Re: [cayugabirds-l] Big fallout over Ithaca now

2013-05-21 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
I got in about 25 minutes of listening between rain showers, and unlike last night at the same time, I heard many low-flying warblers giving "zeeet" notes that mostly sounded to me like Blackpoll types. A few were distinctive loud COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. There were several clusters of calling SWAI

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Big fallout over Ithaca now

2013-05-21 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Nice regular flow of Swainson's Thrushes and even a couple of Gray-cheeked Thrushes over Etna right now! On May 21, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: I wish it would stop raining so I can go out and listen! Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 6

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Big fallout over Ithaca now

2013-05-21 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
I wish it would stop raining so I can go out and listen! Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On May 21, 2013, at 11:11 PM, david nicosia mailto:daven1...@yahoo.com>> wrote: check out t

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great night flight calls

2013-05-21 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Hi all, I received a few questions after my post last night (not sure if they were to just me or the List), so here are some quick answers -- not at all comprehensive. Plus there are some great web sites and other resources on this topic, plus some real experts on our listserv. Many (but not a

[cayugabirds-l] Big fallout over Ithaca now

2013-05-21 Thread david nicosia
check out this radar loop this is from 10-11 pm http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=bgm&product=N0R&loop=yes -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribe

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fallout Potential Finger Lakes tonight

2013-05-21 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Thanks Dave! Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu On May 21, 2013, at 9:30 PM, david nicosia mailto:daven1...@yahoo.com>> wrote: Radar is show very heavy bird echoes from the southern t

[cayugabirds-l] Fallout Potential Finger Lakes tonight

2013-05-21 Thread david nicosia
Radar is show very heavy bird echoes from the southern tier heading north and running into the storms that are tracking across west to east across the northern 1/2 of the finger lakes. Looks like birds are dropping from the sky right at the Tompkins-Cayuga line and the southern part of seneca coun

[cayugabirds-l] CORRECTION: Mis-id'ed both Bairds and white rumped sandpipers montezuma

2013-05-21 Thread david nicosia
After review of the photographs by a second source, my baird's looks to be to be a larger and lighter semipalmated and my white-rumped a larger least.  a little embarassed. there are a lot of shorebirds up there...wouldn't be surprised if there were some actual white-rumpeds up there. Baird's are

[cayugabirds-l] Binocular Review - another chance!

2013-05-21 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Hi all, As Jessie and I are sorting through the data from the review sessions held earlier in May, some surprising, and not-so-surprising "top-picks" are emerging from among the 100+ binocular models we tested. To help narrow down the field in each price category, and to round out our review on

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Today 5/21/13

2013-05-21 Thread david nicosia
Went up to Montezuma with birding friend Dan Watkins.  Visitor's center was quiet except there was one injured  SNOW GOOSE blue form. It is quite dry there now so no shorebirds of note. Did not hear the CERULEAN WARBLER at visitor's center today.  At Larue's, we had 2 different WHITE-RUMPED SANDPI

[cayugabirds-l] Purple finch...uh-oh

2013-05-21 Thread Stephanie Greenwood
Uh-oh. I have a Purple Finch on my feeder with one eye glued shut. Is that a sign of the dreaded disease? Stephanie -- Stephanie Greenwood U.S: Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 280 1050 England: 73 Kynaston Road London N16 0EB 07946341208 -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Tuesday birds

2013-05-21 Thread Jay McGowan
Livia and I had a singing and calling ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in the creek off Ford Hill Road in Lansing this morning. Myers Point was pretty quiet, although Dave Nicosia reported a Semipalmated Plover there later in the morning. No Ceruleans or other birds of note along Salmon Creek Road, but watching

[cayugabirds-l] Bairds and white rumped sandpipers montezuma

2013-05-21 Thread david nicosia
White rumped.2 larues 1 main pool mudflats. Bairds main pool mudflat Tons of other common ones. Dave Nicosia Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorns and Neimi Road this morning

2013-05-21 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
The Hawthorns were quiet, but the MOURNING WARBLER was singing at the end of the ravine near the pond near the field with the fire hydrant when I arrived at 7:45. It stopped by 8:00. Aside from the usual breeders, there were two TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing and two BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, one singing

[cayugabirds-l] Common Loon

2013-05-21 Thread Leona Lauster
Chuck Gibson called to report a Common Loon now at Tschache Pool MWR. He says it was seen Friday also. Leona Lauster Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.c

[cayugabirds-l] Salt Point Monday

2013-05-21 Thread Candace Cornell
There were three orioles singing at Salt Point all afternoon in the shade. One sang my favorite oriole tune for several hours—"*What do you get when you fall in love?*"—The first nine notes of "I'll Never Fall in Love" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dionne Warwick. Yellow warblers bubb

[cayugabirds-l] Wood Thrush at Mundy

2013-05-21 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
There was a Wood Thrush singing with gusto from the southeast corner of Mundy Wildflower Garden and could be heard from O parking lot on Plantations road. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] A few stragglers

2013-05-21 Thread Geo Kloppel
Around my yard, the last few days have brought Orioles, Indigo Buntings (at last!), Yellow-throated Vireo, and now this morning several Blackpoll Warblers ("Oh no, don't say that!") Geo Kloppel Tupper Road West Danby -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Philadelphia Vireo @ SSW

2013-05-21 Thread Stuart Krasnoff
Singing quietly near pallet in pond on Wilson north. 0830h. >From the semi-opposable thumbs of SB Krasnoff via iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscri

[cayugabirds-l] Green Heron at Myers

2013-05-21 Thread Michael W. Duttweiler
Monday night there was a green heron foraging in reeds in the lower reaches of Salmon Creek at Myers Point. == Michael W. Duttweiler Ithaca, NY 14853 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Nor

[cayugabirds-l] White crowned sparrows gone

2013-05-21 Thread M & K Mannella
Seems the 4 white crowned sparrows left sometime on Sunday. They were here 10 days! Michele Interlaken / ovid Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House B&B www.thehaywardhouse.com and @ The Body Shop www.bodyshopwellness.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabi