[cayugabirds-l] Really cool wind map
This one is even cooler than the one I sent last year: https://www.windyty.com Check it out, birdy weatherwatchers! Be sure to note that you can choose the altitude of interest and you’ll find amazing differences. For example, last evening, surface winds were very mild and non-directional. 3000m winds were those wicked t-storms flying through the area. ChrisP -- 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] Sapsucker Woods migrants
Hi all, Migrants of note this morning include a Swainson's thrush on the inner leg of the Wilson trail, Eastern wood pewee, multiple Tennessee warblers, and a Blackpoll warbler singing on the north side of the building. Brad -- 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] Basin Big Day Saturday- Congratulations
What an exceptionally great day. Thanks for taking the time to compile the observations. John On 5/10/2015 4:26 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: Livia and I had a fun day yesterday. We had a few setbacks: slow migrant birding in Ithaca; missing some know stakeouts like Upland Sandpiper, Rusty Blackbird, and Palm Warbler; almost no raptors whatsoever, despite favorable winds and sun; and generally hot and windy conditions all day. Even so, we had a good morning for breeders and got most of our targets at Montezuma in the afternoon, so we were able to end the day with 175 species. Highlights: --Challenging but decent night migration at home in Northeast Ithaca, including an early GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and VIRGINIA RAIL. --Good night birding, with over 10 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, BARRED OWL, and GREAT HORNED OWL. --Productive morning at Park Preserve and Hammond Hill, with 15 species of warblers and most of the essential forest birds like Ruffed Grouse and Winter Wren, as well as Pine Siskin. --Slow going at Sapsucker Woods but a nice singing WILSON'S WARBLER on the Wilson Trail. --Continuing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on campus, not singing but quickly found. --Lindsay-Parsons added WORM-EATING, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and HOODED WARBLERS but little else, making it rather a time sink in the overall day. --Hot and windy at Stewart and Myers, but managed to pick out a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the jetty and several ORCHARD ORIOLES singing around Myers. --Despite challengingly shimmery lake conditions, we were able to find BONAPARTE'S GULLS and a few lingering RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS off the Aurora bluffs, as well as 14 COMMON and a single FORSTER'S TERN on the marina breakwall in Union Springs. --An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on Lake Road just a few houses north of Long Point State Park that flew across the road in front of us. An awesome bird, if overall unhelpful for the day considering the cooperative one at Mays Point (saving us all of about 30 seconds). --Continuing SNOW GOOSE at the Visitor Center. --Extensive mudflats on the Main Pool hosting almost 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 400+ LEAST SANDPIPERS, DUNLIN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. --EURASIAN WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, and all the expected dabblers at Montezuma. A male COMMON GOLDENEYE is also apparently around, but we missed it. --Two GREAT EGRETS flying around Knox-Marsellus from East Road, as well as BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS from Towpath at dusk. --Continuing PROTHONOTARY WARBLER on Armitage Road, singing as we drove up. --Singing ORCHARD ORIOLES on Lake Road south of Aurora and Van Dyne Spoor Road. One was also reported on the Wildlife Drive. --Two BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and lots of the same shorebirds in the fields on Carncross Road. Our biggest misses were all Accipiters, Broad-winged and Red-shouldered hawk, Rusty Blackbird, Palm Warbler, Upland Sandpiper, American and Least bittern, many migrants that seemingly just showed up today (Bay-breasted, Cape May, Blackpoll, Philadelphia Vireo, Alder Flycatcher, cuckoos, and frustratingly White-crowned Sparrow), and worst of all, Carolina Wren! With so much time spent in upland spots in the morning, we didn't realize this was going to be a challenge until it was too late. This morning I saw at least six species we missed yesterday. Oh well. No sign of Friday's Glossy Ibis nor the Little Blue Heron. Good birding, Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu mailto:jw...@cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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/ --attachment: confer.vcf
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods migrants
To add to Brad's tally: there were two Northern Parulas, both singing, on the Wilson Trail North just west of the Sherwood Platform at about 9:15AM. A Blackburnian Warbler also sang a few times further east on the Wilson Trail, just beyond the footbridge. Scott On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Brad Walker edgarallenhoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Migrants of note this morning include a Swainson's thrush on the inner leg of the Wilson trail, Eastern wood pewee, multiple Tennessee warblers, and a Blackpoll warbler singing on the north side of the building. Brad -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net 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] Hawthorn Orchard Monday
I got there a bit before 7 this morning, immediately ran into Stu Krasnoff and shortly thereafter Sudan Danskin, Laura Ton, and Marjolein (sp?). Together we observed and listened to a wonderful variety of migrants: multiple Tennessee Warblers, 3 Bay-breasted Warblers foraging in a group, 2 Bay-breasted Warblers doing the same, plus 2 Northern Parulas, several Nashville and Magnolia Warblers, several Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers, as well as a single American Redstart. A male Scarlet tanager flew off to the south, and here were Baltimore Orioles singing and chattering. And a few of us got a quick glimpse of a Swainson’s Thrush when it perched up momentarily before disappearing deep into the thicket. The Tennessee Warblers clearly dominated the soundscape with their loud two and three-part songs. The hawthorns are in full bloom with the cherries just a bit behind. I almost forgot - we got good looks at a single Blackpoll Warbler. This normally signals the end of spring migration. How many days do we have left?? Bob McGuire -- 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] Bahar and High Vista Nature Preserves (FLLT SBQ), Sat 5/9
