[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca area Saturday 24 Jan 2015 Tufted Duck and Glaucous Gull

[David Nicosia]

Got the TUFTED DUCK on my second trip to south end of Cayuga lake. Tried
and failed Wednesday. Anyway, bird was first seen by the buoy with Mark
Miller and then we lost it for a bit. It reappeared by the docks off rte 89
as seen from Hog Hole. There were plenty of scaup sp and REDHEAD flying
back and forth between the buoy and the docks. My first glimpse revealed a
small bunch of feathers behind the head as the bird looked away from me.
The bird when it was near the buoy was actively diving so the white
contrast between the sides and the black on the back was most obvious. Near
the docks the bird was not diving and I actually saw the tuft along with a
better view of its striking plumage. Both views were rather distant and  I
needed to zoom way in on scope. Earlier in the morning I heard the bird was
closer to shore. I lost the bird again and could not re-located for a
while. It was cold, windy and there was some wave action on the lake. So I
started back and ran into Jeff Gerbacht. We looked by the docks for a bit
and Jeff re-located it near the docks.

After this, I headed to the compost piles on Stevenson Road and  looked at
the gulls. I could not find any Iceland gulls or Thayer's. I have never
seen a Thayer's before so I probably wouldn't know the difference from  an
Iceland!! Anyway, I did not see any bird that looked like an Iceland to me.
I did find the GLAUCOUS GULL that I believe I found on Wednesday from
Stewart park. This also likely is the bird Jay had earlier on Wednesday
from East Shore Park. Anyway, it was very white with pale gray wings.
Pinkish bill with a dark tip. I got some photossee below.  I imagine
this is a 3rd year bird.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/15736190054/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/16357747802/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/16172417719/in/photostream/


Dave Nicosia

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[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck & Pine Siskin

[M Miller]

Spent a lot of time today at Hog Hole (8-11 AM & 1-2 PM). Tufted Duck was 
there, diving frequently, and moving around quite a bit. Usually hanging out 
with a few Scaup. Was fairly close in this morning, further out in the 
afternoon.


Stopped at the Lab of O, not too much there, but did have a Pine Siskin hanging 
around the feeders (along with Chickadees, Juncos, Goldfinches, Titmouse, 
Downy, Hairy, & a White-throated Sparrow. Yesterday  about 4 PM had House 
Finches & a Carolina Wren at the feeders.


Mark






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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club field trip report Jan 24

[Diane Morton]

Thirteen people went out today for a half-day field trip.  After a brief
stop to look for Peregrine Falcon at Bradfield Hall, with no luck, we
headed down to East Shore Park.  Here we saw a variety of waterfowl, though
not in the huge numbers that have recently been seen.  We had good looks at
Common Mergansers and Lesser Scaup close in, and Canvasbacks among the
Redheads.  This turned out to be a good spot for identifying both females
and males of these waterfowl. Common Goldeneye were out a little farther
and Paul also spotted a Common Loon.

We next headed up to Myers Point Marina, where we saw Gadwall, a female
Hooded Merganser, more Lesser Scaup and Black Duck in with the Mallards.
Susan spotted a beautiful Northern Pintail. Groups of Common Goldeneye not
far offshore were doing their head-throw displays which were a lot of fun
to watch.   The water was very calm on this side of the point.  Out at the
spit, it was much windier and cold, but there we saw a group of Tundra
Swans before they took off in flight.  A raft of Redheads was visible North
of Salt Point, but too far away for us to pick through.

>From Myers, we went out to Davis and Mahaney Roads looking for Horned Larks
and Snow Buntings, and were disappointed not to find any, even at Belltown
Dairy.  As we continued to Center Road, Ken saw one Horned Lark; it perched
briefly on a corn stalk for us.  We could hear a few others and saw two
more fly by, but wished that the flock had been larger, and that they had
stuck around long enough for everyone to see.  After our rather
disappointing search for field birds, we went over to Algerine Road for
Wild Turkeys.  At first, it looked like we had struck out here as well, but
there were 7 turkeys far in the back field.

This was the first birding field trip that Ken and I have led. We very much
enjoyed the company of everyone in the group!

