RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

du> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update Hi John, There is a calling bird (pair?) at Myers Point Park in Lansing as well— I think they were there last year. The “Tareyton “ bird may be nesting again near the east end of Sycamore— a female perched in a tree there giving some softer, dif

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

The Brandywine birds are where Simsbury drive ends at Brandywine. I often see one perched in a deciduous tree back of a Y shaped, trimmed white pine just east of Brandywine rd. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25, 2023, at 12:34 PM, Scott Haber wrote:  There has al

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April in the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a few occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway Spruces on Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the dermatol

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin update

Hi John, There is a calling bird (pair?) at Myers Point Park in Lansing as well— I think they were there last year. The “Tareyton “ bird may be nesting again near the east end of Sycamore— a female perched in a tree there giving some softer, different calls. Ken Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin

Merlin identified vacalizing (but not outright braying) by one of my donkeys as a Mallard!!! Deb On Apr 13, 2023 11:50 AM, Mary Jane Thomas wrote: I would like to talk with someone off-list about Merlin. It has given me some really weird results - birds not found in this area. Thanks. Mar

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

I was out in Arizona and without merlin I would have been lost….I did confirm all sound ID with photos for life list birds or at least visually confirmed them. Again what an amazing app!! Fast and accurate. Tony carapella toneloc1...@gmail.com > On May 25, 2022, at 6:47 PM, James Gaffney wro

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

About Life Lists, I’m sure organizations have rules, but unless you are trying to make the list for the organization, it’s your life and your list, so you can make your own criteria. For myself, a new species which I encounter will necessarily be unfamiliar and may be confusing, so I may be un

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

I agree wholeheartedly. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to find birds whose songs I’m not familiar with. I was out in Arizona last week and the sound ID helped me find birds I had never seen before. Question to the group. If Merlin picks up a bird that is a life list bird and you don’t eyeba

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

Many thanks, as always, for your edifying info! Love this little singer’s melody, what that little phoebe says?! Warmly, Bar’bara’ > On May 25, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: > >  > Hi Barbara, > That's a Say's Phoebe. And yes, you can import videos into the app as well as > audio from

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

Hi Barbara, That's a Say's Phoebe. And yes, you can import videos into the app as well as audio from other apps, although it's easiest to record straight onto Merlin. Since we're on the subject, I thought I would put out a quick public service reminder regarding Merlin and reporting birds to eBird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

Here’s the songbird in question; heard/seen in Boulder CO https://share.icloud.com/photos/053Nl_RqRT3l4PlHfyzo0fiKg Warm regards, Bar’bara’ > On May 25, 2022, at 10:41 AM, Nita L. Irby wrote: > > Sorry to clutter the list but I have to get this off my chest: > > Merlin’s sound ID function i

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

On this beautiful note, any idea what this sweet singer is? (And... is there a way to plug in a sound video like this for ID...or does one have to catch the song/call ‘live’?) Warm regards, Bar’bara’ Warm regards, Bar’bara’ > On May 25, 2022, at 10:41 AM, Nita L. Irby wrote: > > Sorry to cl

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

I agree. With my hearing loss, I’ve lost track of many of the once familiar bird songs and calls in my world. Now, with Merlin, I get to know what might be out there and know to look around for old friends. Rich Guthrie > On May 25, 2022, at 11:17 AM, Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm > wrote: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

This morning, my usually 5 minute walk to the mailbox took 25 minutes so... blessing and a curse 🤣 On Wed, May 25, 2022, 11:02 AM Kathleen P Kramer wrote: > I agree! My son, who is going through a rough patch in his life, takes > long hikes to restore his spirit. When I told him about Merlin, he

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

I agree! Thank you Lab of O. Every time I walk and birdwatch I learn a little bit more. So much fun and so useful. Marsha Kardon On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:03 AM Kathleen P Kramer wrote: > I agree! My son, who is going through a rough patch in his life, takes > long hikes to restore his spiri

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

I agree! My son, who is going through a rough patch in his life, takes long hikes to restore his spirit. When I told him about Merlin, he was so pleased with what it adds to his solitary hikes and the way it’s enhanced his knowledge of birds. Thank you, Lab of O and all who have made this wonder

