[cayugabirds-l] Wh C Sparrow
A White Crown Sparrow has made it to Auburn. I still have White Throats too. 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA
* New York* Syracuse - May 02, 2016 * NYSY 05. 02. 16 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):April 25, 2015 - May 02, 2016to 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 02 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org Greetings: This is the Syracuse Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 25, 2015. Highlights-- SNOWY EGRETBRANTEURASIAN WIGEONGOLDEN EAGLESANDHILL CRANEUPLAND SANDPIPERLONG-BILLED DOWITCHERBLACK TERNSHORT-EARED OWL Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) Shorebirds reported this week from the complex were: DUNLIN, WILSON’S SNIPE, LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. 4/26: A SNOWY EGRET, first reported from the Wildlife Drive was also seen from Towpath Road. No subsequent sightings have been reported. 4/30: A SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Mays Point. 5/1: An EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Tschache Pool. 45 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. rare for spring, were also seen at Tschache Pool.5/23: 3SANDHILL CRANES were seen along the Wildlife Trail Derby Hill Another inconsistent week at Derby but with two great days. 4/27 saw a flight of 3,747 raptors and the next day saw another 1,155 counted. Two GOLDEN EAGLES were seen and a number of SANDHILL CRANES were seen also. On 4/29 a SHORT-EARED OWL was observed in flight. Oswego County 5/1: An UPLAND SANDPIPER was sgain seen at the Oswego County Airport from Howard Road. Onondaga county 5/1: A group of BRANT were seen in flight at Three Rivers WMA. Madison county 4/27: Some late GREATER and LESSER SCAUP are being seen at Woodman Pond. Cayuga county 5/2: A BLACK TERN was seen at Fairhaven State Park. This was a good week for returning migrants and the coming week should be also. New birds this week. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERYELLOW-THROATED VIREOAMERICAN REDSTARTCOMMON YELLOWTHROATBLACK and WHITE WARBLERLINCOLN’S SPARROWBLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERBOBOLINKCATBIRDGREAT=CRESTED FLYCATCHEREASTERN KINGBIRDWARBLING VIREOBLACK TERNYELLOW WARBLERBALTIMORE ORIOLEBLUE-WINGED WARBLERWHITE-CROWNED SPARROWSCARLET TANAGERBRANTBLACKBURNIAN WARBLER .--end report Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, NY 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Finger Lakes Land Trust Spring Bird Quest -- walks at new sites over Memorial Day weekend
I will lead walks at four Finger Lakes Land Trust preserves over Memorial Day weekend, as part of an annual event that we call the Spring Bird Quest (SBQ). The destinations are mostly different from past years, showing off some of the Land Trust’s newer major acquisitions, which are great for birds and well within an hour’s drive of Ithaca, but still barely known among many of our local birders. Please see below for a list of walks. For more information and directions to all sites, including specific information about parking, please see http://www.fllt.org/events/. There is no charge for these walks, but I invite everyone to consider making a pledge in support of my SBQ tally of bird species found on these walks and possibly at other Land Trust preserves over the weekend. Over ten years, SBQ donations in support of the Land Trust’s continued conservation efforts have exceeded $44,000. Please contact me if you’d like to make a pledge, or donate a flat amount at http://www.fllt.org/donate/. If you do donate via the website, please specify the gift in honor of “SBQ.” Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I hope to see many of you later this month at the preserves! Mark Chao Ithaca PS. It appears that a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS is trying to nest in a box installed by my wife Miyoko Chu in our yard in northeast Ithaca. I just saw a female enter the box with nest material. The male has been hanging around too. ___ Saturday, May 28 8:00 AM High Vista Nature Preserve Village of Scott Woods and streams near Skaneateles Lake. Breeding Hooded Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Louisiana Waterthrush have all been found here in recent years. Former spot for Cerulean Warbler. __ Saturday, May 28 10:00 AM Hinchcliff Family Preserve Town of Spafford 206 acres of fields and mixed hardwoods, with sweeping views of Skaneateles Lake. I’ve never birded here in spring, but I am optimistic that we will find a lot of charismatic species. This preserve is just a few miles up the road from the High Vista Nature Preserve. ___ Sunday, May 29 8:00 AM Logan Hill Nature Preserve Town of Candor Mixed woods and fields filled with birds and butterflies. On May 29, 2015, Betsy Darlington and I found Hooded and Prairie Warblers among 48 bird species. No promises, but this is the best place I know in the area for finding American Woodcocks on the ground by day. Monday, May 30 8:30 AM VanRiper Conservation Area Town of Romulus A steep walk down to 1400 feet of lake shore, plus early successional upland woods. I think that Prairie and Blue-winged Warblers breed here, and possibly Hooded too. -- 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] cayugabirds-l digest: April 29, 2016
