[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Sunday Trip to Salt Point Natural Area

[Gladys J Birdsall]

Hi All, a reminder that I will be leading a bird walk at Salt Point 
Natural Area this coming Sunday, May 26th.,  from 7 AM to 11 AM.

We will walk the Salt Point trails, checking the wooded area, Salmon 
creek and Cayuga Lake.  Orchard Orioles, Ospreys, and Blue-gray 
Gnatcatchers and many other birds breed here. Directions to Salt Point - 
take 34 North and turn left onto Myers Road (at bottom of hill opposite 
the Lansing schools.) At stop sign at bottom of Myers Rd., turn right 
and after crossing over the Salmon Creek bridge, turn left and follow 
road in, over the railroad tracks, turn right and go to the parking area 
at Salt Point where we will meet up. Bring water and a snack. For more 
information or if you have questions email Gladys at g...@outlook.com 
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Gladys Birdsall

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[cayugabirds-l] Sunday, May 12th Cayuga Bird Trip

[Gladys J Birdsall]

Hi All, I will be leading a bird walk at the Cornell Botanical Gardens 
Arboretum on Sunday, May 12th.  Dress for the weather. The walk is open 
to all.

Gladys Birdsall


*Cornell Botanical Gardens Newman Arboretum
Sunday May 12, 2024, 7:30 am to 11:00 am. *
/Trip Leader: Gladys Birdsall/

We will walk the trails in the Newman Arboretum looking for migrating 
warblers, and other songbirds. Swallows and herons may be around the 
pond.  Meet in the parking area near the Houston Pond. We will be back 
to the cars by 11 AM. For more information or if you have questions, 
email Gladys at g...@outlook.com .

This link has a map showing where Houston Pond is.

https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/explore/in-f-r-newman-arboretum/

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[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbird flock at SSW

[Gladys J Birdsall]

On our beginner bird walk this morning Lisa and I and three visitors saw 
a large flock of blackbirds fly into a couple treetops.  We were almost 
to the Sherwood platform. They just did not seem to fit "Starlings" .  
Longer tails and they sounded different.  Getting the scope on them we 
saw that it was almost all Rusty Blackbirds.  Most in nonbreeding 
plummage.  We had good light on them and there were a few birds still in 
black plummage. We saw yellow eyes on almost all the birds.  I did find 
a couple female Red-winged Blackbirds.  They were very boldly 
streaked/striped beneath and had the light eyebrow, dark eyes.  We had a 
good amount of time to look at them before they took off. The birds were 
beautiful in their winter plummage, and the lighting was perfect.


They later came around a second time but landed even closer to us in a 
couple treetops.  They were chattering as they flew in, and did sound 
different than a group of just Red-winged BB would sound.  Another 
person near us had Merlin going and he said it showed Rusty BB, 
Red-winged and Starling.


I counted at least 70 birds in the one treetop and there were about 10 
more in another.  Again we got the scope on them and everyone was able 
to look at the different plummages.  There was a White Pine next to this 
tree, and several birds flew to this tree, which was loaded with cones, 
and started feeding on or around the cones.


I hope they hang around so others might find them.    I have never seen 
so many Rusty's  at once in winter plummage.  I am sure there could be 
variations on these Rusty plummages. It was really exciting to see so many.


Gladys Birdsall


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[cayugabirds-l] CBC trip changed to this Sunday 3/26

[Gladys J Birdsall]

Hi All,

Looking at this weekends weather, I decided to change the bird trip to 
*SUNDAY MARCH 26th.  (Was scheduled on SAT.)*

*SUNDAY - March 26th - Half day trip, 8 AM to 12:30.  Meet Gladys at 8 
AM at Stewart Park, at the east side parking area.  We will check for 
waterfowl, and other new migrants arriving this first week of Spring.   
We will work our way up the east side of the lake to Myers Park and Salt 
Point, and check some rural roads and fields. Dress for the weather and 
bring a snack and beverage.  Call Gladys with questions at 607-280-9540.*

Thanks!