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin over Emerson

And I had a great Merlin-crow interaction near Hile School rd and Ed Hill Rd intersection on Tuesday. A youngish crow may have begun it because I first saw it harrying and giving low vocalizations toward the merlin, but the merlin, a male by back plumage, turned the tables and became the swoopin

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin over Emerson

For what it’s worth, the Merlin Sound ID on my iPhone picked up a Merlin downhill from the factory 2.5 weeks ago. Susan Suarez On Aug 25, 2021, at 7:10 AM, Stanley Scharf mailto:stanley.sch...@gmail.com>> wrote: For the past two plus weeks what appears to be a Merlin has been screaming its r

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

The CLO had brought us from early recordings of birds, through autonomous recording devices of overflying chips and peeps to owling while sleeping. Truly it's a brave new world. On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 3:48 PM Gary Kohlenberg wrote: > Some are finding the new Merlin sound ID app has some deficienc

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

Some are finding the new Merlin sound ID app has some deficiencies with difficult species, like the trillers. For myself, I have been blown away by the fun and accuracy of such a new application. I wouldn’t base a heard only rare bird report totally on this app yet, but it sure will be handy to

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

riday, July 9, 2021 3:28 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture Hi all, I think the Library of Natural Sound used to ask, when archiving audio, whether the bird was seen to make the call. Now, when people include audio with eBird submissio

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

Very good point Dave. I was thinking the same. I am slightly competent with bird vocalizing id but if I uploaded a recording I would not be comfortable saying what it was unless I saw it, especially with these confusing and overlapping ones. Two years ago there was a particular junco singing in

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

Hi all, I think the Library of Natural Sound used to ask, when archiving audio, whether the bird was seen to make the call. Now, when people include audio with eBird submissions, that question is not asked, and sometimes people are clearly guessing, even against the advice of apps intended to h

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

Thanks Jay and Alicia. I didn’t see first reply though I was looking for it. Appreciate it. I am going to try the uploading to eBird. I didn’t know you could do that It’s interesting looking at the spectrogram and comparing between the trillers too. Although obviously not foolproof it can help

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

Hi Linda, Jay replied a couple days ago - forwarded  below. Best - Alicia Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [cayugabirds-l] Possible Worm-eating Warblers in Lansing NY Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 12:02:10 -0400 From: Jay McGowan Reply-To: Jay McGowan To: Linda O

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

So far when I use Merlin here, I get correct IDs for Chipping Sparrows & juncos Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2021, at 1:07 PM, Peter Saracino wrote:  I like all the additional "sounds" on Merlin too! Sar On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 12:47 PM Linda Orkin mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.

Re: More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

I like all the additional "sounds" on Merlin too! Sar On Fri, Jul 9, 2021, 12:47 PM Linda Orkin wrote: > The worm eating warbler is a interesting weak link. For all the trillers I > capture it has said worm eating except for one time ChIpping Sparrow > corrector id’d and one time pine warbler wh

More on Merlin Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

The worm eating warbler is a interesting weak link. For all the trillers I capture it has said worm eating except for one time ChIpping Sparrow corrector id’d and one time pine warbler which I thought was likely wrong although it could have been right as it was at the top of the hill in the arbo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin results/Turkey Vulture

I played the song of a junco from IBird pro on one electronic device and listened using Birdnet with another electronic device. The devices were side by side. Birdnet said it was a worm eating warbler. I did so after having been fooled by juncos at Lindsay Parsons a number of times. After birdnet f

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

Original message From: "Johnson, Alyssa" Date: 3/26/21 10:14 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" , Karen Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports Last spring, I was working from home so had ample time to walk around my neig

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

FWIW, last weekend while driving up the lake, I spied a brownish falcon hunting the field immediately south of the King Ferry winery. When I pulled over to check it out it flew away to the east and I could never get a binoculared look to ID it, but I think it was a merlin. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

Yesterday evening (Thursday 25 March) I heard (several times) and saw (once) a Merlin calling and flying near my yard. It may have been in one or more of several mature conifers near the very bottom of Cliff Street in Ithaca. When I finally saw it, it was flying in a big clockwise arc around tho

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

State Route 89 Savannah, NY 13146 Montezuma.audubon.org Pronouns: She, Her, Hers From: bounce-125494974-79436...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Kenneth V. Rosenberg Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2021 6:42 PM To: Karen Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports Hi John At least

