[cayugabirds-l] Great Egret, Freeville
Today while walking the dog on the Freeville rail trail I flushed a large, white wading bird with a yellow bill, dark legs, and tail plumes. I wanted to rule out a white morph GBH, so I ran home and grabbed my bins, and re-found the bird walking around in the middle of the Freeville marsh. With the bins, I could make out the lack of any crest, definitely dark legs, and greenish eye/lores. I also saw the white tail plumes indicating a breeding adult. The bird was happily feeding so it might stay a while. Greg -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cackling Goose?
Hello, Below is a link to a photo of what I believe is a Cackling Goose. Would anyone be able to confirm it one way or the other? Not a local sighting it's in Massachusetts Thanks, Greg https://flic.kr/p/mszqsE Greg Ward Gt. Barrington MA -- 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] Id
Hi, Would anyone help confirm the Hawk in the photo. I am thinking Broad-winged. Thanks, Greg -- 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/ --attachment: IMG_6019.jpg
[cayugabirds-l] birding near buffalo
Would anyone have suggestions or a link to possible birding sites near Fredonia NY? I will be in the area next week and will have a half a day to see the lake. Thank you. Greg Ward Gt. Barrington, MA -- 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] Anyone? Friday Braddock Bay
Hi Lee Ann and everyone, Just a heads up, Friday looks excellent for hawkwatching up here at Braddock Bay (sw winds 10-15, hopefully they're more on the 15 end). Of course it is also Bird of Prey Days this weekend (though weather looks bad-NW winds and rain) and there will be many programs going on. If anyone is planning on coming up, Friday looks to be the best day (though if winds are right and the rain holds off Saturday doesn't look too bad either). We had an astounding 37000+ bird flight (34000+ Broad-wings) on Monday, so birds are really moving through. With the right conditions (and as I said, it looks favorable), we could have a decent flight Friday (probably not 37000 but a good flight nonetheless!!). To check out programs and info about the hawkwatch, see www.bbrr.org and to see hawk count data from this year so far visit www.hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=353PHPSESSID=c48b449861d24908bb07585f343d25a4 Hope to see many of you up here at Braddock Bay sometime soon! Greg Lawrence Rochester, NY Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Lee Ann van Leer l...@earthlink.net wrote: I'm also thinking of a Braddock Bay trip Friday morning leaving Ithaca before dawn. If anyone is interested in carpooling up there let me know. The banding station is less crowded on weekdays. Info about the location: http://www.bbbo.org/ Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Bird Art at Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown
Hi everyone, slightly off topic, but I wanted to invite everyone to a bird art show at Roger Tory Peterson Art Institute. Melissa Mance-Coniglio has over 50 works of art various local and other birds. Come to the show reception Saturday April 21 from 4-6pm! The show will be up until June 24. http://www.rpti.org Thanks! Greg Coniglio -- 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] FW: Bird Art at Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown
Sorry for the follow-up post but the link should be http://www.rtpi.org Thanks! J Greg From: Greg Coniglio [mailto:gconi...@rochester.rr.com] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:39 PM To: 'cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu' Subject: Bird Art at Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown Hi everyone, slightly off topic, but I wanted to invite everyone to a bird art show at Roger Tory Peterson Art Institute. Melissa Mance-Coniglio has over 50 works of art various local and other birds. Come to the show reception Saturday April 21 from 4-6pm! The show will be up until June 24. http://www.rpti.org Thanks! Greg Coniglio -- 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] ??? Now:Olive-sided flycatcher in GBHer nest SSWt
Thanks for the tip, I spotted it there just a minute ago -- just before I hit send on this email, it was chased off by waxwings. But several of us saw it at the top of the bigger heron tree. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Chris Pelkie chris.pel...@cornell.edu wrote: After Jay's first alert a week ago, I was successful in spotting the Olive-sided sallying off the tall dead snags most visible from end of Sherwood Platform (50' from platform slightly to the right of a line drawn down the length of the boardwalk leading to the platform). He was silent the whole time, ignored my half-assed attempts to whistle 'whip-three-beers', and spent quite a while just catching good things to eat. There was a small mob of Cedar Waxwings around though they tended to work the bugs at a lower level. There have been a couple Eastern Kingbirds back in that area for the last month or longer, and Eastern Wood-Pewees calling from the woods (where else) but not visible to me. Of course the next day, with camera in hand, he was not evident, though I sort of convinced myself on the basis of GISS alone, that I saw him on the top of a snag all the way down at the other end of the south east end of the pond, barely visible in 10x glasses and I suspect not visible from the other boardwalk, so I didn't make the effort. I'm hopeful he'll be evident again today, as I'm packing the optics! It would be great if he was working off the Heron Tree: much easier shot! ChrisP On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Lee Ann van Leer wrote: Sorry, Ok my hair trigger device also sent that out before I intended. I hate to retract but I'm not positive about the olive-sided now. If only it would do a quick three beers for me. ;-) so I'm not going to officially count it. I am positive of the bird in that tree still now though. The great blue heron. Ha ha. Just a wee bit easier to identify. I guess one isn't a good/honest bird watcher if they don't have to retract something once in awhile. Gotta go now to figure out which swallow this is I'm watching before phone dies. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Lee Ann van Leer l...@earthlink.net wrote: Sapsucker woods in larger great blue heron nest and vicinity although not sure if it is coming back as the juvenile GB heron that roosts back in nest tree every eve I've been here just came up right on schedule. This is on snag on main Sapsucker Woods pond. Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ -- __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] Swans
Did anyone see the three Swans in Montezuma on Sunday afternoon? My wife and I drove through and spotted them in the pond between the drive and interstate 90 at about 5pm. They seemed big, no yellow on the bill but the head and neck had faint grayish streaking that sometimes looked rusty. They could only be Tundra? Greg Ward Great Barrington, MA gw...@wardsnursery.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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Swans
Jay, Thanks, So they have been in the refuge a while? From: jmcgowa...@gmail.com [mailto:jmcgowa...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:18 PM To: Greg Ward Cc: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Swans I did, and they were Trumpeter Swans. Although Tundra is by far the most abundant swan in the winter, Trumpeters are the only swans that breed at the refuge during the summer. -Jay On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Greg Ward gw...@wardsnursery.com wrote: Did anyone see the three Swans in Montezuma on Sunday afternoon? My wife and I drove through and spotted them in the pond between the drive and interstate 90 at about 5pm. They seemed big, no yellow on the bill but the head and neck had faint grayish streaking that sometimes looked rusty. They could only be Tundra? Greg Ward Great Barrington, MA gw...@wardsnursery.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html The Mail Archive http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Surfbirds http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ ! -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit
Hi all, John Bateman and I just had nice looks at a Marbled Godwit flying and calling and heading in the direction of the new shorebird area along the wildlife drive at Montezuma NWR. We are towards the beginning of the drive. Two godwits in two days in upstate NY. Sweet!! Greg Lawrence Rochester, NY Sent from my iPhone -- 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, Myers, Montezuma etc.
Hi all, Came down from Rochester today to help lead bird walks at the Cornell Lab's Migration Celebration. The event was great and we had some great birds to show visitors on the bird walks. Highlights at Sapsucker Woods on both the bird walks and while I was birding for about 20 minutes before the event included fantastic point blank looks at two different PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, both on the Wilson Trail, a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and a BLUE-HEADED VIREO. I recorded 16 species of Warblers with highlights including great looks at BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, a singing BLACKPOLL, TENNESSEE, BLACKBURNIAN and NORTHERN PARULA amongst others. We also had LEAST and WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a silent Empidonax sp. as well as loud KINGBIRDS and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS. LINCOLN'S SPARROW was also a nice treat in the pines at the beginning of the Wilson trail near the lab entrance. This location, as well as the bridge and trail between the Sherwood and Owens observation platforms, was the most productive for birds. The full ebird list from here is posted below. From here, my parents and I went on to Monkey Run. We heard BAY-BREASTED WARBLER right when we got out of the car and had a gorgeous BLUE-WINGED WARBLER at the beginning of the trail. Here, we heard a RUFFED GROUSE drumming along the SW loop of the trail. We also had SCARLET TANAGERS and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, which we also had at Sapsucker Woods. One of the other highlights here was a beautiful GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER that was also singing. We then headed back up the lake and made a stop at Myers Point. Here, we had two LEAST SANDPIPERS on the spit. We also had an immature GREAT BLACKED-BACKED GULL on the water as well as a cooperative and close pair of COMMON MERGANSERS in the channel. Lastly, we went to Montezuma NWR. At the visitor center pool, there were good numbers of Shorebirds. There were about 70+ LEAST SANDPIPERS out on the mudflat with a couple SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS mixed in. We also had a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER here as well as 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER and a well hidden WILSON'S SNIPE. Waterfowl included WOOD DUCK, NORTHERN SHOVELER, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL and GADWALL amongst more common birds. A cooperative EASTERN BLUEBIRD also put on a good showing. On the wildlife drive, we had amazing close views at a COMMON MOORHEN as well as calling/displaying (!) PIED-BILLED GREBES right along the drive. Other than that, birds were sort of sparse here. We then checked May's Point Pool quickly where we found very high water levels. However, we still had a pair of REDHEAD, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a hunting OSPREY amongst more common birds. Lastly, we had two WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS foraging near the Tschache Pool overlook. Fortunately we avoided the rain that was in Rochester all day, and had a beautiful Spring day of birding in the basin. Happy Birding! Greg Lawrence Rochester, NY - Forwarded Message From: do-not-re...@ebird.org do-not-re...@ebird.org To: glawrenc...@yahoo.com Sent: Sat, May 14, 2011 9:38:14 PM Subject: eBird Report - Sapsucker Woods , 5/14/11 Location: Sapsucker Woods Observation date: 5/14/11 Number of species: 63 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 8 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 1 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 3 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 2 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 3 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 1 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group] 2 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii 1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) - Empidonax alnorum/traillii 1 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 3 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 2 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons 1 FOY singing from near corner of Sapsucker Woods road Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius 1 singing neat beginning of west trail. Warbling Vireo (Eastern) - Vireo gilvus gilvus 11 Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus 2 **uncommon migrant. FOY One very close looks and photos near beginning of wilson trail near the lab. The other present all day near bridge on Wilson trail between Owens and Sherwood observation platforms. Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 5 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 2 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 4 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 7 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 2 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 5 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) - Sitta carolinensis carolinensis 1 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 1 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 1 Wood
[cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow
Hi, I joined the list 2 years ago when my daughter began collage at IC. It is great to compare what is happening in the Cayuga basin with western Mass. I have a question that I was hoping someone might be able to answer. The other day a friend of mine brought me a Song Sparrow that there cat had killed and covering its feet are light brown warty or fleshy growths. Essentially creating a club like foot. I included a photo however the quality is not very good. Any ideas? Thanks, Greg Ward Great Barrington, MA. gw...@wardsnursery.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --attachment: photo.jpg
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow
Thank you Wesley, Greg and Pete for responding so quickly. Wesleys email response I believe did not get on to the list serve so I copyed it below. Greg Ward Hi Greg, I'm replying from my web mail, so for some reason I can't reply to the entire list. However, that Song Sparrow had an infection of avian pox (a virus that causes growths like that on the hard parts of birds. I did my PhD research on Song Sparrows (near Vancouver Island), and our study population always had a small number of diseased birds...some of which lived for multiple years with these sorts of growths. My (imperfect) understanding of avian pox is that birds will die not from the infection per se, but instead if the disease gets to the point of debilitating the a bird (either growths at the beak that prevent feeding, or severe growths on its legs that prevent their use). Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-20370443-3494...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-20370443-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Ward [gw...@wardsnursery.com] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:34 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow From: Pete Marchetto [mailto:pete.marche...@cornell.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:45 AM To: Greg Ward; Charles M. Dardia Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow Greg, I'm not certain what it is, but there's a chance that someone over in CUMV (Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates) might know, or, failing that, the Vet college ( http://vet.cornell.edu ). I'm also including on this e-mail Charlie Dardia, who is the collections manager for CUMV, and who would be able to tell you what to do with the bird if there's any interest in it either at CUMV or the Vet college. -Pete _ Pete Marchetto Engineer, CLO/BRP Grad Student, MAE/TAM 1.607.254.6281 Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch, who watches over you. Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Linnell and Flansburgh, 1990 On Apr 21, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Greg Ward wrote: Hi, I joined the list 2 years ago when my daughter began collage at IC. It is great to compare what is happening in the Cayuga basin with western Mass. I have a question that I was hoping someone might be able to answer. The other day a friend of mine brought me a Song Sparrow that there cat had killed and covering its feet are light brown warty or fleshy growths. Essentially creating a club like foot. I included a photo however the quality is not very good. Any ideas? Thanks, Greg Ward Great Barrington, MA. gw...@wardsnursery.com photo.jpg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sedge wren, bairds etc
Hi all, Went down to Ithaca this morning to lead bird walks for the Migration Celebration at the Cornell Lab of Orbithology. Before the walks, highlights included: -Fish Crow -Yellow-billed Cuckoo -Yellow-throated Vireo -Nice looks at a Pileated woodpecker -Blackpolls and a few more common Warblers. During the bird walks at Sapsucker Woods our highlights were: -the Great Blue Herons on the nest -Veery and Wood Thrush -Scarlet Tanager -Nashville, Wilson's, Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided and American Redstart among the more common warblers. -great looks at a Sapsucker -Great Crested Flycatchers that did everything except give us a good look -Many Cedar Waxwings -Grosbeaks and Orioles Later in the evening we headed up to Montezuma. The pool at the refuge visitors center had many Shorebirds including Solitary, yellowlegs, least, pectoral, white-rumped, spotted and the highlight was a nice Baird's Sandpiper which was a nice surprise. Many Eagles on the wildlife drive along with Cerulean Warbler. Knox-Marsellus Marsh was good with more Shorebirds that included the same as the visitors center pool along with Dunlin and sanderling (!). Many Herons were present along with a few Great Egrets. We also had GW teal, gadwall, shoveler, wood duck and Trumpeter Swan. However, we were surprised when we heard a Sedge Wren sing from the grass in front of the overlook at Knox-Marsellus. If sang a few times and then flew into the grass a little ways down the hill towards the marsh. Very cool bird. A first for me in Seneca County. Got home and unloaded the car to the tune of night calls of warblers and thrushes and even a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. A great day of birding and a great day at the Migration Celebration which was a spectacular event. Sent from my iPod -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