Diane Morton & Ken Kemphues

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[cayugabirds-l] GB Heron Myers

[John Greenly]

I was surprised to see a Great Blue Heron at the edge of open water in the 
private marina at Myers this afternoon.  Unfortunately I surprised it, too-  it 
flew off eastward toward Ladoga as I was driving in the marina road.  

John Greenly
Ludlowville
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Finger Lakes airport snowy owl

[Ni Feng]

We saw the snowy owl again today around 3pm, it was still in the field east
of the run way, on a rise visible from Farron Rd.

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Brad Walker 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The SNOWY OWL was continuing at the airport a few hundred meters to the
> east of the runway, on a rise. There was also a ROUGH-LEGGED
> HAWK hanging around.
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Ni (Jenny) Ye Feng
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Bass Laboratory
Cornell University
Dept of Neurobiology and Behavior
Ithaca, NY 14853

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[cayugabirds-l] CORE and PUFIs

[John and Sue Gregoire]

We were about to leave on a Short-eared Owl survey when I looked at the feeders 
and
saw our FOY Common redpolls (2) and Purple Finch (2M1F)! Hope yet for winter 
finches
here.
John
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Burdett,NY 14818-9626
N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492'
 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
"Conserve and Create Habitat"




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[cayugabirds-l] Another Hawk Tale

[Ellen Haith]

Shortly after noon, a juvenile Sharpie took a couple of runs through our
small back yard, doubtless trying to catch an unaware bird at or near the
feeders. No luck this time, but I'm intrigued at and delighted by the
recent raptor activity! Perhaps it's due to the loss of several outdoor
cats within the last couple of years?

We also have a resident rabbit, and last weekend the dogs surprised a
'possum scrounging under the feeders when they exited the kitchen door.
Luckily the interloper decided to do what they do best - play 'possum - and
the dogs were so unnerved that they didn't touch him/her! It was a first
for me, too, though I had decided that such a beast was responsible for the
depredation and near-destruction of the suet feeder. I think I have his/her
measure now, though, with feeders moved away from easy access.

Astonishing activity in what is truly a SMALL back yard!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues visble near Hog Hole from Allan H Treman State Marine Park

[david nicosia]

Any updates on TUDU would be appreciated on this listserve or  cayuga rba. 
Heading up for attempt number two!

Thanks.  

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android


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[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues visble near Hog Hole from Allan H Treman State Marine Park

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

?I should say I was lucky, finally I got to see the Tufted duck in few glimpses 
before it every time dived to eat something!  Initially, I scanned the flocks 
but no luck.  Joe Wing was standing nearby so I went to ask him if he had  seen 
it recently. Then both of us almost simultaneously saw the bird dive in again. 
It was very active and stayed above the water for a brief period.


As we were packing up and heading back, a new comer to the basin showed up and 
was interested in seeing the duck, but was without a scope and it would have 
been impossible to see without one. I have some plans for visiting Syracuse so 
I could not wait any longer, but Joe kindly offered to stay back and use his 
scope to relocate the bird. Thanks Joe for being helpful and I hope you could 
relocate the bird!  I know when I was without a scope how hard it was to find 
the birds while others with scope could see three different scoters together in 
one scope view.


Cheers

Meena



Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:08 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues near Allan H Treman State Marine 
Park

Having missed the Tufted Duck yesterday around sunset, unaware that nearby 
birders out of my view were watching it, I was back at dawn and soon refound 
the TUFTED DUCK in the flock of REDHEADS and LESSER SCAUP along the lakeshore 
of Treman, often close to the ice edge, sometimes out toward the piling cluster 
or the red lighthouse. It favors the Lesser Scaup. It was still there when I 
left about 9am.

--Dave Nutter

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[cayugabirds-l] Tufted Duck continues near Allan H Treman State Marine Park

[Dave Nutter]

Having missed the Tufted Duck yesterday around sunset, unaware that nearby 
birders out of my view were watching it, I was back at dawn and soon refound 
the TUFTED DUCK in the flock of REDHEADS and LESSER SCAUP along the lakeshore 
of Treman, often close to the ice edge, sometimes out toward the piling cluster 
or the red lighthouse. It favors the Lesser Scaup. It was still there when I 
left about 9am.

--Dave Nutter
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