On Saturday, I led two walks at Finger Lakes Land Trust preserves in the southern Skaneateles Lake watershed, both less than an hour from northeast Ithaca. At the Bahar Nature Preserve in Niles, our group of ten birders found a fine mix of passage migrants and presumed summer breeders, including one or two female CAPE MAY WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a probable PINE WARBLER, two BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, a few CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and many BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. At the High Vista Nature Preserve in Scott, we found a HOODED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, and a very cooperative LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, among other fine birds. Like Bob’s group at Lindsay-Parsons (another Land Trust preserve), we saw two male SCARLET TANAGERS battling here over a watchful green female. A detailed account, photos, and some further reflections on the importance of land preservation around Skaneateles Lake are up on my Spring Bird Quest blog: http://www.fllt.org/spring-bird-quest-blog-by-mark-chao/. Mark Chao -- 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* May 11, 2015* NYSY 05. 11. 15 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):May 04, 2015 - May 11, 2015to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortlandcompiled: May 11 AT 3:00 p.m. (DST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #442 Monday May 11, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of May 04, 2014 Highlights:--- LEAST BITTERNLITTLE BLUE HERONGLOSSY IBISBLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONLEAST BITTERNEURASIAN WIGEONBLACK-BELLIED PLOVERICELAND GULLFORSTER’S TERNBLACK TERNWHIP-POOR-WILLCOMMON NIGHTHAWKRED-HEADED WOODPECKERPHILADELPHIA VIREOSWAINSON’S THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERCLAY-COLORED SPARROWORCHARD ORIOLE As expected a huge push of passerines occured this week. All warblers except PRAIRIE and ORANGE-CROWNED were reported. Also no GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH or OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER have been seen yet. Everything else is there for the taking. A small number of shorebirds have shown up also. Get out and enjoy. Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 5/7: A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to Armitage Road on the west side of the bridge. A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen flying from Mays Point pond toward the main pool. It was not relocated. 5/8: LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and both YELLOWLEGS were seen at the visitor’s center and along the Wildlife Trail. A male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the main pool. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has returned to the dead trees along Mays Point Road.A GLOSSY IBIS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a FORSTER’S TERN were al seen in the corn field on Carncross Road. 5/9: 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the beginning of Towpath Road. 5/10: A BLACK TERN was seen along the Wildlife Drive. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was spotted on Eskerbrook Trail. Derby Hill A very slow week at Derby except for Saturday which was the big bird festival. A great day with 2,148 Hawks made for a very successful experience for everyone. Other highlights were a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on 5/5, another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER on 5/8 and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW on 5/9. Oswego County 5/4: An ICELAND GULL was seen at Phillips Point on Oneida Lake. 5/6: A GOLDEN-WINGED and LAWRENCE’S type hybrid WARBLER were seen at Great Bear Recreation Area north of Phoenix. 5/7: A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Roosevelt Road north of Constantia. 5/10: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in flight in Constantia. A L;EAST BITTERN was noted at the Rt. 3 Bridge over the Salmon River in Constantia. Onondaga County 5/6: A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found on the yellow trail at the power lines in Green Lakes State Park. It was refound on the 7th. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at Three Rivers WMA in Baldwinsville. 5/7: A SWAINSON’S THRUSH was seen at St. Mary’s Cemetary in Syracuse. Madison County 5/5: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at Woodman Pond. New arrivals- SORASEMI-PALMATED PLOVERBLACK-BELLIED PLOVERLEAST SANDPIPERBLACK TERNYELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOBLACK-BILLED CUCKOOCOMMON NIGHTHAWKCHIMNEY SWIFTRUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDEASTERN PEEWEEWILLOW FLYCATCHERPHILADELPHIA VIREOBLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERSWAINSON’S THRUSHPROTHONOTARY WARBLERTENNESSEE WARBLERMOURNING WARBLERHOODED WARBLERCAPE MAY WARBLERBAY-BREASTED WARBLERCHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERBLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERCANADA WARBLERWILSON’S WARBLERBLACKPOLLCLAY-COLORED SPARROW -- end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard Monday
Hi Bob, you wrote: I almost forgot - we got good looks at a single Blackpoll Warbler. This normally signals the end of spring migration. How many days do we have left?? The trouble with the Blackpoll benchmark is that at least a few Blackpolls pass through here early (10th of May!), though the main wave is still 2 or 3 weeks away (I hope!) Blue-winged Warbler only arrived at my place a couple of days ago, and just now I had a FOY Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in my yard. So I'm counting on spring migration to continue for a while yet. I'm just starting to watch for Common Nighthawks, which passed over West Danby on the 19th last year. Yesterday I encountered Broad-winged Hawks twice (sorry, Jay!) The first hawk was being chased by a Baltimore Oriole at the Sweedler Preserve. The second was incubating eggs in its nest in the woods about 100 yards from my house. A few days ago it was possible to view the nest from quite a respectful distance, but this heat wave has encouraged leaf-out, and now the hawks have much more privacy. -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] Errata
For those with nothing else to read: My post from earlier today mentioned Bay-breasted Warbler twice. It should have been 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS doing the same”. And “Sudan” Danskin. I don’t think so! (Thanks Stu) Bob -- 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 saw mu first hummingbird today on Bundy Rd. 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/ --
