[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns at Montezuma

[John Gregoire]

As often happens, birding from our Jeep at this time was sparse but we were
in for a real treat when we negotiated the minefield on Van Dyne Spoor Rd
to its end. Along the way we had several nifty sightings but the incredible
awaited us at the end.

When glassing the area we saw very many Black Terns nearby and further out
there were literally hundreds! Impossible to count and just as difficult to
guess at the actual number. In over 50 years of birding, I have never seen
so many. Sue and I were completely enthralled despite the very gusty winds.

Pete, you said they were present but little did we expect such a treat.

We also had a quick look of a very large grackle in the Visitors Center
marsh. Reminded of a Boat-tailed but it disappeared too quickly.

John and Sue

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[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns

[Janet Akin]

Reporting for Jackie Bakker and Linda Mott surveying for the refuge today at 
the Crane Unit (VanDyne Spoor). They counted 31 Black Terns. Thanks ladies!

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[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns

[Ann Mitchell]

I was at the Montezuma main pool today and saw 2 BLACK TERNS flying in the back 
of the main pool along with Caspian Terns.  Later I stopped by VanDyne Spoor 
Road because that is where I usually spot them, but they weren’t there yet.

Good birding,
Ann

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[cayugabirds-l] Black terns

[Johnson, Alyssa]

Hi all,

During an Audubon van tour yesterday, 6/7, we observed several black terns 
swooping and feeding above the water at the "Crane Unit" on the end of VanDyne 
Spoor Rd in Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. I didn't know immediately what 
they were, and was happy to add them to my life list!

Smaller gull/tern looking bird, dark, "batty" flight, low over the water. A 
phone call over to the DEC on Morgan Rd helped me figure out the ID!

Happy birding :)

Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
Montezuma Audubon Center
2295 State Route 89
P.O. Box 187
Savannah, New York 13146
(315) 365-3588
Audubon NY- Montezuma
Montezuma Audubon Center on 
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[cayugabirds-l] Black terns

[Peter]

FYI folks.

While performing my duties as a roving naturalist at the Montezuma National 
Wildlife Refjge yesterday
I saw two black terns.

TONS of Great Blue Herons and lots of eagles.

Very few shorebirds - a spotted sandpiper, both flavors of yellow legs
and a few least sandpipers. A solitary was also around but not seen by
this observer.

However, the terns were the highlights...that and SCORES
of barn swallows coursing through the placethey were a delight to watch.



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[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns at Stewart Park

[Christopher Wood]

There were 6 Black Terns at Stewart Park this morning. They were far to the
north, visible through a scope but not with binoculars.

Other highlights included a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron, 3 flyby
Semipalmated Sandpipers, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Complete list here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19503933

Chris Wood

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Terns etc (late post from 19 May)

[Dave Nutter]

I accidentally omitted Ann Mitchell from the roster. Her tally was 113 species, so I either didn't hear or neglected to write down a few.--Dave Nutter On May 21, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:Apologies for this ridiculously late post. A gang of us from Ithaca (Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin, Stuart Krasnoff, Judy Thoroughman, Paul Anderson & myself) went around Cayuga Lake on Saturday. I thought most of what we observed was not new, and we were exhausted by the end of the day. That's my excuse, anyway. Both Ken Rosenberg and Dave Nicosia have since come up empty in the Black Tern department. Thanks to Jay McGowan, we went to the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road and had a show from several BLACK TERNS, both close over the open water and more distantly over the marsh. I hope they haven't disappeared from there as well. Perhaps with all the other places to check Ken & Dave both skipped this location. It's also possible (but not likely, considering how thorough and observant each is) that the birders happened to be there when the birds were in a distant part of their circuit. It seemed to me that each of the Black Terns was moving counter-clockwise, coming north to the corner of the marsh by the end of the road, then going west.Trip highlights:Stewart Park: An adult BALD EAGLE was hunting over the lake far to our north. It snagged a large fish-like object from the surface and flew to the east shore. Perhaps this bird belongs to the nest on the west shore near the Ithaca Yacht Club. Myers Point: A breeding plumage RUDDY TURNSTONE was poking around on the shore of the spit. Although Stuart posted almost immediately, it had disappeared by the time Jay McGowan arrived. No matter, he saw 3 up north later.Salt Point: You may recall Stuart's experience with a male ORCHARD ORIOLE alighting on his rear-view mirror. I don't know if it was in the same parking location, but a female came down to Paul's windshield & mirrors, more to forage than attack I think. This was under the tree at the fork in the road just west of the railroad tracks. There we also saw her sing, solicit, and be mounted by a male. A different male (first year) sang from along the railroad south of Salmon Creek. Other birds of interest included a WILLOW FLYCATCHER which sang for Ann & Stuart, a WILSON'S WARBLER which sang for all of us, and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE nest high over the road.  Lake Road, Ledyard: BOBOLINKS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, but no Grasshopper Sparrow for us.Union Springs: A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was in the southwest corner of the Mill Pond.Montezuma NWR entrance: LEAST SANDPIPERS in pond by 5&20 & by Visitor Center. CERULEAN WARBLER in Cottonwoods between bathroom building, tower, and start of Wildlife Drive. MARSH WREN singing invisibly not far from viewing platform. LEAST & WILLOW FLYCATCHERS each in appropriate habitat.Wildlife Drive: AMERICAN BITTERN flew out of "shorebird area".Tschache Pool: COMMON GALLINULE close to tower.May's Point Pool: Many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, also quite a few LEAST and one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, plus 3 GREAT EGRETS, several GREAT BLUE HERONS and a pair of GADWALL.Towpath Road: by now we'd heard from Jay that there were lots of shorebirds. We also saw an immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.  We got called back for the WILSON'S PHALAROPE.Martens Tract: Most of us heard an extremely distant LEAST BITTERN. There were also lots of MARSH WRENS and SWAMP SPARROWS. A couple of VIRGINIA RAILS came within a few yards of us in response to playback but all of the above birds were invisible. Van Dyne Spoor Road: the aforementioned BLACK TERNS were lovely.Armitage Road: Not only did we get incredible looks at a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, but we also saw from the same spot a female CERULEAN WARBLER, a male AMERICAN REDSTART, a YELLOW WARBLER, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. King Road: We saw the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW sing, but he was inaudible to me from within the car. Lott Farm: We saw 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS in the once-mowed and twice mowed areas in the northeast area of the "avenues" with goofy names. At that time the land beyond the avenues, either north or south was mostly not mowed. We also saw a HORNED LARK and some SAVANNAH SPARROWS.  I think our total was around 108 species for the day, though we weren't trying to maximize species, just searching out migrants and new birds for us for the year in the basin, of which I added 19.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns etc (late post from 19 May)

