars/. Purchase the webinars herehttp://store.birds.cornell.edu/category_s/55.htm. -- 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/ --
