[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock calling in Brooktondale

[Eva Smith]

Hello, just now (9 PM) I heard a single woodcock making his "peent" call in
the marshy woods behind my cottage in the Boiceville Cottages in
Brooktondale.

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[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant, midday Tuesday 8 March

[Dave Nutter]

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[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock

[bob mcguire]

Our woodcock has returned! I stepped outside (Sunder Hill area) at 6:30 this 
evening to hear just one sequence of “sky dance”. No “peents” before or after. 
I assume that the guy arrived last night and is just beginning to settle in. In 
past years we have had up to seven woodcocks on and around the property. I’m 
hoping that the next few nights will bring more of his friends and then a few 
females!

Bob McGuire
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[cayugabirds-l] snipe or woodcock at Sapsucker

[Marc Devokaitis]

Standing on the Sherwood platform @ 2:00pm, the bird flew directly over my
head, heading southwest and into the woods -- didn't see it take off or
land. Couldn't get any distinctive plumage marks. Flew straight and
relatively quickly at a height of about 20 ft off the ground. Based on that
I'm leaning toward snipe.

Marc Devokaitis

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[cayugabirds-l] Food for Ravens

[Geo Kloppel]

The Ravens that nest on my West Danby hillside are currently down on a deer 
carcass, which I dragged into the woods just this morning for their benefit in 
this, their nesting season. 

The deer was killed by some predator last night. The killing seems to have 
taken place at the water's edge, in the pond. Gobbets of flesh are sunk at the 
site, and the surface of the pond is strewn with lots and lots of deer hair. 
The carcass itself was dragged over the dike and disemboweled there. No obvious 
tracks or blood trail or anything like that led away, but I found a large pile 
of entrails 200 feet off, all by itself.

I had been thinking coyotes, but this afternoon my next door neighbor called me 
about another matter, and happened to mention that her yard was visited last 
night by a very large animal that she presumed to be a bear. Hmm... Maybe I 
should have another look at that carcass.

I have a few bluebird houses at the pond, that I hoped might attract some Tree 
Swallows. This morning I was surprised to see a Bluebird singing from the very 
top of one of the tallest trees overlooking the pond, as if to say "look what I 
found"!

-Geo Kloppel



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[cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here

[Liisa S. Mobley]

In it's usual spot, eating berries and seeds near back entrance to Cornell 
Store.  Flew off to trees near wee stinky glen.  I didn't have my binoculars, 
so I didn't get a good look at plumage details, but it didn't appear to have 
any major changes.
-Liisa

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[cayugabirds-l] Meadowlark and Killdeer

[Tom Hoebbel]

Holly and I saw our first of year Eastern Meadowlark and Killdeer in our
back field in Brooktondale yesterday.

...Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
  ~Warren Buffett


 Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video
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[cayugabirds-l] Wigeon and Killdeer

[Annette Nadeau]

There's a solitary male AMERICAN WIGEON cruising around on the pond here at
Hospicare (Town of Ithaca) this afternoon. Heard several E. Bluebirds
singing and heard my first KILLDEER of the year but couldn't see it.

Annette
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Apiarian Question

[Linda Orkin]

It would seem as though your feeders are providing a needed resource to
these very endangered creatures.  I can't see any harm in leaving them up
for the duration.

Linda Orkin

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Carl Steckler  wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded. They are indeed Honeybees as identified by my
> neighborhood beekeeper.
> The swarm has doubled since earlier this morning and now the birds are
> staying away, except for the woodpeckers.
> I think that when it gets dark and the bees are gone I will remove my seed
> feeders for a few days. Hopefully that will solve the problem.
>
> Thanks
> Carl
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[cayugabirds-l] Northern Parula at IHS? mystery partly solved

[Sandy Wold]

Thanks to all who wrote trying to help me solve this mystery and to Dave
Nutter who went out this morning to help me identify one of the two calls.
We walked on both sides of the creek south of Ithaca High, and it was
loaded with birds!  The monotonic warble call was indeed a Dark-eyed Junco!

http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/169037

The zipper-like call, which we did not hear today, was suggested by Asher
to possibly be a Tufted Titmouse if it had a sound like a plastic comb
being pulled along a hard edge.  I could not find a Tufted Titmouse
recording that matched in the Macauly Library.  I could not go through all
100 Pine Siskin calls in the library, but the few I went through were not
what I think I heard.

Learning to bird by ear is hard work!

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Apiarian Question

[Carl Steckler]

Thanks to all who responded. They are indeed Honeybees as identified by 
my neighborhood beekeeper.
The swarm has doubled since earlier this morning and now the birds are 
staying away, except for the woodpeckers.
I think that when it gets dark and the bees are gone I will remove my 
seed feeders for a few days. Hopefully that will solve the problem.

Thanks
Carl

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Apiarian Question

[Geo Kloppel]

Yes, in very early spring, when there are no pollen or nectar sources (flowers) 
available, honeybees will be attracted to mill dust and pollen found on bird 
seed, cracked corn, etc. They may also visit compost piles and other chance 
resources.

-Geo Kloppel

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 11:06 AM, Carl Steckler  wrote:
> 
> For the past two days I have had a small swarm of what appear to be small 
> Honeybees at my platform feeder.
> The birds  don't seem to mind and I haven't seen any interaction between 
> them.  Didn't know bees liked bird seed.
> Has anyone else had this experience?
> Thanks
> Carl
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[cayugabirds-l] Apiarian Question

[Carl Steckler]

For the past two days I have had a small swarm of what appear to be 
small Honeybees at my platform feeder.
The birds  don't seem to mind and I haven't seen any interaction between 
them.  Didn't know bees liked bird seed.

Has anyone else had this experience?
Thanks
Carl

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[cayugabirds-l] Special Film Event - Audubon: The Film

[Marc Devokaitis]

Hi Cayuga Birders;

Hope you all can join Fitz next Thursday for this special event at
Cinemopolis!


*Audubon**: The Film*


*Thursday, March 17, 7:00 p.m.*
Cinemapolis

(Advance
tickets required)
120 E Green St, Ithaca, NY

This new film focuses on the achievements of iconic artist, ornithologist,
and explorer John James Audubon. Learn about his adventurous life and
enduring legacy as the godfather of today’s conservation movement. Cornell
Lab director John W. Fitzpatrick provides commentary in the film and will
be available after the screening for a Q session.


*Watch the trailer:*


*http://www.audubonthefilm.com /*


*Advance tickets required:*


*https://www.tugg.com/events/92425 *




-Marc Devokaitis

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