Gladys Birdsall

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[cayugabirds-l] Davis Road and Nut Ridge Road

[Gladys J Birdsall]

I ventured up the lake after 1 pm to try and find the Snow Buntings and 
Horned Larks Bob reported yesterday.  I first saw the manure on the 
field from Jerry Smith Road, but the birds were very distant, closer to 
Davis Road.  I drove down Jerry Smith and turned south onto Davis.  They 
were very close to Davis Road. They would swirl up and go back and forth 
on the field sometimes landing in the corn stubble or in the grass strip 
closer to Davis Road.  A couple friends drove up and were looking for 
them too. We stayed for probably a half hour and the Snow Buntings and 
Horned Larks were then crossing the road to the field behind us. They 
were landing on the road in front and behind our vehicles. Sometimes 
quite close.  There were definitely hundreds of Snow Buntings.  Horned 
Larks were mixed in and constantly moving.  We found we had to be really 
still as the birds that were close to us in the road would take off if 
we moved!   A very enjoyable time seeing them so close and the large 
flocks swirling back and forth.  I haven't seen that in years.


I went on a bit further to look at the ag fields on Nut Ridge Road (Bell 
Station).  As I turned onto Nut Ridge I saw a very distant flock flying, 
20-30 that appeared to be Horned Larks. Quickly I saw some Snow Geese 
and so stopped.   They were grazing on one of the grassy strips and 
covered it pretty much from one end to the south end of the field.  They 
were not far off Nut Ridge, and I had really nice views just with my 
binocs.  I never got out of the car because I thought they would take 
off.  There were dark adults and one I saw I believe was a white 
juvenile.  I stayed put for a bit watching them, and then drove slowly 
further down towards the lake and turned around in one of the drives 
that enter the field.  I pulled over to continue watching them and look 
for other field birds.  Several times I saw flocks of mostly Horned 
Larks flying around the field.  A few single birds landed on the 
shoulder of Nut Ridge Road.  Once as a group came closer, I was able to 
see several Snow Buntings mixed in.  Later a group of maybe 100 flew up 
and they crossed Nut Ridge and kept flying north.   As I drove back up 
Nut Ridge, a car coming towards me stopped.  It was Mrs. Stevens who 
lives down there.  She was thrilled to see and hear the Snow Geese.  As 
we talked the geese suddenly got loud and flew up and then came back 
down in the field, but at the south end.  I estimate there was over a 
1,000 Snow Geese.  A small group of Snow Geese (20-25) had wandered up 
towards Lake Ridge road, very close to Nut Ridge, walking along and 
grazing!


I saw 9 Dark-eyed Juncos and four Cardinals together along the shoulder 
of Nut Ridge.  I saw 4 Tree Sparrows on the shoulder of Lake Ridge 
Road.  A Turkey Vulture was sitting in the road right near Nut Ridge 
feeding on a carcass.  I thought I would chuck it (the road kill) out of 
the road so the TV wouldn't get hit.  As I approached I saw it was a 
skunk.  Never mind.  The TV flew off and did not return.  As I later 
drove 34B, I saw about 15 Snow Buntings fly into a field from the 
telephone wires.  Horned Larks flew up from the secondary roads as I 
drove around.   A nice afternoon.


Good birding,
Gladys

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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-headed Blackbird- Conlon Road in Lansing

[Gladys J Birdsall]

This afternoon, about 2 PM, I was driving North on Conlon Road in 
Lansing.  Just past where Searles Rd extension comes into Conlon Rd. on 
the right - at an angle, there are cornfields on both sides.  There were 
thousands of Blackbirds on both sides, in the road and in the 
surrounding treetops.  As I watched the birds in the road, suddenly a 
Yellow-headed Blackbird (male) pops out among the crowd.  I watched it 
for about 15 -20 seconds and the whole bunch lifted up and I was able to 
follow it for a bit.  I thought it maybe went up into the trees.  I 
tried to refind it but did not right away.  Maybe 20 minutes later I was 
following a flock that had lifted up and out popped that yellow head and 
the white primary coverts.   I followed it for several seconds till the 
whole bunch turned and lost it again.