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports Interesting. They have more 2020 crow nests to rent in the Birchwood area than near that sycamore. But it will be interesting to see if one pair is searching the whole area. The nest used last year was either a recently depredated American crow

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

Interesting. They have more 2020 crow nests to rent in the Birchwood area than near that sycamore. But it will be interesting to see if one pair is searching the whole area. The nest used last year was either a recently depredated American crow nest or a takeover, the reason for the crow nest fa

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin reports

Hi John At least one Merlin has returned to the Northeast Ithaca neighborhood. I say “at least” one because there is a male perching regularly on the large sycamore at the north end of Muriel St. (and calling in that area) and one seen regularly (by Brad) flying around and calling on Birchwood

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin

On Inlet Island there’s a tall flat-topped metal pole for electric wires. I have seen at least ten different species of birds choose to perch on top of that pole. Twice in the past few days I have seen a Merlin there. The more recent time the Merlin appeared to be urged off by a Rock Pigeon, pe

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin

The local northeast area of Ithaca Merlin returned last week.  I saw the Merlin while looking for the crows.  Initially heard then seen chasing whomever possible near St. Catherine's Church on Siena X Blackstone.  The Merlin has been flying around the neighborhood since then. This morning the Me

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin

Hi Carol, we are also downtown (N Geneva). We will keep an eye and ear out! What is your location? Thanks. John and Kate On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 6:01 PM Carol Cedarholm wrote: > Just had a Merlin in my black walnut tonight in downtown Ithaca. Anybody > else seeing them? > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM John Confer wrote: > Hi Suan, > >Thanks for posting that. > >Mammals are rarely captured by Merlin, but not never. Adults often > remove the tail and head before they bring it to nestlings. That has been a > frustration when I tried to identify prey, which

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

om: bounce-123767908-25065...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Suan Hsi Yong Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 7:59 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC This message originated from outside the Ithaca College email system. Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

Stopped by GIAC this evening, one merlin (couldn't tell if parent or young) was perched visibly until my attention caused it to hop behind some branches. They can definitely tell who's paying attention and who isn't, like the few dozen parents watching the ongoing basketball game. Anyhow, last Fri

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest GIAC

Thanks for this intriguing report. It reminds me of a bald eagle nest I saw in the middle of Hamilton, NY, a town about 1 1/2 hrs east of Ithaca. This July 3, I saw three grown bald eagle chicks getting ready to fly, sitting on branches around the nest, one even tried a short round flying arou

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin nesting update

I heard a merlin twittering on Christopher Circle/Christopher Lane yesterday evening, although hadn’t seen activity on it. I have not scoped it recently. > On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:26 PM, John Confer wrote: > > Not good news, overall, for Merlin nests. > > The Titus Ave. nest, and the Dryden ne

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin(s) @ Cayuga Heights

Hi Suan and All Merlin Watchers, The Merlins on Christopher Circle have either gone completely silent or fledged (too soon?) or they have moved. I saw no birds around or visible on the nest by late last week. IS this related to the Highland Avenue pair? I have no idea how far they might move

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nests including Wells C.

While biking home this evening around 8pm, I heard what I'm pretty sure was a Merlin calling from a deciduous tree behind 210 Park Place. Without binoculars I never sighted the bird. It was calling very continuously, with a few breaks in between and some "chink" calls reminiscent of grosbeak. Th

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin nest - City Cemetery

John, where in Ithaca is the cemetery? Thanks Pete Saracino On 4/30/2016 2:09 PM, John Confer wrote: > > There is an incubating Merlin in the City Cemetery. From east to west, > it is in about the middle. From north to south it is in the northern > half. It is in the more northern of a pair of v

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin downtown

Yesterday morning (10 Feb) while waiting by the front door of the Super 8 Motel (close to the Meadow Court Inn) I saw a female MERLIN approach from the northeast, alight atop a tall tree along Six-mile Creek, look around a couple minutes, bob her head as if judging the distance to prey, and fly

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin Bird Photo ID question

Regarding the Merlin Bird Photo ID software, I would also be interested in hearing people's opinions of how such software might change birding and bird-related citizen science. Thank you, Clara MacCarald On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Clara MacCarald wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there anyone who h

