Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hermit thrushes and insects
I was also astounded to see Odonates of various kinds when I visited Sapsucker Woods on Monday to see the Great Egrets. In fact, I was so surprised that I thought I was imagining them until several flew by at very close range. I am going to purchase Meena's book!! I didn't even realize Odonates were migratory! -Melanie On 4/16/2015 4:31 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote: Meena's wonderful book (link below) gives some info on migration of odonates (page 117). Green Darner is one of the long distance migrants. Maybe these darners that are showing up now hatched in the deep south, or even in Veracruz, and came north on more-or-less the same timetable as the Broad-winged Hawks. http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -Geo -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Habitat Gardening Workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center April 18
Sat. April 18, 10:00 a.m. –11:30 a.m. at the Montezuma Audubon Center Nature of Montezuma Lecture – Creating a Bird Friendly Yard Do you enjoy watching birds in your yard? Learn some interesting facts about some of CNY's favorite backyard birds, such as hummingbirds and chickadees, and learn how to enhance your yard so it provides habitat to even more birds. Janet Allen, present and co-founder of the local Wild Ones chapter of Habitat Gardening in Central New York will present this workshop. Like other creatures, birds need food, water, cover, and a place to raise young. You can meet their needs by planting native plants and providing some other essential ingredients. Finally, learn how you can help conserve birds beyond your own yard. Create a bird-friendly yard and enjoy the daily companionship of birds right at home! Fee: $4/child, $6/adult, $20/family, free for Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Call 315-365-3588 to register today! The Montezuma Audubon Center is located at 2295 State Route 89, Savannah, NY 13146. Chris LajewskiCenter DirectorMontezuma 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] Hermit thrush from Six Mile Creek
?Hi all, Just before sunset, I heard a Hermit Thrush singing from Six Mile Creek side of the road and the sound coming through closed windows of my home office! I have heard in the past Wood thrushes. This is the first time I heard a Hermit Thrush! May be a passing migrant. Once there was a singing Gray-cheeked Thrush that spent a day in my yard. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hermit thrushes and insects
Meena's wonderful book (link below) gives some info on migration of odonates (page 117). Green Darner is one of the long distance migrants. Maybe these darners that are showing up now hatched in the deep south, or even in Veracruz, and came north on more-or-less the same timetable as the Broad-winged Hawks. http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -Geo -- 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] Hermit thrushes and insects
Hermit Thrushes seem quite numerous in my area today, belying the québécois name: "Grive Solitaire". I glimpsed a chocolate brown butterfly this morning that I presume was a Mourning Cloak. At 3:00 this afternoon, as I was hauling rocks with the tractor, I was very surprised to see a big (3") darner fly by. Common Green Darner, I suppose... -Geo Kloppel, West Danby -- 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] 20+ Black-crowned Night Herons Towpath this AM
Along dike to the North of the beginning of Towpath. More than a dozen were already in flight when I looked North, another (at least) 8 remained perched https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/17168232291 -- 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] A few Sapsucker items
A couple days ago at lunch, my FOY RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET appeared in the trees behind the lab, only ‘chirring’ one syllable of the song while foraging up high. Yesterday morning, I set out at around 7am to pick up SWAMP SPARROW in the field east of the north parking lot and found one easily only about 100’ in from the chain, sitting rather higher than normal (15’ on a small sapling rather than 3’ on the reeds) and loudly trilling and showing his colors in the breaking daylight. Since my FOY yard CHIPPING SPARROW arrived yesterday afternoon, I wanted to confirm I hadn’t fooled myself so went back again today and found what I am pretty sure is the same SWSP on the same tree still singing. On the way to that field yesterday, I encountered the (a) Ruby-crowned in full glorious song (I think this is maybe my favorite bird song of this region: it’s so ecstatic!), this time down low foraging on a bush about 6’ from me, ruby crown somewhat erected, just off the footbridge from the second parking lot to the lab. Today, after checking the field, I moved to the top end of that north parking lot where I heard very faintly what sounded like Meadowlark song. With the Starlings busily calling and building nests in the power tower behind me and all the early morning Rt 13 traffic noise, I listened and heard it again, so scanned the airport fence but saw nothing. Then a large bird flew up from ‘below’ Rt 13 (must have been in the ditch or dropoff on the other side) and I followed it flying away. Was it? Couldn’t tell but another same sized bird joined up, the two furiously chased each other down the runway, TURNED (yes!) and flew back toward me, battling along the way like fighter jets, TURNED their glorious yellow EASTERN MEADOWLARK bellies to the morning sun in my full binoc view and confirmed that I can still hear the odd faint sound if I am paying attention. After their battle, they dropped back out of sight on the other side of 13. Nice start to a Spring day! ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] Birding Trip at Owasco Flats Nature Reserve - Saturday, April 18 @ 8:30 AM
Good morning, I wanted to let this group know that the Owasco Flats Nature Reserve is hosting their first birding trip of the season this coming Saturday. We will start at 8:30 AM, so not too early. You should dress for the weather, bring binocs and/or scope, field guide, and drinks/snacks. I will meet folks at the Rt. 38 pull-off area about 4 miles up the west side of Owasco Lake where the Reserve parking and kiosk are located. We will bird the loop trail at the Flats and Owasco Lake. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information. Thanks and hope to see you Saturday! Noelle Noelle RaymanBiologistCortland, NY315-343-7397 -- 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] House wren in my yard!
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- 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/ --