This huge flock was mostly Red-winged, and I spotted some females, 
Brown-headed Cowbirds, and Common Grackles.   Quite the spectacle and 
sounds!


Gladys



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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club trip around the Lake- Nov. 5th

[Gladys J Birdsall]

T*rip around the Cayuga lake and MNWR looking for waterfowls and other 
birds*

*Nov 5 2022 8.00 am*

/Trip Leader - Steve Kress/

Duration - 8.00 am to 3 - 4 pm.

Meeting place - Stewart park at 8.00 am. First parking lot on the right 
as soon as you enter the park towards northeastern side. 42.462680, 
-76.501758. 
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Group size - 12 (please register with Meena at _mmh3@cornell.edu_ 
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Trip details - It is fall migration time for waterbirds! So expect to 
see lots of migrating waterfowls along the lake and  MNWR wildlife 
drive. Plus, there may be a few lingering shorebirds and birds like 
pipits and horned larks. If you are lucky you may see the unlucky Cave 
Swallows, which every year head north at this time of the year.  Dress 
properly for weather, bring gloves and hats. Bring scope if you have or 
binoculars. Carry water and hot drinks and snacks and a lunch. We will 
stop on the way at Aurora or some locations for food and bathroom.





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42.429007,-76.47111

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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Stewart Park Trip

[Gladys J Birdsall]

This morning, Leigh Stivers and Michael Haupt joined me for walk around 
Stewart Park and the Renwick Woods. It was raining very lightly and 
eventually stopped for awhile. A Pileated Woodpecker greeted us, calling 
loudly from the top of a telephone pole near the Railroad tracks. On the 
lake the only ducks seen were Mallards. Cormorants were plentiful with 
many juvenile birds. Two Fish Crows were in the trees around the Swan 
Pen and called almost continuously while we were there. Two Green Herons 
were at the Swan Pen and we also saw two Great Blue Herons. There were 
many Ring-billed Gulls out on the Lighthouse jetty.  We were able to 
pick out a couple Herring Gulls and five Great Black-backed Gulls. We 
saw a couple warblers at the Swan Pen but were not able to firmly 
identify, one backlit bird up high and the other moved too fast for us 
and we did not relocate. A Winter Wren popped up on the boathouse side. 
Dark above with a buffy eyebrow, holding its' short tail upright. Not 
long after, a Carolina Wren popped up out of the brush in the same area. 
The bold white eybrow stood out and the white throat and lighter buffy 
color underneath, was much lighter than the Winter Wren. We heard 
Carolina Wrens in several different places throughout our walk. Catbirds 
were also heard and seen throughout. On the way to the bridge going to 
Renwick Woods, an Osprey was very vocal sitting up on the nest platform, 
(golf course side) and later we saw it flying around, carrying sticks to 
the platform. We walked south along the Fall Creek outlet and it was 
fairly quiet until we got to an open area, near a bench. We again saw a 
warbler that was very high and backlit. Later we were able to identify a 
Yellow-rumped Warbler. This area was very active with adults /and/ 
juveniles of: Robins, Northern Flickers and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. We 
saw a trio of Tufted Titmice, several Downey Woodpeckers and Red-eyed 
Vireos. We saw one Warbling Vireo. It was fun to see two Scarlet 
Tanagers, both yellow overall with dark wings. We saw a flycatcher with 
wingbars, and thought a possible Eastern Wood Pewee. Later we did hear 
an E. Wood Pewee sing a partial song. It was very lively at this spot 
and many birds were feeding on Poison Ivy berries. We continued on 
around the path when the rain really picked up, so we did end the trip a 
bit early.  So it was not great for warblers today, but we had some good 
suprises anyway.

