[cayugabirds-l] Fall Creek gorge Red-tails
On Monday I was asked by the family of a Cornell grad student, who was off taking an exam, to give them a taxi tour of Ithaca Falls, Stewart Park, and other beautiful places around Ithaca. I took them past the base of Cascadilla Gorge mentioning the beatiful stone walkway they could climb, and I took them up to the Stewart Avenue bridge hoping to show them the Red-tailed Hawk nest on a ledge of that gorge. To my chagrin I found that parking in front of the Sagan house has very recently become illegal, and there is nowhere convenient to park a motor vehicle for a quick view of this nest anymore. As is appropriate perhaps, this wild nest is now only for viewing by those who are willing to make more physical effort. As a lazy birder and caterer to lazy people I am disappointed, but as a user of Stewart Avenue by car and by bike, it certainly makes more sense to me that there not be parking on that blind curve which is no wider than elsewhere along the road. So here's an update for those who haven't hauled themselves to that lovely view lately. On the day after the Clay-colored Sparrow was rediscovered on the Arts Quad I biked up to see it and I checked this nest on my way back. An adult Red-tailed Hawk sat on it patiently, facing a heap of white down within which I eventually discerned 3 small heads. Yesterday, coasting home from the Hawthorn Orchard, I had another look. No parent was at the nest and the 3 fuzzy gray nestlings were walking about the nest. Surely there is strong natural selection not to step over the edge, but it made me a bit nervous anyway. By the way, the family who hired me were very impressed both by raucous Ithaca Falls, walking right up to it, and by the contrasting serenity of the mouth of Fall Creek and Cayuga Lake at the Swan Pond, even though there were few birds about on that warm afternoon. We live in an amazingly beautiful place. Be sure to appreciate it. --Dave Nutter -- 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] What would warblers have done if there were no oaks and hawthorn?
Thank goodness we have oaks and hickories for insects and birds. But before they evolved what plants were there in New York? Would we have seen the same warblers what we see now. If you are curious to know you might want to attend this talk! New York hasn?t always had oaks and hickories(!) The Finger Lakes Native Plant Society presents a slide show talk with fossils by William Stein, Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Binghamton The Ancient Forest at Gilboa, NY The Middle Devonian ?earliest fossil forest? trees at Gilboa are probably the most famous fossil occurrence marking the critical beginnings of forest ecosystems on land. In the 1920?s, excavation at the Riverside Quarry for the Schoharie Dam revealed a dense stand of Eospermatopteris tree bases preserved as sandstone casts, but with main trunks broken, leading to uncertainty in the taxonomy. The Riverside Quarry was backfilled in 1924, leaving open many questions about the paleoecology of this site. In 2007 Dr. Stein?s group proposed a palm like reconstruction for the trees based on well preserved crown and trunk material from a nearby locality. In the spring of 2010, ongoing repair of the Schoharie Dam allowed recovery of several isolated Eospermatopteris specimens and very brief access to a large portion of the originally exposed forest. Dr. Stein will explain what they found and present a video and map of this forest. 1 WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL!!! Wednesday May 13, 2015, 7:00 to 8:30 PM Unitarian Church Annex, 2nd floor 208 E. Buffalo St, Ithaca ALL ARE WELCOME! [[]] 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn in the morning
It was very quiet except for two warblers I saw and could not identify as they hid in the foliage. I also heard two warblers one in the south eastern corner shrubs sounded like a Wilson’s warbler I have recorded it over the roar of the winds and the other was Magnolia Warbler. No Tennessee singing or visible. I heard the merlin so decided to see if I can see him from Mitchell street. I found him sitting on a dead branch of one of the spruces on a fifth tree from the gap of spruces after the Cedar rows between 934 Mitchell street and Rite Aid (bird was on a dead branch) https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4376065,-76.4680311,100m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en So definitely they are nesting. So overall there are 5 or 6 pairs of Merlin in Ithaca nesting? That is wonderful! Cheers Meena From: bounce-119180393-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119180393-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:54 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Northeast Ithaca Hi all, Despite the wind and cold and wet, there were a few migrants a Sapsucker Woods this morning, mostly clustered around the Charlie Harper bench area. A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was foraging with a very cooperative pair of BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and there were numerous ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, including a young male with adult plumage but a white eyebrow, and another male at the Sherwood Platform that was unwilling (but able) to fly as I approached. On my ride in, I found a pair of MERLIN in the Salem Drive neighborhood. These birds have been around for a week being quite vocal. Today I watched as the male carried in some prey, gave it to the female, then copulated with her. There is a possible nest (old crow nest) nearby, but I haven't seen them visit yet. - Brad -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!
That it was close to the ground is another pretty typical Mourning clue. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: It sounded like typical Mourning Warbler to me, a low-pitched, burry chorry-chorry-che-che-chew repeatedly sung. I kept looking for the bird as it moved around, but apparently it stayed within 2 feet of the ground in thick vegetation. I briefly glimpsed the bird as it crossed the path, but got no details other than that it was large, dark, and plain for a warbler, very unlike Chestnut-sided. I did hear an odd-to-me rambling Chestnut-sided Warbler song several times and was able to repeatedly verify that singer. --Dave Nutter On May 12, 2015, at 07:00 PM, Brad Walker bm...@cornell.edu wrote: Dave, was the Mourning Warbler singing a typical song? Scott and I had a Chestnut-sided we would have sworn was a Mourning until we got a look at it in that same area. - Brad On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:50 PM Nancy Cusumano nancycusuman...@gmail.com wrote: WE are going to try tomorrow morning before work. Will the cooler temp (45) slow them down early? Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 500! dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: I stayed longer than other birders and got drenched by the shower, but afterward I heard a persistently singing (but hiding) MOURNING WARBLER low in the vegetation in the north central area. Earlier I may have also heard a NASHVILLE WARBLER north of the ravine, which others reported. Here's my warbler list: TENNESSEE WARBLER - many encounters songs MOURNING WARBLER - 1 heard in north central area COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - several heard, none seen CAPE MAY WARBLER - many encounters with males, females songs MAGNOLIA WARBLER - 3 encounters with a singing male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER - many encounters with males, females songs BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 1 female YELLOW WARBLER - several heard seen CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER - 3 encounters with a singing male - a rambling song lacking the emphatic tag BLACKPOLL WARBLER - several heard males seen BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER - 1 male heard seen YELLOW-RUMPED (MYRTLE) WARBLER - 1 female 2 males, separate CANADA WARBLER - heard seen in central area There were many RED-EYED VIREOS, but I missed the multiply-reported PHILADELPHIA VIREO. Over the large field to the SE a pair of EASTERN MEADOWLARKS had an extended pursuit, the lead bird being slightly smaller, which I interpreted as courtship. I had 2 silent EMPIDONAX encounters. --Dave Nutter On May 12, 2015, at 01:40 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edu wrote: I was delayed arriving here on such a great morning, but managed to bird here for a short while before needing to leave. I know I missed many good birds and numbers of birds that others have already posted about, or will be posting about. Most notable for me was the amazing quantity of CAPE MAY WARBLERS!!! I tallied at least 13 birds, but I suspect I was missing more. Of the 13+ there were 4+ females and 9+ males. There were also a solid 12+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing in almost every section of habitat available. Here’s my eBird list: Comments: This was a fantastic morning, though I only wish I had been able to get here sooner and spend much longer here on such a great day. Today may possibly have yielded one of the highest number of Cape May Warblers I've tallied at this location. It was difficult, due to their silence at times. Many observed foraging on the same branches together at the same time. Due to my late arrival time, I know I missed lots of good birds. Others reported having seen a roving flock of Bay-breasted Warblers and Blackburnian Warbler, Canada Warblers, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, among others. Great day, following overnight rain storms. Given general North-type winds in the forecast, these guys may be returning to the Hawthorn Orchard to continue foraging over the next couple of days. br /Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8 37 species (+1 other taxa) Turkey Vulture 2 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 2 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1 SE Corner; non-vocal Eastern Kingbird 4 Calling flyover group of four birds. Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Singing, middle North section Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 17 Several, actively foraging everywhere; I'm sure I'm underestimating. European Starling 2 Black-and-white Warbler 2 1 male, 1 female (SE corner, NE corner) Tennessee Warbler 12 This may be an underestimate; actively singing from every spot. Males. Common Yellowthroat 2 Cape May Warbler 13 This may be an underestimate; Most prevalent just inside SE edge; middle Western section; Northeast area; 4+ females, 9+ males; males singing variety
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn in the morning