[Dave Nutter]

Apologies for this ridiculously late post. A gang of us from Ithaca (Bob McGuire, Susan Danskin, Stuart Krasnoff, Judy Thoroughman, Paul Anderson & myself) went around Cayuga Lake on Saturday. I thought most of what we observed was not new, and we were exhausted by the end of the day. That's my excuse, anyway. Both Ken Rosenberg and Dave Nicosia have since come up empty in the Black Tern department. Thanks to Jay McGowan, we went to the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road and had a show from several BLACK TERNS, both close over the open water and more distantly over the marsh. I hope they haven't disappeared from there as well. Perhaps with all the other places to check Ken & Dave both skipped this location. It's also possible (but not likely, considering how thorough and observant each is) that the birders happened to be there when the birds were in a distant part of their circuit. It seemed to me that each of the Black Terns was moving counter-clockwise, coming north to the corner of the marsh by the end of the road, then going west.Trip highlights:Stewart Park: An adult BALD EAGLE was hunting over the lake far to our north. It snagged a large fish-like object from the surface and flew to the east shore. Perhaps this bird belongs to the nest on the west shore near the Ithaca Yacht Club. Myers Point: A breeding plumage RUDDY TURNSTONE was poking around on the shore of the spit. Although Stuart posted almost immediately, it had disappeared by the time Jay McGowan arrived. No matter, he saw 3 up north later.Salt Point: You may recall Stuart's experience with a male ORCHARD ORIOLE alighting on his rear-view mirror. I don't know if it was in the same parking location, but a female came down to Paul's windshield & mirrors, more to forage than attack I think. This was under the tree at the fork in the road just west of the railroad tracks. There we also saw her sing, solicit, and be mounted by a male. A different male (first year) sang from along the railroad south of Salmon Creek. Other birds of interest included a WILLOW FLYCATCHER which sang for Ann & Stuart, a WILSON'S WARBLER which sang for all of us, and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE nest high over the road.  Lake Road, Ledyard: BOBOLINKS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, but no Grasshopper Sparrow for us.Union Springs: A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was in the southwest corner of the Mill Pond.Montezuma NWR entrance: LEAST SANDPIPERS in pond by 5&20 & by Visitor Center. CERULEAN WARBLER in Cottonwoods between bathroom building, tower, and start of Wildlife Drive. MARSH WREN singing invisibly not far from viewing platform. LEAST & WILLOW FLYCATCHERS each in appropriate habitat.Wildlife Drive: AMERICAN BITTERN flew out of "shorebird area".Tschache Pool: COMMON GALLINULE close to tower.May's Point Pool: Many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, also quite a few LEAST and one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, plus 3 GREAT EGRETS, several GREAT BLUE HERONS and a pair of GADWALL.Towpath Road: by now we'd heard from Jay that there were lots of shorebirds. We also saw an immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.  We got called back for the WILSON'S PHALAROPE.Martens Tract: Most of us heard an extremely distant LEAST BITTERN. There were also lots of MARSH WRENS and SWAMP SPARROWS. A couple of VIRGINIA RAILS came within a few yards of us in response to playback but all of the above birds were invisible. Van Dyne Spoor Road: the aforementioned BLACK TERNS were lovely.Armitage Road: Not only did we get incredible looks at a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, but we also saw from the same spot a female CERULEAN WARBLER, a male AMERICAN REDSTART, a YELLOW WARBLER, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. King Road: We saw the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW sing, but he was inaudible to me from within the car. Lott Farm: We saw 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS in the once-mowed and twice mowed areas in the northeast area of the "avenues" with goofy names. At that time the land beyond the avenues, either north or south was mostly not mowed. We also saw a HORNED LARK and some SAVANNAH SPARROWS.  I think our total was around 108 species for the day, though we weren't trying to maximize species, just searching out migrants and new birds for us for the year in the basin, of which I added 19.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Black terns Tschache

[daven1024]

2 flying around. Tons of swallows too. Lots of waterfowl. Gulls. Etc. Need more 
than one set of eyes!
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[cayugabirds-l] Black terns

[Susan Norvell]

Four Black Terns  flew over the Mays Point Pool this afternoon about 2pm
while Bud and I were watching a female Wood Duck herd 8 ducklings through
the weeds. Gorgeous, even in lousy weather!

 

At  Montezuma's visitor center we were skunked by the Godwit, which probably
had more sense than we did and had sought shelter. At noon when we arrived
it was very windy with constant misty rain. The weather was marginally
better when we checked back about 4:30, but still no Godwit.

 

Lots of young bald eagles, but not much else today - unless you count 38
Great Blue Heron in the pool off East Road!

 

Sue Norvell

 

 


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