I've finally sorted through all my records, references, and notes regarding what species showed up when. I've added what showed up since 8 May, and amended a few items from earlier as well. My Cliff-notes version is appended below, but the page on the Cayuga Bird Club website may be more intelligible:
http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records I generally try to credit all members of the party or parties which independently find a potentially different bird/flock on the first day a species is found. This info gives an idea of whom to contact about an observation and when a species arrives en masse. Plus it's less trouble than figuring out what time each bird was found. In that vein, I added additional observations of SANDHILL CRANE on 18 March, BARN SWALLOW on 2 April, and LEAST FLYCATCHER on 27 April. Please let me know of observers I left out anywhere on the table. If there are additional species, earlier dates, or additional independent observations on the same date in the basin which I overlooked, please let me know. Also, please let me know if I generally screwed up somehow, other than the obvious matter being a month behind. I have included a few reports even though eBird reviewers have not (yet) accepted them (if anyone knows that they have been rejected and why, please let me know): Chris T-H's report of a BARN OWL over his house, even though the recording is truly horrible. Wade & Melissa Rowley's report of a PINE GROSBEAK they photographed at a feeder near the edge of the basin in Savannah, even though I haven't seen the photo. James Osborn's 8 May report of PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Esker Brook Trail, Montezuma NWR, even though his report from the same location 2 days later is the official first eBird report for Seneca County. Sheila Hernandez' 27 April report of BOBOLINK at Caroline Elementary School, even though eBird's first county record is a from a guy a couple days later a few hundred yards north. Note that Goetchius FLLT Preserve, Michigan Hollow, and Steve Kelling's place are outside the basin. As far as I know these species have NOT yet been observed in the basin in 2015: Greater White-fronted Goose Long-eared Owl Olive-sided Flycatcher Golden-winged Warbler - despite an intriguing heard-only report south of Dryden lake Dickcissel Red Crossbill There are also a bunch of missing species more apt to be found on their southward migration. Okay, I've spent enough time indoors at a computer. I hope you are reading this in the evening after a lovely day out birding. --Dave Nutter GLOIBI 0508 Jay McGowan, Livia Santana Carncross Rd, Savannah BKBPLO 0508 Jay McGowan, Livia Santana Carncross Rd, Savannah SEMPLO 0508 Jay McGowan, Livia Santana Visitor Ctr & Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre REHWOO 0508 Bob McGuire, John Confer S Mays Pt Rd, Tyre EAWPEW 0508 Gustave Axelson, Brooke Keeney; Joseph Brin Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca/Lansing/Dryden; Howland Island, Conquest WILFLY 0508 Rhea Garen; James Osborn; Jay McGowan, Livia Santana Hopkins Rd, Ithaca; Esker Brook Trail, Montezuma NWR, Tyre; Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre PHIVIR 0508 James Osborn Esker Brook Trails, Montezuma NWR, Tyre MOUWAR 0508 Joe Brin Howland I, Conquest BABWAR 0508 Joe Brin Howland I, Conquest WLSWAR 0508 Matt Medler, Dan Lane Sapsucker Woods, Lansing GRASPA 0508 Bob McGuire, John Confer Lake Rd, Ledyard SWTKIT 0509 Kevin McGuire, Rachel Dickinson Ithaca/Tompkins airport, NYS-13, Lansing/Dryden BKBCUC 0509 Ken Rosenberg Hollister Rd, Dryden GYCTHR 0509 Jay McGowan, Livia Santana; John Fitzpatrick NFC Arrowwood Trail, Lansing/Ithaca; Ellis Hollow Rd, Dryden SWATHR 0509 Jay McGowan NFC Tareyton Dr, Ithaca ALDFLY 0510 Brad Walker, Scott Haber Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity Preserve, Danby BKPWAR 0510 James Osborn; Lee Ann van Leer Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre; Hawthorn Orchard, Ithaca BRANT 0512 Stuart Krasnoff Besemer Ln, Brooktondale, Caroline YEBCUC 0512 Doug Daniels Van Dyne Spoor Rd, Savannah COMNIG 0512 John & Molly Fitzpatrick Ellis Hollow Rd, Dryden EWPWIL 0512 John Fitzpatrick Ellis Hollow Rd, Dryden YEBFLY 0512 Jay McGowan Hawthorn Orchard, Ithaca SEDWRE 0513 Alan Belford Carncross Rd, Savannah SEMSAN 0515 Larry Draper Main Pool mud, Montezuma NWR, Tyre SHBDOW 0515 Dave Kennedy Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre WHRSAN 0516 Jay McGowan Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre BRNOWL 0519 Chris T-H NFC, Etna, Dryden ACAFLY 0521 Chris Wood Ford Hill, Lansing RUDTUR 0524 Stuart Krasnoff Visitor Ctr/Wildlife Dr, Montezuma NWR, Tyre WILPHA 0524 Ann Mitchell, Dave Nutter; Sandy Podulka Mnox-Marsellus, E Rd; Main Pool, Montezuma NWR; Tyre AMGPLO 0525 Jay McGowan Main Pool mud, Montezuma NWR, Tyre WHIMBR 0525 Jay McGowan Knox-Marsellus, Towpath Rd, Tyre YETWAR 0525 France Kehas-Dewaghe Newman Golf, Ithaca SANDER 0601 Jay McGowan Myers Pt, Lansing ARCTER 0602 Kevin McGowan Myers Pt & Salt Pt, Lansing BRNPEL 0605 Mike Duttweiler Poplar Beach Rd, Romulus LEABIT 0605 IBA Monitoring Van Dyne Spoor Rd, Savannah NORBOB 0608 Brian Maltzan Midline Rd E/Hollister Rd, Dryden -- 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/ --