There were at least 2 male and 1 female bobolinks just SW of the outdoor tennis courts at hawthorn a little while ago. I saw one Tennessee and 1 chestnut sided and I thought I heard a magnolia in the SW corner around the horse field. Also a hummer Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: It was very quiet except for two warblers I saw and could not identify as they hid in the foliage. I also heard two warblers one in the south eastern corner shrubs sounded like a Wilson’s warbler I have recorded it over the roar of the winds and the other was Magnolia Warbler. No Tennessee singing or visible. I heard the merlin so decided to see if I can see him from Mitchell street. I found him sitting on a dead branch of one of the spruces on a fifth tree from the gap of spruces after the Cedar rows between 934 Mitchell street and Rite Aid (bird was on a dead branch) https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4376065,-76.4680311,100m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en So definitely they are nesting. So overall there are 5 or 6 pairs of Merlin in Ithaca nesting? That is wonderful! Cheers Meena From: bounce-119180393-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119180393-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Brad Walker Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:54 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Northeast Ithaca Hi all, Despite the wind and cold and wet, there were a few migrants a Sapsucker Woods this morning, mostly clustered around the Charlie Harper bench area. A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was foraging with a very cooperative pair of BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and there were numerous ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, including a young male with adult plumage but a white eyebrow, and another male at the Sherwood Platform that was unwilling (but able) to fly as I approached. On my ride in, I found a pair of MERLIN in the Salem Drive neighborhood. These birds have been around for a week being quite vocal. Today I watched as the male carried in some prey, gave it to the female, then copulated with her. There is a possible nest (old crow nest) nearby, but I haven't seen them visit yet. - Brad -- 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: 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] Sapsucker Woods and Northeast Ithaca
Hi all, Despite the wind and cold and wet, there were a few migrants a Sapsucker Woods this morning, mostly clustered around the Charlie Harper bench area. A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was foraging with a very cooperative pair of BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and there were numerous ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, including a young male with adult plumage but a white eyebrow, and another male at the Sherwood Platform that was unwilling (but able) to fly as I approached. On my ride in, I found a pair of MERLIN in the Salem Drive neighborhood. These birds have been around for a week being quite vocal. Today I watched as the male carried in some prey, gave it to the female, then copulated with her. There is a possible nest (old crow nest) nearby, but I haven't seen them visit yet. - 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Morning Arrivals - Elm Beach Road, Town of Romulus
- Three GBH around the outlet of a small stream. - Several dozen swallows swirling around the same general area and out over the lake. Until now there have been only three Northern Rough-winged Swallows. The new arrivals have yet to stop moving long enough to be identified - to be continued. -- 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] Upcoming Nature show
This is the show Paul mentioned a couple CBC meetings ago: it had a sneak preview at Cinemapolis but now is going national. Produced by the Multimedia Group at the Lab of O. The Sagebrush Sea makes its broadcast premiere May 20, on NATUREhttp://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=a33849f372e=ee420ea907 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time/7:00 p.m. Central on PBS. (Check local listings.) -- 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 and Northern Cayuga Lake 5/13/15
I did a quick trip to Montezuma and vicinity today. Notable birds... wildlife drive to the left of Larue's in the main pool there arelikely hundreds if not more shorebirds all very distant. I was able to ID the following species... LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and KILLDEER. The CANVASBACK continues onthe mound farther up to the left. I recall one in a similar location last year at this time. Same bird? or an injured bird? Hopefully the former. 3 SNOW GEESE with some canadas not far from where the carp crossing is. There was also a nice male NORTHERN SHOVELOR. A fairly close SOLITARY SANDPIPER with a LEAST SANDPIPER right by road to the left of Benning Marsh. Also had a gorgeous male NORTHERN HARRIER over the marsh near the thruway. Also had 2 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the pond near the end to the left. 54 species total on wildlife drive. Carncross Road had 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS that flew in and landed near a bunch of CASPIAN TERNS. There were also at least 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (heard) and 1 LEAST SANDPIPER (heard), many yellowlegs and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. East Road had one very rusty SANDHILL CRANE. At Frontenac Marina there were 66 COMMON TERNS with 19 CASPIAN TERNS!! That is the most COTE I have ever had in the Cayuga basin at once. Some select photos can be found here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157650436621584 Dave Nicosia -- 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/ --
Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma and Northern Cayuga Lake 5/13/15
-- Forwarded message -- From: david nicosia daven1...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:34 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma and Northern Cayuga Lake 5/13/15 To: Cayugabirds-L L. cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu I did a quick trip to Montezuma and vicinity today. Notable birds... wildlife drive to the left of Larue's in the main pool there are likely hundreds if not more shorebirds all very distant. I was able to ID the following species... LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and KILLDEER. The CANVASBACK continues on the mound farther up to the left. I recall one in a similar location last year at this time. Same bird? or an injured bird? Hopefully the former. 3 SNOW GEESE with some canadas not far from where the carp crossing is. There was also a nice male NORTHERN SHOVELOR. A fairly close SOLITARY SANDPIPER with a LEAST SANDPIPER right by road to the left of Benning Marsh. Also had a gorgeous male NORTHERN HARRIER over the marsh near the thruway. Also had 2 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the pond near the end to the left. 54 species total on wildlife drive. Carncross Road had 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS that flew in and landed near a bunch of CASPIAN TERNS. There were also at least 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (heard) and 1 LEAST SANDPIPER (heard), many yellowlegs and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER. East Road had one very rusty SANDHILL CRANE. At Frontenac Marina there were 66 COMMON TERNS with 19 CASPIAN TERNS!! That is the most COTE I have ever had in the Cayuga basin at once. Some select photos can be found here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/sets/72157650436621584 Dave Nicosia -- *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] Fw: Tennessee warbler song
??Hi all, I tried to send this yesterday night but for some reasons the whole email got lost in cyberspace! So I had to type the whole thing again. I analyzed songs of the Tennessee warblers I recorded day before yesterday. I found that there were at least 15 + individuals and each of them had different songs. They have initial introductory notes and a rapid trill. Each individual seemed to be distinct and sang the same song except a couple of birds seemed to have shortened the trill a couple of times. See the spectrograms. Tennessee 1 [cid:b3c4617e-359f-4c5c-a4ad-2f8762366971] Tennessee 2 [cid:dd5a2b95-1d04-4e19-9ddf-267c057b9a49] Even though some of the introductory notes look similar there is different emphasis for each note. So it was exhilarating to know they vary so much. A couple of years ago I had compared four of them and they also seemed to have differed. Yesterday we heard Bay-breasteds and Cape Mays also doing lots of variations. The Chestnut-sided I heard did not seem to sing the regular Pleased Pleased to meet you, which we hear in Ithaca area, but instead they had totally a different dialect. I also found all three species singing at the same time and there was overlap of songs. So how do they recognize each other or different species when they are all singing together in same band width. With so much of exuberance they sing and the amount of energy they spend on songs. It is such fun to decode their songs! Cheers 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] hummingbird aggression
Both sexes are aggressive. It's pretty interesting, but if their squabbles become tiresome, you can put up more feeders, located on opposite sides of the house, or even farther apart if you've got room. -Geo On May 13, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Anne Clark anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: Hile School Rd, just out of Basin: THree ruby throated hummingbirds are at war over the feeder starting yesterday, when a male showed up. Two female-plumaged birds had been sharing' for a day, even been drinking at the same time. The male is not welcome and one or both females have displaced him and driven him away numerous times. They are wasting a lot of the sugar water energy buzzing around the tree like a hive of large angry bees. I hadn't known that female hummingbirds might be dominant over males, or at least hungry enough to win fights. Anne -- 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] hummingbird aggression
Hile School Rd, just out of Basin: THree ruby throated hummingbirds are at war over the feeder starting yesterday, when a male showed up. Two female-plumaged birds had been sharing' for a day, even been drinking at the same time. The male is not welcome and one or both females have displaced him and driven him away numerous times. They are wasting a lot of the sugar water energy buzzing around the tree like a hive of large angry bees. I hadn't known that female hummingbirds might be dominant over males, or at least hungry enough to win fights. Anne -- 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] Wood Road Oriole
OMG!! Gorgeous male (are the called Baltimore or Northern these days?) Oriole just stunned me by flying in and landing on a dogwood shrub right outside my window and investigated the grapevine for a minute or two. So orange!!! We don't get orioles in the yard very often. And now there are two female hummingbirds at the feeder! Finally!! Wood Rd., Freeville -- 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/ --
