[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles at Salt Point

2023-05-25 Thread Rick Lightbody
Carol and I had a brief but nice view of two male Orchard Orioles at Salt Point this morning (ca. 7:45am). They were, for a moment, on the same branch of a large cottonwood tree which faces out toward the field with nest boxes (and the speed-bumped driveway beyond that). We'd probably caught the

[cayugabirds-l] orchard oriole

2023-05-11 Thread Deb Grantham
I thought I saw a male yesterday and confirmed a sighting today. Sheffield Road, Ithaca. Also just watched several swallows chasing and bombing a red-winged blackbird male. He perched in a tree and they swooped around him a few times and then left. Deb -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard oriole Salt Point

2023-05-07 Thread Laura Stenzler
Male orchard oriole singing near the parking area/info board at Salt Point. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribe

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles at Salt Point Natural Area

2021-05-07 Thread Martha Hoffman
Hello All- My husband and I went for a morning bird walk at Salt Point where we had multiple Orchard Oriole sightings!! At one point we saw 4 males and 1 female simultaneously in/near a flowering apple tree along the southern leg of the trail. 2 male Baltimores were also in the tree at the sa

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole yard bird

2020-05-11 Thread Robyn Bailey
Just added Orchard Oriole to my yard list. Coming to a jam/orange feeder. I’m a stone’s throw from Salt Point. Yay, Robyn Bailey -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayug

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard orioles

2020-05-05 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Not one, but two male orchard orioles just came to my jelly and orange feeder in back yard! First ever I have seen Orchard orioles here, not to mention they are my first of year for these birds. This was just after a female and a male Baltimore oriole ate the grape jelly and orange. Besides the

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole nest, Cass Park, Ithaca

2018-06-29 Thread Dave Nutter
In Cass Park there’s an Orchard Oriole nest being visited by both a female and an ASY (brown & black) male this evening. I assume this means there are nestlings in it. The nest is about 2 feet from the highest point of a young Sycamore tree growing along the bank of Cayuga Inlet at the SE corn

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole

2017-05-10 Thread Ann Mitchell
At the Swan Pen. Ann 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/cayugabird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Children's Garden

2016-05-31 Thread Dave Nutter
I saw and heard this young male Orchard Oriole at the Children's Garden on the 27th, although it may have been around longer. It sang from the edge of the woods above the bike path below Incodema and moved north through the Children's Garden singing from tree to tree and continuing north toward

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Children's Garden

2016-05-31 Thread Sandy Podulka
This morning, a first spring male Orchard Oriole was singing vigorously from various trees in the Ithaca Children's Garden and nearby (the south end of Cass Park). It sounds a lot like a House Finch to me, but not so sing-songy and doesn't end on an upswing! Sandy Podulka -- Cayugabirds-L

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole behavior

2015-06-10 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
I was watching an adult male Orchard Oriole singing along the circle at Myers Point Park this morning, and I noticed something I hadn't before. When the male sang, his black throat turned WHITE. When he sang some parts of his song the throat feathers were spread, revealing their white bases. It

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Stewart Park

2015-05-06 Thread Jay McGowan
An ORCHARD ORIOLE was just singing across the creek from the boathouse at Stewart Park. Lots of Yellow and Palm warblers around the swan pen. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Myers Point

2015-05-04 Thread Jay McGowan
The lake off Myers Point was quiet this morning with no sign of grebes or scoters from yesterday, but an ORCHARD ORIOLE was singing near the park entrance. Yesterday in addition to Ben's Red-necked Grebe I found six Horned Grebes south of the marina, but was not able to relocated his suspicious sc

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Stewart Park

2014-06-02 Thread Jay McGowan
A few people have heard it singing over the past week or two but it may not have been posted here yet. An immature male ORCHARD ORIOLE has been making the rounds at Stewart Park, and Mike Tetlow reports that it is currently singing up a storm in a sycamore right at the entrance to the park. -- J

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole SS Woods

2014-05-21 Thread Jay McGowan
An ORCHARD ORIOLE is singing over towards the Fuller Wetlands NW of the building right now, perhaps the same bird France saw earlier. It's almost annual now that an immature male shows up at Sapsucker Woods, I will check in a little while to see if I can get a look at this bird. On Wed, May 21, 2

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole SS Woods

2014-05-21 Thread France
I'm pretty sure I just had a female Orchard Oriole fly by me from the 2nd Staff Parking lot to the Visitor Lot France -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscri

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole Montezuma

2014-05-15 Thread daven1...@yahoo.com
1st year male ORCHARD ORIOLE flew across wildlife drive near pulloff number 6 between Larues and the "carp" crossing. Bird was singing sporadically too. Dave Nicosia Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Nor

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Myers Point

2014-05-05 Thread Ann Mitchell
Also, around noon a male Redstart was quite active around the middle of the pond. Ann Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: > > At least one ORCHARD ORIOLE has returned to Myers Point. An adult male was > singing cheerily from near the entrance, then foraging a

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Myers Point

2014-05-05 Thread Jay McGowan
At least one ORCHARD ORIOLE has returned to Myers Point. An adult male was singing cheerily from near the entrance, then foraging and singing from cottonwoods over the camping area and then from across the creek on Salt Point. Not much moving on the lake, but at least five HORNED GREBES are still a

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

2013-06-07 Thread Martha Fischer
The Orchard Oriole is still present at the front of the Lab of Ornithology building, singing a real nice song. Martha Fischer Enfield, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.c

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Lab - Thursday morning

2013-06-06 Thread Scott Haber
A young male Orchard Oriole (presumably the same one Ken found yesterday) was singing loudly along the boardwalk between the first and second staff parking lots at the Lab this morning. -Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBird

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole at Sapsucker Woods

2013-06-05 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Second-year make singing now at parking lot by start if Wilson trail Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm AR

[cayugabirds-l] orchard orioles and clay-colored sparrow at Montezuma Audubon Center

2013-05-29 Thread Christopher Lajewski
A leisurely stroll during lunch at the Montezuma Audubon Center turned up 2 orchard orioles (a female and a 1st year male) at the edge of the walnut woodlot where the stone dust trail enters the woodlot and 1 clay-colored sparrow along the south side of the quarry. I confirmed the sparrow visually

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard

2013-05-27 Thread Tobias Dean
We had a nice birding hike in the Sweedler preserve this morning, down lick brook gorge and at the bottom we saw among other things multiple Northern(am I supposed to say that instead of Baltimore?) orioles, including a nesting pair I happened to see the nest of, 2 indigo buntings, a scarlet tanag

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard

2013-05-27 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Orchard oriole at Lick Brook parking lot on Et 13. Junction of 13 and 34 . Meena Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscri

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole

2013-05-15 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
There was an Orchard Oriole singing and feeding along East Ithaca Recreation way Game Farm section Maple Wood Road end of the walk just off of the road. Saw it around 8.30 AM. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Myers Point

2013-05-02 Thread Jay McGowan
The lake was pretty quiet this morning at Myers Point and Stewart Park. A breeding plumage HORNED GREBE continues south of the marina. Highlight was an unseen ORCHARD ORIOLE that sang vigorously for a few minutes then went silent somewhere towards the entrance or center of the park. Some good warbl

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard oriole, barn swallows, and meadowlarks

2012-06-29 Thread M & K Mannella
The ORCHARD ORIOLE (I assume the same one) that nested in our yard was back this morning singing loudly from a large maple. In May he was actively defending a nest then all went quiet. Not sure if there was a successful fledge or not. Today is the first time I've seen or heard him since the fir

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole

2012-06-01 Thread Martha Fischer
An Orchard Oriole continues to sing here on Bostwick Road, Town of Enfield. Martha Fischer Town of Enfield -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigur

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole again

2012-05-15 Thread Jay McGowan
The Sapsucker Woods ORCHARD ORIOLE is around again this morning, singing from the patch of trees south of the middle parking lot and north of the visitor lot. It is an immature male. Jay McGowan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles Salt Point

2012-05-12 Thread John Greenly
I watched a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES foraging this evening at Salt Point. Saw no clue as to nest site. I watched the female vocalize once- she gave the typical whistled note that usually accompanies the "chuck" calls, and then two upslurred notes, something like: "se shooee shooee". The Male w

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole nest

2012-05-10 Thread Michele Mannella
After checking a few sources (Thanks, Jay and others!) and an intense hour of waiting and watching, I am excited to confirm a nesting ORCHARD ORIOLE in my front yard. Noticing the female working and weaving a nest in a fork at the top of a small maple tree, the ID was confirmed when I saw both

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole

2012-05-09 Thread Jay McGowan
An Orchard Oriole is currently singing near Kip's Barn at Sapsucker Woods. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http:

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole question

2012-05-07 Thread Betsy Darlington
This AM I was on the E. Ithaca Rec. Trail (the one that goes to Game Farm Rd.). I heard a single clear loud call note, all one pitch, and repeated several times over a period of several minutes. The quality of the sound was much like that of a Balt. Oriole, but when I finally spotted the bird, it d

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

2011-06-03 Thread Riko Stan
I saw an Orchard Oriole today as well, my very first! We have a hummingbird feeder up by a huge window in the living room. I had the screen down so I could clean it and as I was walking back to put the screen back in I saw a small-medium sized bird sitting on the hummingbird feeder. Something scare

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole M and F at 1230

2011-06-03 Thread Chris Pelkie
Thanks for the heads-up on the Orchard Oriole. He was still singing a lot from perches in a big circle around Kipps driveway, including landing in the tree right over my head for a couple phrases. I spotted a female at first, then realized it wasn't the singer, so there are at least 2 there as o

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole - Sapsucker Woods

2011-06-03 Thread Scott Haber
Susan Newman and I just spent a few minutes watching the young male Orchard Oriole with Mark Chao at Sapsucker Woods. The bird was singing constantly, spending most of his time in the trees in the gravel parking area at Kip's Barn (on the east side of the building). Several times, he flew north a

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, Sapsucker Woods

2011-06-03 Thread Jay McGowan
Hi all, The young male ORCHARD ORIOLE that Ken found a little while ago was still singing as of a few minutes ago, now across the pond in the Fuller Wetlands, close to the white barn. I never got the original email, so I thought I would send this out in case others had the same problem. -Jay --

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Oriole, shorebirds - Montezuma area

2010-07-03 Thread Jay McGowan
While my compatriots watched the Germany vs. Argentina match in Seneca Falls, I checked a few other spots around the area. The best bird was a singing 1st year male ORCHARD ORIOLE right at the end of Van Dyne Spoor Road in Wayne County. Although they are almost always present and occasionally com

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles

2010-05-20 Thread James G. Kohlenberg
Hi all, Last Sunday, the 16th, Susan, Ann and I birded up the lake. We didn't post, but people may be interested in our Orchard Oriole sightings. On Myers Point Rd. where it crosses the RR tracks the apartment house on the right hosted two nesting pairs or Orchard Orioles. One

[cayugabirds-l] Orchard Orioles and Shindagin Hollow

2010-05-08 Thread Anne Marie Johnson
I visited Shindagin Hollow between 9 and 10 this morning. Not wanting to get caught in a shower and needing to get myself to an appointment on time, I stuck to the road. I didn't expect to find much, but there were lots of birds singing.The highlight for me was a CANADA WARBLER singing right ne