[cayugabirds-l] CAYUGA BIRD CLUB DISH-TO-PASS
TONIGHT Feel free to join even if you are not member!! DETAILS: The Cayuga Bird Club Dish-to-Pass and Bird Walk is tonight, Thursday, June 11 @ 6:30 pm Here are the details, as a reminder, from our previous announcement: PLEASE BRING: a generous dish to share-main dish, appetizer, or dessert. your own place setting something to drink binoculars (there will be a short bird walk after dinner) We will meet at Pavilion A @ Myers Park, Lansing 6:30-8:30 Cost for non-Lansing residents is $4/car. (IF THE BOOTH IS STILL MANNED AT THAT HOUR) -- 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] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
yes, that Mockingbird is a virtuoso- when he's really geared up , so many songs go by so fast that it is bewildering. And he doesn't only do the showy songsters, his Willow Flycatcher imitation is just about perfect! But Marie knows him well, and his Wood Thrush isn't his best rendition. --John On 6/11/2015 11:40 AM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote: I had to smile at you hesitance with the Wood Thrush because on May 9th I recorded a Northern Mockingbird at Salt Point singing the best series of imitations I've ever heard. I actually removed a couple birds from my eBird list when I watched the Mockingbird singing perfect renditions. He was doing better N. Cardinal songs than the nearby dueling Cardinal. Gary On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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 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] Yellow-billed cuckoo SSW
Hi all, A (I’m assume the same) YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was singing this morning at about 7:30 AM to the west of the main pond at the Lab of O, somewhere to the west of the intersection of Wilson Trail North (just south of where the trail meets the side of the pond) and the West Trail (that heads to the Winston Court apartments). The bird was loud enough to be heard from several hundred meters away, as I was walking to work through the woods. The song was as linked from the Macaulay Library’s collection. Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-119369312-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119369312-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schulenberg Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 9:42 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-billed cuckoo SSW At noon, I heard a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO do 3 series of 6-8 single coo’s from the exclosure area just south of the covered shelter on Wilson. Twice this week I've heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Sapsucker Woods, on the west side of the road but south of the pond. I heard the same vocalization on both occasions, which is much like that of ML 190609 http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/190609 tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edumailto:ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.commailto:tschulenb...@gmail.com -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's
I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I give a hearty THANK YOU to Kevin for his compassion. It's a heartbreaking story, but I am relieved that the poor creature is no longer suffering. 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-119368264-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-119368264-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Kevin J. McGowan [k...@cornell.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:04 PM To: Laurie Roe Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] injured heron (alleged) was taken to vet's I went to check on the bird a bit after four. As I drove there I wondered what a heron was doing down in an apartment complex. But when I found building seven I looked up and saw the big power lines and I knew what to expect. Sure enough, when I drove up there was an adult heron lying panting on the ground with a horribly broken wing. The wing was pointing the wrong direction, and was covered in blood and flies. It was a classic power line strike with severely broken wing. It's almost always fatal and undoubtedly extremely painful I caught the bird quickly with as little stress as possible (for both of us; herons are big and potentially dangerous birds). I took it to the Cornell vet school's wildlife clinic where it was examined, anesthetized, and humanely euthanized, as I knew it would have to be. The wing was held on only by skin and was far beyond repair. The poor bird was in shock and obviously a lot of pain. I surmise that the heron struck the power lines in the fog in the morning. It was apparently flying full speed into the fog because it broke some ribs as well as it's wing, poor thing. I checked its feet and found both back toes present. So, who ever this heron was, it was not the male who was breeding on camera at the Lab the last few years. Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Laurie Roe roel...@gmail.commailto:roel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't have any details but I was emailed that the bird was on the way to the vet's sometime this afternoon! Thanks to rescuers! Laurie -- -- 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] New birds (for me anyway) at Salt Point.
I had to smile at you hesitance with the Wood Thrush because on May 9th I recorded a Northern Mockingbird at Salt Point singing the best series of imitations I've ever heard. I actually removed a couple birds from my eBird list when I watched the Mockingbird singing perfect renditions. He was doing better N. Cardinal songs than the nearby dueling Cardinal. Gary On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, I'm doing a photo project at Salt Point in Lansing, and have been there most mornings for several weeks. It's been interesting to see and hear the changes in avifauna and behavior as the breeding season progresses. Especially interesting this morning were several new (to me) species: Scarlet Tanager singing male. Finally a good view of a species I thought I saw here a couple of weeks ago. Indigo Bunting singing male. Biggest surprise was hearing a Wood Thrush singing from near the Osprey tower. Didn't see the bird, and only heard once...but unless there's a very good mimic in there somewhere, or someone else was doing playbacks, I'm going to count it...it's a pretty distinctive song... Other delights: Fledgling Baltimore Oriole Cedar Waxwing pair building a nest. A whole bevy of orioles, grackles, kingbirds mobbing a crow that (presumably) was threatening one of their nests in a cottonwood... Osprey pair both on the nest, one feeding the other, presumably also feeding young—Candace Cornell confirmed yesterday morning that all three (yes?) eggs have now hatched. Let the Great Airlift of Fish begin! On the downside: The Common Merganser brood, that by Tuesday morning had shrunk from 15-16 to 8, was nowhere to be seen. There was a lot of nasty, unphotogenic debris on the lake. The high water in Salmon Creek has washed away one of the best log/waterfowl perches...PFFFAHHH!!!(Bird photographers have a different agenda...!) 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 BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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/ --