[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Loon Watch

[Wesley W. Blauvelt]

Please join me and the Cayuga Bird Club at our annual “Loon Watch” this 
Saturday, November 10th at 6:20 AM. The event will be held at Taughannock Falls 
State Park near the entrance of Taughannock Falls Creek into Cayuga Lake. Winds 
are forecast to be blustery and from the WSW Saturday morning. Not ideal for a 
major flight, but hopefully we will be able to observe some movement. I have 
been monitoring loon populations near the Camp Barton Boy Scout Camp this past 
week and usually find 15-20 birds on the water at any given time. So hopefully 
we will have some activity. Three years ago we observed ~ 900 loons, but last 
year only 127. So the numbers are unpredictable, but there is a chance to see 
many other migrants including scoters, Brant and other ducks. And the company 
is always fun. So dress warm and plan to stay around until we end the count 
around 8:30 AM. See you Saturday.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: October 27, 2017

[Wesley W. Blauvelt]

According to my handy iBird Pro app, “A group of cranes has many collective 
nouns, including a construction, dance, sedge, siege and swoop of cranes. 



> On Oct 27, 2017, at 11:08 PM, Lynn Bergmeyer  wrote:
> 
> Isn't a group of male cranes called a "bachelor flock".  I read that somewhere
> 
> On Oct 27, 2017 12:04 AM, "Upstate NY Birding digest" 
> > 
> wrote:
> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Friday, October 27, 2017.
> 
> 1. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> 2. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> 3. Where are all my feeder birds?
> 4. Native Pagoda Dogwood offer - u dig
> 5. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> 6. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> 7. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> 8. Flock of cormorants
> 9. OT: Farm pond fish needed to feed osprey
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> Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> From: "Chris R. Pelkie"  >
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:08:47 +
> X-Message-Number: 1
> 
> Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford 
> Dictionary, here we come!
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> 
> Chris Pelkie
> Information/Data Manager; IT Support
> Bioacoustics Research Program
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
> Ithaca, NY 14850
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> Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes
> From: Dave Nutter >
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 08:40:33 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 2
> 
> “Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. 
> Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about “cranefield” 
> for where a large group feeds?
> - - Dave Nutter
> 
> > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie  > > wrote:
> >
> > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford 
> > Dictionary, here we come!
> > __
> >
> > Chris Pelkie
> > Information/Data Manager; IT Support
> > Bioacoustics Research Program
> > Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
> > Ithaca, NY 14850
> > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/ 
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> Subject: Where are all my feeder birds?
> From: Sandy Wold >
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:39:15 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 3
> 
> I was noticing an eerie silence in my garden since this original post but
> did have a few Tufted Titmouses (Titmice?) show up that day at my feeder
> along with a group of chickadees and jays.  I think it is cool that feeder
> birds continue to scout and forage for the "good" stuff and then probably
> also communicate with others about it.  Isn't the bounty due to the amazing
> rains we had this past springbut I am noticing some growth spurts on my
> fruit trees now after the recent rains, when they should be dropping leaves
> by now.  Freaky.
> 
> 
> *---Sandy Wold*
> Author/Originator of Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map
> (for sale at Wegmans, Autumn Leaves, Cornell Plantations, and Visitor's
> Bureau)
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/ 
> 
> *https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist 
> 
>  >*
> www.Sandy-Wold.com  
>  >
> 
> *"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what
> the world needs is people who have come ALIVE."  **- Dr. Howard Thurman,
> American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) *
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> Subject: Native Pagoda Dogwood offer - u dig
> From: Sandy Wold >
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:41:46 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 4
> 
> I have a Native Pagoda Dogwood I need to rehome. It needs more sun than I
> can give it and is supposed to grow about 3ftx3ft, but is growing taller
> and spindly because not enough sun on the west side of my house and partly
> shaded by a mature tree, and I wonder if it was mislabeled and could become
> more of an 

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Loon Watch

[Wesley W. Blauvelt]

Hi All - Just a reminder that I will be leading a Loon Watch at Taughannock 
Falls State Park this Sunday, November 13, 2016 beginning at 6:20 AM. We will 
assemble on the south side of Taughannock Creek at its confluence with Cayuga 
Lake. Depending on the number of participants, we may break into two groups in 
order to maximize our coverage of migratory routes. Last year we had a banner 
day with +1,000 Common Loons and a couple of Red Throated Loons. 
Yesterday, while closing my cottage for the season, I scanned the lake from my 
front yard on the west shore near Camp Barton. My high count was 168 Common 
Loons. My guess is that at this vantage point I can view about 8 square miles 
of lake surface or approximately 12% of the total surface of Cayuga Lake. This 
would suggest there could be +2,000 loons currently on the lake……but then, 
who’s counting! See you Sunday. Wes
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip @ Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve

[Wesley W. Blauvelt]

Just a reminder that Ann Mitchell and I will be leading a field trip tomorrow, 
May 7th at the Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve. Please note that this 
date is different than the recent CBC newsletter listing. Meet Ann at the 
Wegman’s parking lot, west end near the inlet at 7 AM or Wes at the preserve 
parking area @ 7:15 AM. The weather should improve overnight, but be prepared 
for wet conditions in the early morning. Hope to see you tomorrow.
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[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Loon Watch

[Wesley W. Blauvelt]

With temperatures hovering a few degrees above freezing and winds gusting from 
the NW at 20+ knots, conditions seemed perfect for a substantial loon flight 
this morning. The 20+ Cayuga Bird Club members and observers who arrived at 
Taughannock State Park around dawn were not disappointed. Dividing into two 
watch stations; the traditional location at the confluence of Taughannock Creek 
with Cayuga Lake and another approximately 100 yards south along the lake 
shoreline, observations were started 15 minutes before sunrise (6:31 AM). Over 
the course of the next two hours approximately 2,200 Common Loons were 
observed…….plus one Red-throated Loon. Using 15 minute intervals, two distinct 
flights were observed. Birds from Cayuga Lake were believed to comprised the 
first flight, with there numbers declining by 7:15 AM. A second flight, 
presumed from Lake Ontarion, began to arrive around 7:30 AM with numerous waves 
of 60 to 70 birds arriving from the NNE just below the cloud cover. This flight 
continued for approximately 45 minutes. A summary of the counts from the south 
watch station follows: 6:30 AM - 19; 6:45 AM - 75; 7:00 AM - 277; 7:15 AM - 57; 
7:30 AM - 151; 7:45 AM - 218; 8:00 AM - 102; 8:15AM - 10; 8:30 AM - 27;  and 
8:45 AM - 14. Count total = 958. The reported count for the traditional 
location was 1,200. One observer noted that there where too many birds to 
count! On that note, I would say it was a very successful Loon Watch. Thanks to 
all who participated (and to the loons) and let’s try to keep this great 
traditional alive in future years. 


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