Re: [cayugabirds-l] OOB: Tree swallow migration
I was in Cape May on Monday, and saw a similarly large flock of tree swallows, first gathering, then murmurating like starlings. I did not try to estimate numbers. Here's a lousy iPhone video clip, barely hinting at the scale: https://www.facebook.com/suan.yong/videos/10210920362223036/ Suan -- 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] Android Version of Warbler Guide App
Hi folks. Anyone know of any plans to have an android version of the Warbler App that goes with The Warbler Guide by Stephenson and Whittle - there is one for Ipads and ipods... Thanks much. Pete Saracino -- 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] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays - an acorn crop question
Very few acorns in the red oak trees in my area. It seems to be an off year for nut mass. Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Marie P. Read wrote: > > I followed the Blue Jay flock through my binocs as they flew off, they landed > in the distance several times , in oaks as far as I could tell, but didn't > stick around. Has anyone noticed whether the acorn crop is good this year in > the region? I have not seen very many acorns on my trips to the Cornell > Arboretum. Last year there were masses of acorns there and the resident Blue > Jays were harvesting them and flying off to store them for weeks. > > Marie > > > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > > Website: http://www.marieread.com > Follow me on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ > > From: Donna Lee Scott > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:08 AM > To: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: RE: Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays > > Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and > flying over in large numbers. > Eating all my bird seed! > > Donna Scott > Lansing Station Road > Lansing, NY > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays > > Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road > around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big > flock of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen > such a large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE! > > ;-) > Marie > > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail m...@cornell.edu > > Website: http://www.marieread.com > Follow me on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ > -- > > 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] OOB: Tree swallow migration
Ooops. No "American" in those tree swallow. Just tree swallows, and maybe they were Canadian, anyway. Sorry about that slip of the keyboard. On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Karen Edelstein wrote: > Joe Wetmore and I just returned from several days in the Provincetown, MA > area. On Monday, while we were hiking to High Head Beach (North Truro) > along the Cape Cod National Seashore, we witnessed what seems to be a > fairly lightly documented phenomenon in that area: the massing of American > tree swallows on their migration south. While the locals we later talked to > mentioned that they frequently see a lot of tree swallows along the Cape in > the fall, what we serendipitously encountered was really intriguing. > > On our walk, as we crested the dunes and could see the ocean, we noticed > large clouds of birds swirling overhead. The white bellies, calls, and > flight patterns were a fast clue that these were tree swallows, these birds > were surprisingly round. Well, fat. The birds all landed on the beach in a > group, not far from the surf line, each one perched on the highest ridge of > sand in the vicinity. The flock numbered about 3000. All sitting on the > sand, facing south. Occasionally, they would startle, and most take to the > air, only to settle down again. > > A naturalist on our whale watching trip later the next day congratulated > us for seeing these birds, since he knew of few birders in the area who > talk about these migration massings. When I checked eBird later that night, > the records there resonated...sitings of 80, maybe a few hundred there. > Ebird kicked my report back, in fact, asking me whether I'd actually seen > 3000. The whale guide indicated that a little bit south in Wellflleet, he > sees an estimated 100,000 there some years. > > After doing a little reading, it made sense. The swallows are gorging > themselves silly on the lipid-rich bayberries that grow along the dunes, > fattening up to fuel their long flights to southern wintering grounds. > Bayberries are their second preferred food after insects. The following day > at Race Point, we saw more flocks along the coast, looking from a distance > like black haze moving along the shoreline, then coming in waves to the > shrublands in back of the dunes, presumably to eat more. > > While this was just dumb luck to have seen what we did, I bet it would > make a great research project for some enterprising student. I just count > myself as fortunate, particularly when I thought the swallows living around > the Finger Lakes had been gone for over a month already. > > Karen Edelstein > -- 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] OOB: Tree swallow migration
Joe Wetmore and I just returned from several days in the Provincetown, MA area. On Monday, while we were hiking to High Head Beach (North Truro) along the Cape Cod National Seashore, we witnessed what seems to be a fairly lightly documented phenomenon in that area: the massing of American tree swallows on their migration south. While the locals we later talked to mentioned that they frequently see a lot of tree swallows along the Cape in the fall, what we serendipitously encountered was really intriguing. On our walk, as we crested the dunes and could see the ocean, we noticed large clouds of birds swirling overhead. The white bellies, calls, and flight patterns were a fast clue that these were tree swallows, these birds were surprisingly round. Well, fat. The birds all landed on the beach in a group, not far from the surf line, each one perched on the highest ridge of sand in the vicinity. The flock numbered about 3000. All sitting on the sand, facing south. Occasionally, they would startle, and most take to the air, only to settle down again. A naturalist on our whale watching trip later the next day congratulated us for seeing these birds, since he knew of few birders in the area who talk about these migration massings. When I checked eBird later that night, the records there resonated...sitings of 80, maybe a few hundred there. Ebird kicked my report back, in fact, asking me whether I'd actually seen 3000. The whale guide indicated that a little bit south in Wellflleet, he sees an estimated 100,000 there some years. After doing a little reading, it made sense. The swallows are gorging themselves silly on the lipid-rich bayberries that grow along the dunes, fattening up to fuel their long flights to southern wintering grounds. Bayberries are their second preferred food after insects. The following day at Race Point, we saw more flocks along the coast, looking from a distance like black haze moving along the shoreline, then coming in waves to the shrublands in back of the dunes, presumably to eat more. While this was just dumb luck to have seen what we did, I bet it would make a great research project for some enterprising student. I just count myself as fortunate, particularly when I thought the swallows living around the Finger Lakes had been gone for over a month already. Karen Edelstein -- 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, Fri 9/30
Excellent variety of songbirds along East Trail near small pond by 91 Sapsucker Woods Road, 2:05 pm. Multiple Bay-breasted, B-t Green, N. Parula, etc. plus a calling raven across the little pond. I could use help sorting through everything, actually... 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/ --
RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays - an acorn crop question
I followed the Blue Jay flock through my binocs as they flew off, they landed in the distance several times , in oaks as far as I could tell, but didn't stick around. Has anyone noticed whether the acorn crop is good this year in the region? I have not seen very many acorns on my trips to the Cornell Arboretum. Last year there were masses of acorns there and the resident Blue Jays were harvesting them and flying off to store them for weeks. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ From: Donna Lee Scott Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 11:08 AM To: Marie P. Read; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and flying over in large numbers. Eating all my bird seed! Donna Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -Original Message- From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE! ;-) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ -- 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] Vultures
There is a very large number of vultures along Stevenson Rd in Ithaca right now. 100 or more. No binoculars with me so I didn't scan for black vultures. In the trees, on the fences in the pheasant farm and on the barns. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays
Since mid September I have had large flocks of Blue Jays in my yard, and flying over in large numbers. Eating all my bird seed! Donna Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -Original Message- From: bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120843916-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:46 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE! ;-) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ -- 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] Bebee Lake Migrants this morning
I've been birding Bebee Lake on my bus layovers on many mornings over the past several weeks, Today was the first day on which there was a bona fide wave of migrants. Highlights were SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. Several birds that got away unidentified as well. Complete checklist at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31820891 Marc Devokaitis -- 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] Mt Pleasant migrating Blue Jays
Catching my breath at the top of the observatory hill on Mt Pleasant Road around 10:15, I noticed Blue Jays perched in a large oak. Suddenly a big flock of Blue Jays took off and headed SE...I estimated about 60. Never seen such a large flock up there. I tell you, it was YUGE! ;-) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ -- 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] Hanshaw Road Cackling Goose
Currently foraging where Sapsucker Woods Road meets Hanshaw. -- 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/ --