Good birding,

Gladys

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[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake CBC trip

[Gladys J Birdsall]

The Cayuga Bird Clubs Dryden Lake Trip this morning was very successful 
despite the dismal weather forcast. I had four people join me. We scoped 
the lake from under a pavilion to start, as it was lightly raining. 
There were 13 Bonapartes Gulls, a Pie-billed Grebe, Canada Geese, 4 
Bufflehead, 2 Ring-billed Gulls, and 3 Common Mergansers. About 40 Tree 
Swallows swarmed around out over the lake. We saw the Osprey pair across 
the way perched on their nest platform.

It stopped raining so we headed down the trail along the lake. Two 
Kingfishers seemed to keep traveling along ahead of us. Some highlights 
included good looks at Rusty Blackbirds (8 total) that were foraging on 
the ground in a wet area, and flew up to nearby bushes and trees. 
Woodpeckers we observed were Pileated, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied, 
Hariy, and Downy. We started seeing Yellow-rumped Warblers, with nice 
looks at many of them. We also found two Palm Warblers in different 
spots, with the second one giving us beautiful views. The Bald Eagle 
pair were at their nest site. Further down the trail we heard and saw 
Swamp Sparrows and there were some sparrows on the ground in the trail. 
One was a Song Sparrow and three others, smaller ones, turned out to be 
Field Sparrows. We had been hearing a Field Sparrow and it was a 
surprise to see them here on the ground. We saw a Wood Duck pair and 
several Mallards. We found a Solitary Sandpiper and we had nice close 
views, as it did not fly off.   On our way back, ( it started raining ) 
we heard an Eastern Towhee and found a Common Loon out on the lake.

We found 44 species and I haven't listed all the usual suspects. Thanks 
to Ann Mitchell who did an ebird list for us.  We were a bit wet and 
cold when we got back to the cars but all agreed it was a wonderful 
morning with many good birds.

Gladys Birdsall


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Geese

[Gladys J Birdsall]

The flight of geese yesterday was amazing.  I walked the Yorkies east on 
Mt. Pleasant Road, around 11:30 on.  At the top of the hill east past my 
house you could see lines of geese both east and west, heading N.  With 
my binocs, I could make out lines of geese west of the Observatory and 
to the east-way out over the hills.  A couple flocks that flew directly 
overhead, had some Snow Geese mixed in.  I only saw a couple groups of 
just Snow Geese.  I was up there for maybe 35-40 minutes and they were 
still going over when I got home.


Gladys

On 3/5/2022 12:22 PM, Laura Stenzler wrote:

Lots on Canada and some snow geese flying over Hunt Hill Rd  since 11am. Dryden.

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Common Nighthawk

[Gladys J Birdsall]

I first heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on the 17th, but it had not made 
the "kddow Kddow" call. Just single notes, and not very loud.  Listening 
to the calls of both Black-billed and Yellow-billed I determined it was 
a Yellow-billed.  The past couple days it has been calling and making 
the full call along with the kddow.   I worked in my garden most of 
today and it was calling off and on the whole time.  At 5 O'clock I was 
walking the dogs out the driveway and it  called out incredibly loud.  
It really surprised me, it continued on and on, I could still hear it 
when we were up the road, going east on Mt. Pleasant.


After dinner, I went out to finish up in the garden.  It must have been 
after 8, not quite totally dark yet.  Instead of birds, there were frogs 
calling.  Suddenly I was hearing a peent or peer call, behind me, over 
the woods.  Just as I realized what it was it must have dove as I heard 
the whir sound - a Common Nighthawk! It continued the peer call as it 
seemed to go out over the field, or stayed over the woods along the 
field flying south, and I heard the whir sound again.  The sky was still 
kinda light but I could not find it.  I did not hear it again.


Good birding,

Gladys


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[cayugabirds-l] FOY Fox Sparrows

[Gladys J Birdsall]

I also enjoyed watching two beautiful Fox Sparrows this morning, kicking 
up a storm on the soft lawn under a spruce tree.  One found a larve of 
some sort.  It would whack it on the ground and mash it in its bill, 
back and forth.  It took several minutes but managed to eat the whole 
thing.  What beauties the Fox Sparrows are.


