[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns at Stewart Park
There were 6 Black Terns at Stewart Park this morning. They were far to the north, visible through a scope but not with binoculars. Other highlights included a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron, 3 flyby Semipalmated Sandpipers, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Complete list here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19503933 Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.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] Montezuma Muckrace Sept. 12-13
It is time to register for the 18th Annual Montezuma Muckrace. The Muckrace, organized by the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, is a 24-hour birding competition scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 12th and 13th. That’s one week later than usual to avoid the busy Labor Day and back-to-school week. The registration deadline is August 28, if you want to get t-shirts and have your team name on them. Go to http://friendsofmontezuma.org/muck_race.html for the registration forms. You can pay the registration fee with the Donate button using no team specified, then send the information requested on the form to whims...@gmail.com. Remember, this year we have a new photo category where the team with the most species photos takes the prize. Don't forget about the low-carbon (no vehicles used), youth, and family categories. See you there! Chris Lajewski Director Montezuma Audubon Center -- 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] Hummingbird
I have a new bird coming to the jelly feeder. It's the RTH Hummingbird. While I've seen it hovering around the feeder, I wasn't sure why. Today I saw it lick the grape jelly! It's not a surprise since it's a sweet treat, but the fact that it tried it surprised me. Did it get the idea from watching the other birds? I originally thought it might be going after small bugs, but today it went right to the jelly. I still have male Orioles coming to the feeder, as well as a young Catbird. Unfortunately, the English House Sparrows and House Finches hog most of the jelly. It's been interesting to watch the House Sparrows and Starlings get suet from the upside down feeder that's meant for birds that can cling upside down. They get below the feeder, fly up, and grab the bars. They can cling for a short while. They manage to knock off enough suet and seed to the ground for them to eat. Sent from my iPad -- 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] Fight!
Wow! I just watched a fight between the Male Oriole and male English Sparrow on my jelly feeder. They kept trying to bite or peck each other. The Sparrow was the aggressor. Mr. Oriole did a bit of chirping at him. The Oriole won and the Sparrow left. He got a few moments to eat in peace. Very cool to watch the behavior. Sent from my iPad -- 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] Mundy Lunch walk
Hi all, I took my lunch walk today in the afternoon. I came across a small group of migrants at different places. Migrants consisted of Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on Sambucus berries and there was a warbler which kept chipping almost sounded like Yellow-rumps chip but I could not locate the bird. A little further I came across a chickadee flock which consisted of two Black and white warblers, one Pine Warbler and one Blue-winged Warbler along with WB nuthatches, Eastern wood Peewee and a flicker. Again I saw three Giant swallowtails, they seemed quite good specimens and they looked awesome in their flight. As Alicia put it the other day in an email, it seems the swallowtails are becoming more common than Monarch butterflies. So far I am yet to see one in Mundy Wildflower Garden in last couple of months. I think I saw one at the beginning of the season and that is it. Has anyone lately seen one? Are neonicotinoods the real culprits or something else is also changing? Yesterday in my garden every step I took 5 to 6 grasshoppers of three kinds took to air. I even saw and photographed a Tule Bluet catch a plant hopper and eat it right in front of my eyes! There was also a young female Eastern Forktail trying to catch some insects. There is an Argiope aurantia's web in my garden, which had a neatly bundled young grasshopper. Cheers Meena -- 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] Mundy Lunch walk
Meena. It is not neonictinoids that are implicated in decline in monarchs. It is glyphosates as applied to round up ready crops, wholesale and broadly, with no regard to elimination of important field plants. In particular milkweed. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I took my lunch walk today in the afternoon. I came across a small group of migrants at different places. Migrants consisted of Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeding on Sambucus berries and there was a warbler which kept chipping almost sounded like Yellow-rumps chip but I could not locate the bird. A little further I came across a chickadee flock which consisted of two Black and white warblers, one Pine Warbler and one Blue-winged Warbler along with WB nuthatches, Eastern wood Peewee and a flicker. Again I saw three Giant swallowtails, they seemed quite good specimens and they looked awesome in their flight. As Alicia put it the other day in an email, it seems the swallowtails are becoming more common than Monarch butterflies. So far I am yet to see one in Mundy Wildflower Garden in last couple of months. I think I saw one at the beginning of the season and that is it. Has anyone lately seen one? Are neonicotinoods the real culprits or something else is also changing? Yesterday in my garden every step I took 5 to 6 grasshoppers of three kinds took to air. I even saw and photographed a Tule Bluet catch a plant hopper and eat it right in front of my eyes! There was also a young female Eastern Forktail trying to catch some insects. There is an Argiope aurantia’s web in my garden, which had a neatly bundled young grasshopper. Cheers Meena -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 18, 2014 * NYSY 08. 18. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 28, 2013 - August 18, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled: August 11 AT 7:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #406 Monday August 18, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 28, 2014 Highlights: --- BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER LAUGHING GULL BLACK TERN SNOWY OWL COMMON NIGHTHAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER SEDGE WREN Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 8/14: At Knox-Marsellus from East Road 8 BLACL-BELLIED PLOVERS, 12 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, 24 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 30 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 58 STILT SANDPIPERS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and 10 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS were counted. Along the Wildlife Drive a SEDGE WREN was seen and heard. 8/17: At Knox-Marsellus AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were added to the shorebird list. The Sedge Wren was not relocated on the Wildlife Trail. Onondaga County 8/11: The SNOWY OWL is still being seen the Rt.31 shopping plaza near Rt.481. It was located again on 8/18. 8/12: an adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was located on Marble Island on the Seneca River in Baldwinsville. It was seen again on the 13th. and the 15th. 8/15: An adult and a juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen along the creekwalk just south of Spencer Street in Syracuse in Onondaga Creek. 8/17: The seasons first COMMON NIGHTHAWK was spotted near the Bald Eagle nest at Three Rivers WMA north of Baldwinsville. Oswego County 8/13: A LAUGHING GULL was seen going past the overlook at Derby Hill. Cayuga County 8/11: An adult and a juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen at West Barrier Beach at Fair Haven. On the 15th. 2 adults and 2 juveniles were spotted. Madison County 8/14: A BLACK TERN was seen at Woodman Pond. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] banded Caspian Tern
I have gotten banding information back on the Caspian Tern that I encountered on August 7th on Summmerville Pier. It is six years old. It was banded by Laura Sommers of the DEC on June 23, 2008 as a bird too young to fly on Little Galloo Island in Lake Ontario, 10 miles west of Henderson Harbor, Jefferson County. Pat Martin emartin...@earthlink.net -- 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] Night flight calls
There are lots of birds migrating now but the traffic noise from my house is obnoxious. I heard several cheeps and zeeps and possibly a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in about 15 minutes. I need to do something about this traffic noise. There are some couple of Catocala pseices of moths at my moth sheet! May be later in the middle of the night I will try to listen. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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] Young bird
We saw this little bird in our garden tonight - a young bird who wasn't sure what to do and eventually flew to a tree where a parent was waiting. They both then flew so we never got a gook look at the parent. Can someone help us ID this bird, please? I should know this but don't. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttqxtki3qfwwvg9/DSCN0424.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/50emgvq8evefli3/DSCN0426.jpg Thanks. MJ __ Mary Jane Thomas mjb...@jt-mj.net -- 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] Young bird
That's a juvenile Chipping Sparrow. Kevin -Original Message- From: bounce-117744294-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-117744294-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mary Jane Thomas Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:10 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Young bird We saw this little bird in our garden tonight - a young bird who wasn't sure what to do and eventually flew to a tree where a parent was waiting. They both then flew so we never got a gook look at the parent. Can someone help us ID this bird, please? I should know this but don't. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttqxtki3qfwwvg9/DSCN0424.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/50emgvq8evefli3/DSCN0426.jpg Thanks. MJ __ Mary Jane Thomas mjb...@jt-mj.net -- 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] Young bird
My guess is song sparrow.Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App-Original Message-From: mjb...@jt-mj.netTo: CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.eduCc: Sent: 2014-08-18 22:10:56 GMTSubject: [cayugabirds-l] Young birdWe saw this little bird in our garden tonight - a young bird who wasn't sure what to do and eventually flew to a tree where a parent was waiting. They both then flew so we never got a gook look at the parent. Can someone help us ID this bird, please? I should know this but don't.https://www.dropbox.com/s/ttqxtki3qfwwvg9/DSCN0424.jpghttps://www.dropbox.com/s/50emgvq8evefli3/DSCN0426.jpgThanks.MJ__Mary Jane Thomasmjb...@jt-mj.net--Cayugabirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htmARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.htmlPlease 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! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Night flight calls
Betwee 12 and 12:30 I had a fairly steady flight but the birds were very high up and calls were faint- I counted 22 VEERY, 11 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, 1 CANADA WARBLER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and about 20 unidentified warbler notes. Overall not too different from what Chris T-H heard last night. Oh, and one clear gurgle call from a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: There are lots of birds migrating now but the traffic noise from my house is obnoxious. I heard several cheeps and zeeps and possibly a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in about 15 minutes. I need to do something about this traffic noise. There are some couple of Catocala pseices of moths at my moth sheet! May be later in the middle of the night I will try to listen. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