Yesterday, May 1 I heard a Prairie Warbler and a Chestnut-Sided Warbler at the Cornell Plantations in the area of the overlook with the gong. Also this morning I work to the sweet song of Wood Thrush, but I think I live slightly out of basin on Michigan Hollow Rd in Danby. Happy Birding! Beth Beth Bannister JYC/Caroline/Enfield/Danby Youth Employment Program Manager-YouthWorks CCETC 615 Willow Ave Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-2292 ext 229 From: bounce-120437029-8627...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Upstate NY Birding digest Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 12:04:11 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: cayugabirds-l digest: April 29, 2016 CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Friday, April 29, 2016. 1. Grosbeak 2. Re: Nashville warbler; also Yellow Warbler 3. WOOD THRUSH 4. RB Grosbeak and Brown Trasher in Trumbull Corners 5. Catbird 6. White-crowned 7. Re: Catbird 8. A. Redstart 9. Lansing Warblers, others 10. Re: Catbird 11. Goldfinch migrants -- Subject: Grosbeak From: Carol Keeler Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:33:33 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 I checked my feeders first thing this morning and there was a RB Grosbeak . They must have moved north quickly. My new bird feeder migrants have kept pace with Ithaca. I also have 5 W TH Sparrows. I didn't get the huge fallout others did. I still have a few Juncos. Yesterday the Purple Finch was back. Looks like I better get my Oriole feeders out. Sent from my iPad -- Subject: Re: Nashville warbler; also Yellow Warbler From: Nari Mistry Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:42:08 -0400 X-Message-Number: 2 Yesterday afternoon I was lucky to catch sight of a Nashville Warbler that flew in to our box elder for one very brief second and then flew off. I was surprised that it was quite high up in the tree and was not foraging in bushes, probably just arrived. Also a brief look at a Yellow Warbler. Luckily I had my binoculars with me as I sat swinging in a hammock -- pretty hard to grab and focus on these birds at all while swinging! Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. -- ___ *Nari B. Mistry*, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- Subject: WOOD THRUSH From: Donna Lee Scott Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:28:38 + X-Message-Number: 3 Is back in my woods this morning, singing E-OH-Lay, right on schedule. He joins the gaily singing BROWN THRASHER, who is sitting high in a cottonwood tree. Donna Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- Subject: RB Grosbeak and Brown Trasher in Trumbull Corners From: Dave Gislason Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:03:00 + (UTC) X-Message-Number: 4 My first Grosbeak this season on a feeder with a Brown Thrasher underneath. -- Subject: Catbird From: Carol Keeler Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:00:07 -0400 X-Message-Number: 5 My Catbird is back. It just came to the jelly feeder. Sent from my iPad -- Subject: White-crowned From: Betsy Darlington Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:14:11 -0400 X-Message-Number: 6 We have a white-crowned sparrow in our yard today (near Collegetown in Ithaca), the first one this year. Seems happy to be with the mob of white-throats and goldfinches. Betsy -- Subject: Re: Catbird From: david nicosia Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:03:30 + (UTC) X-Message-Number: 7 Mine came back too!!! From: Carol Keeler To: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 1:00 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Catbird My Catbird is back. It just came to the jelly feeder. 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/ -- -- Subject: A. Redstart From: Donna Scott Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:17:34 -0400 X-Message-Number: 8 Just found a brightly colored male AMERICAN REDSTART foraging in my woods! Lans. Station rd, Lansing Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone -- Subject: Lansing Warblers, others From: Donna Scott Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:57:59 -0400 X-Message-Number: 9 BLACK THROATED GREEN WAR
Re: [cayugabirds-l] feeder Raven
Asher, for the first time, I have a pair of crows at my feeders. One has figured out it can hang from the bottom of the basket by its feet to get the suet. I've tried to get a picture, but they always see me inside. Brenda -- Brenda Best Durhamville, NY bestb...@me.com Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2016, at 1:28 PM, Asher Hockett wrote: > > We have had our feeder visited the past few days by a Raven. It appears he is > trying to figure out how to get to the suet. There is no close perch so he > sits on the railing which puts it about two inches out of his reach. Perhaps > we'll scatter some peanuts or corn, but the squirrels may be a deterrent to > that idea. > > Anyway, it's really nice to get such close looks of this fascinating > individual. > > -- > asher > > -- > 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] McLean Merlin nest - help.
A friend told me of twice seeing a Merlin in McLean. I went out this morning, got out of the car, walked 100 m and heard/saw a Merlin. I watched it for an hour until the rain got hard. The Merlin flew within the triangle formed by Elm Tree Inn at the apex, and Rts 104 and 180 and Cemetery Lane, closer to 180 than 104. It flew up to the southern edge of the cemetery. I guess the nest is very near this area. But, I haven't found it and can't monitor the survival and prey brought to the female and nestlings unless I do. Any help would be appreciated. The male usually brings breakfast to the incubating female some time between 6:30 and 7:30. Thanks, John Confer con...@ithaca.edu, confergoldw...@aol.com -- 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] R-b Grosbeak
The Raven dominated my brain so much that I forgot to mention we also had our first R-b Grosbeak on Saturday. Nyger socks now shared by goldfinches and Pine Siskins. Hummingbird feeders up for nearly two weeks now, but no sign of them. -- asher -- 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] Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Male--over my feeders this am. Yes, just a bit outside the basin, but the bird flew toward the boundary and Fall Creek…and of course, there were reports starting 25th April. :) Anne Hile School Rd -- 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/ --