Gladys


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[cayugabirds-l] Redpolls on Mt. Pleasant

[Gladys J Birdsall]

Sorry-late post.  I walked the dogs a short ways down the tower road 
yesterday 11/26.  (Hunting in the woods at the end of that road) As we 
were walking back towards Mt. Pleasant a flock of birds swirled up from 
the east side of Tower Rd.  I suspected Red Polls and returned just 
after 10 am with my binocs and scope.


So-from tower rd. going east, there are plots where they planted 
potatoes-no potatoes, etc.  The flock was in the second strip of dead 
grass/red clover.  They were fairly close to Mt. Pleasant road, and 
would keep coming down in the dead grassy/clover strip. They would 
dissapear!  I managed to find a few running around on the ground but 
very hard to see.  At one point the flock flew up and went to the field 
to the west of Tower Rd.  They quickly  flew up onto the wires at the 
intersection of Tower rd and Mt. Pleasant.  When they were swirling and 
flying around I estimate there may have been about 40 of them.


There are several strips of the grassy/red clover plots, going east from 
the tower rd., they are dark brown and about knee high.


Good birding,
Gladys



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[cayugabirds-l] 4/20, White Pelicans at MNWR Knox-Marcellus

[Gladys J Birdsall]

Apologies for the late report.

Yesterday I was at Tschache Pool with my sister, (2:15 pm) and we were 
watching one adult Bald Eagle and two Juvenile Bald Eagles soaring high 
over Tsachache Pool.  The Juveniles engaged in some acrobatics and one 
flew towards the other and turned upsidedown and they grabbed talons.  
They did this a couple times.  There were lots of swallows flying around 
also, at all levels, mostly Tree Swallows.   The sun was bright with 
blue skies and some clouds around.  Sally caught glimse of two white 
specs way up - further than the Eagles, and a bit more west.  The two 
birds circled and soared but staying in the same general area.  As we 
looked at them we could see black on the wings, and the black extended 
down the length of the wing.  Not Snow Geese.  They appeared bulky to 
me, especially the head.  I realized they were American White Pelicans.  
They started to glide around, heading east.  We lost sight of them.

Sally wanted to see if she could find Sandhill Cranes.  We drove over to 
East Road and stopped west of the Knoz-Marcellus pulloff to check a 
raptor on the wire.  This was at 2:45 pm.   It was a beautiful female 
Kestral, who flew out hunting and hoovering over the grassy field.  I 
got out my scope to check Knox-Marcellus. There were a variety of ducks 
including Mallards, American Widgeon, Gadwall, Nothern Shoveler.  Six 
Great Blue Herons and two Swans.  We spotted a large bird in a tree (on 
western edge).  It was an adult Bald Eagle.    As we looked around Sally 
*again* saw two white specs in the sky.  Through our binocs we could see 
they were two American White Pelicans.  (I assumed the same two) They 
seemed to be closer.  They got much further apart, but seemed to be 
decending.  I managed to get my scope on one of them, and sure enough 
they came down and landed in the western most area of the water, right 
out in front of us.  The one I was watching I could see something on 
it's bill.  I wondered if it was ok.  I later looked at pictures of them 
and in breeding season they have a "knob" like protuberance on top of 
their bill.  They fairly quickly swam west, and went behind the high 
grasses out there, and were out of sight.

At one point in our travels, we did see one flyby Sandhill Crane.

The winds were out of the north yesterday, and very strong WNW winds 
today so maybe they will stay around a bit longer.

Good Birding,

Gladys


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker again

[Gladys J Birdsall]

This morning as I walked the dogs I also heard my FOY Yellowbellied 
Sapsucker drumming in the woods behind our house on Mt. Pleasant Rd.

