[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow

[Donna Lee Scott]

Beautiful FOX SPARROW (FOY) eating bird seed on ground under Spruce tree in my 
front yard near dusk this evening, along with 7 female N. CARDINALS & at least 
4 male Cardinals, a SONG SPARROW, a few D.E. JUNCOS, 6 male RED-WINGED 
BLACKBIRDS.

Several SNOW GEESE flocks seen earlier on walk down road, all flying north or 
towards Cayuga Lake.

Donna Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Osprey

[Ann Mitchell]

I headed up the lake this afternoon to see the thousands of Snow Geese Bob 
mentioned. It was quite a sight! I did see one Osprey near May's Point hovering 
over a stream where there were a number of Great Blue Herons. 
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[cayugabirds-l] swans

[Susan Fast]

 I'm not aware of any migrating swan reports, so will add that a fine-looking 
Vee of 38 TUNDRA SWANS flew over my house about 1100 this morning.  I don't 
usually see groups this large.
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[cayugabirds-l] Chipping sparrows: Union Springs

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

On Wed. 25 Mar. 2015 Becky Sewell, my daughter, saw 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS 
under her feeders. She is 3.5 mi. east of Union Springs, inside "the 
Basin" & has far more varieties of feeder birds than I do.

I've had a SONG SPARROW under my feeders since 26 Mar.. I saw one on 18 
Jan. but didn't try to keep track of it or other birds because of high 
winds/weather/snow, etc.. A Bluebird was checking out my bird boxes on 
the 26th.

On 23 Mar. when I went to look at the Snowy owl between Aurora & King 
Ferry, I looked at the new BALD EAGLE nest by the creek at the south 
edge of Aurora at the corner of Rte. 90 & Poplar Ridge Rd. & saw the 
white head sticking up. The nest at Great Gully farm is too far away for 
me to see with binox.

Seems that part of our resident Turkey Vultures have returned. Saw the 
1st ones on 24 Mar.. Still don't know where they roost. Also on the 24th 
I found a Canada goose with a large white "elongated cap" atop its head 
& the chin strap was shorter & more narrow than normal. Got Becky & she 
took pix & posted them on her Facebook page.

Becky has, for over a wk., seen & taken pictures of a male RED-NECKED 
GREBE on Mill Pond here in Union Springs. I saw it today now that the 
vast numbers of Canadas weren't there. A COOT joined the Mallards, 
Buffles & Redheads today. Pond outlets along Frontenac Park have many 
swans, ducks & geese. Lake ice is still down to Farley's but with the 
thaw & rain, water is now atop the ice.

Snows & Canadas were late getting into the air today. Finally about 11 
a.m. great flocks of them headed out to feed & at 4 p.m. I saw many in 
fields east of us. Seems most any farm fields east of Rte. 90 between 
King Ferry & Mud Lock, as well as all over MNWR lands, people can find 
geese. Also saw many in fields going down 89. Snows are still here in 
great nos..

No ospreys here in Union Springs, yet, that I've seen.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowgeese

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Just had a large flock of Snowgeese fly over-going south.  I don't regularly 
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[cayugabirds-l] Chipping/Fox Sparrow

[Sara Jane Hymes]

Larry called me to our bay window to quickly look at a CHIPPING SPARROW.  As I 
was grabbing my bins to look--but in the opposite direction--I spotted a FOX 
SPARROW!!  In the meantime the rest of the birds were flushed, and I have been 
waiting for the chipper to come back, so I could see it for myself and get a 
more accurate ID.  (Larry is fairly confident that it was a Chipper.)  In 
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[cayugabirds-l] redpoll, at last!

[Marty Schlabach]

One, lone REDPOLL showed up today at our niger seed feeder.  Finally!
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[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park today

[Dave Bulatek & Teresa Wagner Bulatek]

About 1pm, north of the footbridge between the park and the golf course, we saw 
about 8 Bufflehead, along with one pair of Hooded Mergansers, and one pair of 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow

[Linda Orkin]

There is often a Field Sparrow or two at the Lab of O feeders during
migration also.not saying now though.

Linda Orkin

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2 snowy owls

[Linda Orkin]

I'm just realizing that I don't think I have ever seen a Snowy Owl in
flight.  Cool Colleen.

Linda

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[cayugabirds-l] 2 snowy owls

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Sorry for the late post -  life is a whirlwind these days. Sitting in a 
friend's house at the corner of County Rte. 139/130 yesterday about 4 pm - 2 
mostly white Snowy Owls criss-crossed the nearby field for about 15 minutes 
then disappeared in separate directions (WNW and due N). They never reappeared. 
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[cayugabirds-l] Field Sparrow

[Scott Haber]

An early Field Sparrow was at our feeder in the Village of Lansing just
now.