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin

By way of an unfortunate window incident, I can report that a female or immature Yellow Warbler can appear from above to have distinct outer yellow tail feathers. (We have not had them in the yard before; it appeared to recover, and disappeared a while later, after being placed out of harm's way in

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin

Possibly an American Redstart female? Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing Carol Keeler wrote: Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 6:32 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin ...I had a Goldfinch sized bird that I only saw from the back. It was distinctive because it's outer tai

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin CU Arboretum

A Merlin arrived at the Cornell Plantations Arboretum while I was there this morning around 10:00 Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono La

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin: new and old in Ithaca

Yes I've also seen a Merlin along NYS-13A near the City/Town line. It was awhile ago and I don't recall the date, but I agree that's an area it's been. On the evening of 6 July I saw a Merlin over Cass Park, initially flying north over West Hill and being harassed by a couple smaller birds - in

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin @ Giles St

I have not seen the two Merlins together since the day I observed the mating, but I have seen one from my porch almost every day. The favorite perch seems to be in an oak tree in a backyard bordered by Prospect, Pleasant and Hudson--have seen it there on at least half a dozen separate occasions in

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin at East Hill Plaza

[mailto:bounce-112631383-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Anne Clark Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:35 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin at East Hill Plaza Hi Meena and List FYI, red tags are our 2012 cohort. Might be 6V DBAR12, raised across Judd

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin at East Hill Plaza

Hi Meena and List FYI, red tags are our 2012 cohort. Might be 6V DBAR12, raised across Judd Falls from the Herb Gardens. We are particularly on the lookout for 6V's bands-only 13 year old dad, P2 DBAR00, who has only a pair of color bands (light bluish and greenish--both faded) on right leg.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

I'm thrilled the Merlins are back in the cemetery. After Stuart's post I stopped by and had terrific views of the female on the bare treetop. As with Suan, the male and female would call and respond several times then he would swoop in, copulating, then off again. They did this two times with a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

I've been sitting the last hour here in the cemetary, watching a (presumably) female merlin hanging out on the highest naked snag atop a pine, calling regularly and making frequent flycatcher-style forays. Then, a moment ago, a slightly different call signaled the arrival of a (presumably) male

RE:[cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-57407034-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 1:13 PM To: Stuart Krasnoff; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary I did the same thing too! And found Merlin

RE:[cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

That's a good one, Meena--a cemetery with no body in it. -Rick  ;) At 01:13 PM 5/12/2012, Meena Haribal wrote: I did the same thing too! And found Merlin singing away! I also went to Green hills cemetery and except for the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Chipping Sparrow and Great Crested Flycatcher no bo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

I've been to the cemetery several times this spring, but haven't heard or seen the Merlin yet. Tim and I had a Merlin flying around Cayuga Heights (as seen from Sunset Park, looking south) on Friday. Maybe this is the same bird? -Brad On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Meena Haribal wrote: > I d

RE:[cayugabirds-l] MERLIN (nesting?) in City Cemetary

I did the same thing too! And found Merlin singing away! I also went to Green hills cemetery and except for the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Chipping Sparrow and Great Crested Flycatcher no body was there. Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin eating House Sparrow

Yippee! One down On 1/27/12 9:45 AM, Bill Evans wrote: > 9:45AM atop a Green St. telephone pole next to Agway parkinglot. > Bill E > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin food

I sent this previously to Bob McGuire, but thought that it might be of interest to others: The one bird that I've seen Merlin catch was a House Sparrow. The Merlin that our Audubon group saw last Saturday was hunting pigeons. It split a flock in two and then cut an individual out of the flock and

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin food

I've seen Merlin's chase starlings many times in the West and have seen several taken by them. Tim Gallagher Editor-in-Chief LIVING BIRD Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 254-2443 t...@cornell.edu From: bounc

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin prey

This is an excerpt I copied from the Wikipedia listing for Merlin/Pigeon Hawk: In particular during the breeding season, most of the prey are smallish birds weighing 10–40 g (0.35–1.4 oz). Almost any such species will be taken, with local preferences for whatever is most abundant—be it larks (Alau

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Merlin Prey

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