Gladys

On 4/5/2020 11:52 AM, Laura Stenzler wrote:
> Sapsucker drumming on Hunt Hill Rd, Dryden as well.
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>> On Apr 5, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Annette Nadeau  wrote:
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>> It's drumming -- not vocalizing.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sunday afternoon birds

[Gladys J Birdsall]

I was with Jill Vaughn and others this past Wednesday on Scofield Rd., 
to look for the Short-Eared Owls.  Three came from directly over the 
tree farm and stayed towards the west side of the large field.  We 
watched from near the end of Scofield, close to Buck Rd.   There is a 
rise in the field, so at times you could not see them.  I have been 
twice to see them and both times they hung towards the west side of the 
field.  This past Wednesday, after several minutes the owls went up high 
and flew in a westerly direction.  I drove west on Buck Rd.  towards Van 
Ostrand Rd.   When I looked out over the west side of the field, where 
the owls had been, there were deer, I  counted up to 31 - streaming into 
the field kinda like a football team.   Not sure if there were more 
behind them!   I continued down to Van Ostrand and saw one owl fairly 
high flying in a southwest direction.  I crossed VanOstrand and down 
Buck Rd. to see if they were over the fields on either side there.  
Nothing, so I turned and came back, turned south on VanOstrand but could 
not relocate them.
I wonder if the grassy fields where the Lansing trails are might hold 
some good prey for them.


Gladys


On 1/18/2015 7:24 PM, Anne Marie Johnson wrote:
This afternoon, we found the TUFTED DUCK from the Treman State Marine 
Park. Amazingly, the bird was on the shore side of the long, narrow 
raft of mostly REDHEAD, with a few SCAUP mixed in. It was a bit away 
from the other ducks, nearly straight out from the northwest corner of 
the trail that goes around the park, making it easy to pick out with 
its bright white side and black back. It was tucked the whole time, 
and there was no breeze blowing the tuft, but we could see a bit of 
the tuft feathers occasionally. We also saw two RUDDY DUCKS and two 
RING-NECKED DUCKS. There was a pretty good-sized group of CANVASBACK 
at the east end of the raft. We did not find the Black Scoter.


My general impression is that there were fewer Redhead at the south 
end of the lake than there were yesterday. And almost all of them were 
on the west side of the lake.


At Lagoda Park near Myers, we found another large raft of mostly 
Redhead. This flock wasn't as big as the flock in Hog Hole but was 
still substantial. There were COOT with this flock. Between the flock 
and the shore, we found two WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Toward the marina we 
could see a number of TUNDRA SWANS as well as one NORTHERN PINTAIL. 
Also in the area was one BLACK DUCK and one HOODED MERGANSER, along 
with lots of Mallards and geese.


We ended the afternoon at Scofield Road to look for Short-eared Owls. 
At about 5:20 one SHORT-EARED OWL appeared flying across the road from 
east to west. It flew around on the west side of the road very briefly 
before heading west out of sight. No other owls appeared before we 
left at 5:30. The owl we saw was relatively close to the south end of 
the field on the south side of Buck Road. If we had been any further 
north, I doubt we would have seen the owl.


Tim and Anne Marie Johnson

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[cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawk

[Gladys J Birdsall]

This evening about 6:30, while working in my garden, I heard the call of 
a Common Nighthawk among all the other birdsongs I was hearing.  I quick 
ran out onto the lawn and did manage to get a look at it.  It was flying 
east.  Moving right along, and disappeared over the treetops.  I did see 
the white bars on the wings. A nice surprise.


Good birding,

Gladys

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[cayugabirds-l] Willow Crossing at noon

[Gladys J Birdsall]

I stopped at the corner of Willow Crossing and Purvis Rd. just after 
noon.  I parked on Purvis near the little boggy areas on both sides of 
the road.

Nothing new to report but it was delightful. Lots of singing going on.
Some new ones for me this year:

3 Northern Waterthrush, 2 on the south side of Purvis, and one on north 
side.

Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Nashville (nice looks at it)
Many White-throated Sparrows
Catbird
Golden-crowned Kinglet way up high in an evergreen tree.

Good birding,

Gladys






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[cayugabirds-l] Barn Swallows

[Gladys J Birdsall]

How could I forget- the barn Swallows arrived back at the farm today.  
On Cornell Lane,  about 4 miles south of Dryden.


Good birding!
Gladys


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake, Saturday pm

[Gladys J Birdsall]

As Marie described, the weather at Dryden Lake was terrible this 
morning.  There were three of us and we did see about 40 Common 
Mergansers and a couple Canada Geese on the water.  We talked about 
hanging out under one of the pavilions for awhile, but it was truly 
dismal with the rain and wind, so we called it off there, and dispersed!


Good birding,

Gladys

On 4/23/2011 6:13 PM, Marie P Read wrote:

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Well, I simply couldn't being myself to join the bird club's Dryden Lake trip 
in this morning's horrendous weather, and I do hope that the intrepid souls 
that did were amply rewarded. But I did go there at 4:00 this afternoon with 
the sun finally shining. I walked the length of the trail along west side of 
the lake

Highlights on the lake:

Common Loon (nonbreeding plumage)
Raft of 45 or so Common Mergansers
Red-breasted Merganser 1 male and 4 females at north end of lake
Horned Grebes - a pair in gorgeous breeding plumage at the south end of the 
lake, 1 not-so-handsome one at the north end
Canada Geese
Landbirds were few and far between, but there was a dyad of Northern Flickers 
in the dead trees on the west of the trail.
To end my walk in good style, a Belted Kingfisher flew over just as I reached 
my car!

And on Mt Pleasant Rd earlier that afternoon, a Brown Thrasher caught my 
attention in the woods opposite the farm house in the dip, first giving a 
rather creaky, hesitant song then bursting into full song for a while. This is 
the first thrasher I have noted up there in many years.

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[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill Bird trip

[Gladys J Birdsall]

On Sunday May 23ed, I led a half day trip to Summerhill with the Cayuga 
Bird Club.   I was joined at the lab by Judy, Leigh, Klaus, Bob McGuire, 
Bob Packard, Bruce, Paul, and Don. Later we met up with Bobbie and Linda 
at the corner of Route 90 and Lick Street. The morning cloudiness turned 
into sunshine and we had a great morning of birding. We first stopped at 
the corner of Bone Plain Road and Sheldon Road. We watched Bobolinks, 
Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbirds and Barn Swallows flying over the 
field. There were also Tree Swallows, and Canada Geese out in the field, 
the geese looking quite out of place. A home across from the field had 
nest boxes and we observed a beautiful Eastern Bluebird in their yard.


We made stops along Lick Street when we got to the Summerhill area. 
Highlights included Alder Flycatcher, Field Sparrow, Blue-Winged 
Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Magnolia Warbler, Red-breasted 
Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrows, Ovenbirds, Brown Creepers, and Raven. 
We heard, but only got quick glimpses of Yellow-billed Cuckoos.


At the corner of Lick Street and Hoag Roads, we spent a good deal of 
time. This is where patience paid off, and we finally got a look at the 
Mourning Warbler Bob McGuire had heard out the car window. It took some 
time but it finally sat up fairly high for us to watch. This corner was 
busy with birds, including Chest-nut sided warblers, Blue-Winged 
Warbler, Cedar Waxwings, Indigo Bunting, Veery, Wood Thrush, Purple 
Finch and a more distant Scarlet Tanager.


As we continued up Hoag Road we encountered Black-throated Blue Warbler, 
Hermit Thrush, and several more Brown Creepers. It was getting late so 
we drove over to the the McIllroy Preserve and did a quick walk back to 
the platform overlook. New birds we heard or saw included Black-throated 
Green Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Great Crested Flycatcher and 
Eastern Kingbirds. We watched the Kingbirds in a nest cavity right out 
in front of the platform. The Grackles, many of them, were catching 
dragonflies of some sort. They looked as if they just wanted to show off 
their catches, sitting up on branches or snags, just holding on to their 
treasures. On the way around the trail we saw many pink lady slippers in 
one area. It was very nice morning to be out birding.


Good Birding!

Gladys



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