Although it's not typically a species I think of as a feeder visitor, we
had one here (on the same feeder even) in April of 2013.

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[cayugabirds-l] eastern phoebe

[Kenneth J. Kemphues]

Spotted an Eastern Phoebe on Dodge Road in trees just south of the stream 
crossing about noon today  (playing hooky from work).

Ken

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe; gulls

[Jay McGowan]

In addition to the two continuing Wilson's Snipe, the compost piles on
Stevenson Road were very good for gulls this morning. Two ADULT GLAUCOUS
GULLS, one 1ST CYCLE and one ADULT ICELAND GULL, and two ADULT LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were among the birds sitting in the fields around the
piles, all visible from Stevenson. A probable 1st cycle THAYER'S GULL was
photographed by Tim Lenz at the same spot yesterday, but I was unable to
refind it this morning. The two Lesser Black-backed were also different
birds than the two I saw there yesterday.

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlarks

[bob mcguire]

I had two Eastern Meadowlarks singing along Burdick Hill Road around 9 am this 
morning. One perched high in tree. The other I could not see. South side of the 
road, about one third of the way down the road from Triphammer Rd.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese where abouts

[bob mcguire]

Last Wednesday there were several hundred Snow Geese in the cut-over corn field 
along Rt 31. North side of the road. West of the Potato Building. The field was 
still snow-covered and frozen, but I would expect there to be many more geese 
there by this weekend.

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[cayugabirds-l] Wilson's Snipe

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A snipe is just east of a white farmhouse in a wet area on Stevenson Road. A 
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[cayugabirds-l] Some of you may be interested in theseCornell plantations workshops

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

To enhance habitat for native birds and other species,  some of the workshops 
might be of interest to you.

http://www.ssreg.com/cornellplantations/classes/results.asp?cID=83531

Meena


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese where abouts

[Susan P. Specter]

Posted to the list would be much appreciated!


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[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese where abouts

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,
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if someone is seeing birds could you post locations to the list or call me at 
6072298710.

Thanks in advance.
Meena

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Hi Lauren,
As Marie noted sometimes this behavior is by small groups. I 
watched a group of four Killdeer doing this display on a visit to Myer’s 
several years ago. It was the most unusual thing to see these birds do what 
amounted to a Killdeer version of a square dance calling like crazy. Very 
competitive for them probably and amazing for me.
Killdeer are really starting to peak now. I had 11 birds at one 
stationary count last night and I seem to hear them at every stop. Thanks for 
posting your observation and reminding me of the thrill I had seeing this 
behavior.

Gary

From: bounce-118987670-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118987670-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 5:45 AM
To: Marie P. Read; superduperw...@aim.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

One recent good description of poses, etc. is the Stokes Nature Guides, "Guide 
to Bird Behavior", vol. 2.
The original Saunders source is Saunders, Aretas Andrews, "The Summer Birds of 
Central New York Marshes"  Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin. vol. 3 , pp. 335-475.  
1926
Also A. C. Bent's "Life Histories of North American Shorebirds" part two.  
Originally from the Smithsonian in 1927, Dover Publications did a reprint in 
1962.

Steve


On Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:47 PM, Marie P. Read 
mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

I've seen Killdeer doing this and similar behaviors a number of times early in 
the breeding season. Sometimes in pairs, sometimes several birds together. My 
impression is that it has both territorial and  courtship components.
Pairs do something similar during a "nest scrape display"...the male bows, 
spreading his tail and trills constantly when the pair is at one of the nest 
scrapes the male makes when the two are deciding on a nest site.
Here are a couple of photos of this behavior:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Killdeer/Gu7AkHC8sfg8/IALsXWhF3uvM/CzQU3lDkq6SE

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Killdeer/Gu7AkHC8sfg8/I6rJaalHoVTk/CzQU3lDkq6SE

Cool observation!
Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail  m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

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http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: 
bounce-118984747-5851...@list.cornell.edu
 
[bounce-118984747-5851...@list.cornell.edu]
 on behalf of Lauren Flesher 
[superduperw...@aim.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:38 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

This morning at Myers Point, the group I was with observed two Killdeer 
engaging in what we assumed was a courtship ritual.  They stood on the log at 
the end of the gravel parking lot, back to back, with tails raised high, and 
backed into each other until tails were close to touching.  They then began 
imitating each other, with flicks and dips.  The whole time they were calling 
constantly, so that it sounds like one continuous trill.  No one in our group 
had ever seen the likes of it before, or heard of it.  Unfortunately we had to 
leave before seeing the end of this display, but my curiosity was piqued.

I came home and checked on Birds of North America for more information, and 
found nothing except a small reference to the 1967 paper "Prenuptial courtship 
in wintering shorebirds" by J.B. Funderburg.  Google searching this paper lead 
me to a website describing the ground courtship displays of Killdeer.  I find 
it quite interesting, so I thought I'd share it with you all!

Found on the website birdsbybent.com.  A 1929 bulletin - 146 (part 2: 202-217) 
- written by Arthur Cleveland Bent for the Smithsonian National Museum.

"The most noticeable courtship performances of the killdeer are those that take 
place in the air--the nuptial flight--but those that occur on the ground, 
although less often seen, are also spectacular. Aretas Saunders (1926) thus 
describes the display: Two birds would crouch side by side but facing in 
opposite directions. Then they would droop the tips of the wings so that they 
exposed the ochraceous patch of the lower back, spread the tail, and tip the 
breast forward, slowly lifting the wing tips till the came way above the back, 
but never covered it from view. All the while they kept up a continual call, 
the long-trilled note 't-r-r-r-r-r.' The displaying birds would often begin 
the performance or end it with a little fighting."

Try as I might, I couldn't find the original Saunders source.  Have any of you 
witnessed this behavior befo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mute swan smith park Seneca lake

[John and Sue Gregoire]

A pair of mutes are regulars on the Watkins waterfront and overwinter on the 
west
shore.
John
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Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Road
Burdett,NY 14818-9626
N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492'
 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/
"Conserve and Create Habitat"

On Thu, March 26, 2015 14:23, Joshua Snodgrass wrote:
> Mute swan at smith park boat launch swimming north close to shore at 2pm
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

[Susan Fast]

One recent good description of poses, etc. is the Stokes Nature Guides, "Guide 
to Bird Behavior", vol. 2.The original Saunders source is Saunders, Aretas 
Andrews, "The Summer Birds of Central New York Marshes"  Roosevelt Wild Life 
Bulletin. vol. 3 , pp. 335-475.  1926Also A. C. Bent's "Life Histories of North 
American Shorebirds" part two.  Originally from the Smithsonian in 1927, Dover 
Publications did a reprint in 1962.
Steve 


 On Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:47 PM, Marie P. Read  
wrote:
   

 I've seen Killdeer doing this and similar behaviors a number of times early in 
the breeding season. Sometimes in pairs, sometimes several birds together. My 
impression is that it has both territorial and  courtship components. 
Pairs do something similar during a "nest scrape display"...the male bows, 
spreading his tail and trills constantly when the pair is at one of the nest 
scrapes the male makes when the two are deciding on a nest site.
Here are a couple of photos of this behavior:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Killdeer/Gu7AkHC8sfg8/IALsXWhF3uvM/CzQU3lDkq6SE

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Killdeer/Gu7AkHC8sfg8/I6rJaalHoVTk/CzQU3lDkq6SE

Cool observation!
Marie


Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail  m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin    Available here:

http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE

From: bounce-118984747-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-118984747-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Lauren Flesher 
[superduperw...@aim.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:38 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Killdeer Courtship at Myers

This morning at Myers Point, the group I was with observed two Killdeer 
engaging in what we assumed was a courtship ritual.  They stood on the log at 
the end of the gravel parking lot, back to back, with tails raised high, and 
backed into each other until tails were close to touching.  They then began 
imitating each other, with flicks and dips.  The whole time they were calling 
constantly, so that it sounds like one continuous trill.  No one in our group 
had ever seen the likes of it before, or heard of it.  Unfortunately we had to 
leave before seeing the end of this display, but my curiosity was piqued.

I came home and checked on Birds of North America for more information, and 
found nothing except a small reference to the 1967 paper "Prenuptial courtship 
in wintering shorebirds" by J.B. Funderburg.  Google searching this paper lead 
me to a website describing the ground courtship displays of Killdeer.  I find 
it quite interesting, so I thought I'd share it with you all!

Found on the website birdsbybent.com.  A 1929 bulletin - 146 (part 2: 202-217) 
- written by Arthur Cleveland Bent for the Smithsonian National Museum.

"The most noticeable courtship performances of the killdeer are those that take 
place in the air--the nuptial flight--but those that occur on the ground, 
although less often seen, are also spectacular. Aretas Saunders (1926) thus 
describes the display: Two birds would crouch side by side but facing in 
opposite directions. Then they would droop the tips of the wings so that they 
exposed the ochraceous patch of the lower back, spread the tail, and tip the 
breast forward, slowly lifting the wing tips till the came way above the back, 
but never covered it from view. All the while they kept up a continual call, 
the long-trilled note 't-r-r-r-r-r.' The displaying birds would often begin 
the performance or end it with a little fighting."

Try as I might, I couldn't find the original Saunders source.  Have any of you 
witnessed this behavior before?

Happy birding!

Lauren
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[cayugabirds-l] Snow geese

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

I was awake around 330 am. I heard a large flock of snow geese fly over my 
house at 3.39 am. It passed over my house over a minute..
What a fun way to count birds while you are under a warm blanket.

Meena
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