After being absent for most of the winter, there was a Rough-legged Hawk
hovering over the fields at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Road around 6:00
this evening when I drove by. I've had only one other sighting of this species
up here this year.
Marie
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OMG, there has been a Pileated Woodpecker male drumming in the woods behind my
house this morning. I snuck up on it earlier, and now it's out there again,
drumming away and giving its loud ringing calls. I have an outside microphone
that picks up the bird sounds outside...maintains my sanity ove
Scowling out of the window at this morning's snow (!) I noticed two Fox
Sparrows scuffing around under my spruce tree. That made the day MUCH better!
Marie
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I have had a flock of redpolls here today and yesterday, for the first time in
weeks too. WOnder if they're starting to move back north again and that's why
they're showing up?
Marie
(ps 2 Fox Sparrows persist..and got video of them double-scratching today)
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Earlier this morning, while out searching for the elusive Blue Jay display
flocks, I saw my first Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of the year, on Midline Road.
Marie
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Checked out a few spots this cold morning looking vainly for hints of nesting.
Sapsucker Woods had a singing Fox Sparrow and Rusty Blackbirds (both heard
only) at the Sherwood Platform, singing Brown Creepers, White-breasted
Nuthatches nattering, seven Hooded Mergansers on the pond, plus a selec
I checked out the east side of Dryden Lake park this morning. A Ring-necked
Pheasant was calling loudly, and spring peepers AND woodfrogs were chorusing
too. A female Hairy Woodpecker was drumming. Tree Swallows have arrived in
force, and the local Eastern Bluebirds (who still have no nest) now
HI all,
For my photo projects this spring/summer, I am looking for White-breasted
Nuthatches nesting, Downy Woodpeckers excavating, Black-capped Chickadee
nesting in a nestbox, territorial Mockingbirds, and nesting Eastern Phoebes.
I'll be on the lookout for other things as the season progresse
In the woods behind my house just now, DOZENS of Ruby-crowned Kinglets all
foraging away in the trees!
Marie
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I stepped outside to do a chore a few minutes ago and heard snatches of a song
that seemed out of place up here - loud, bright, with a definite mimid-feel to
it. Shortly afterwards, a Brown Thrasher landed in my flower garden and started
tossing leaves about. Only the second time I've recorded o
Cool observations, Dave!
CHickadees nested in a skinny, very rotten trunk in my yard years ago, and one
day the trunk broke off just above the nest. I found the parent chickadees
fluttering around it anxiously. So I got some duct tape and stuck the broken
off piece of trunk back on, and they ca
HI everyone,
Spring is happening and a number of local birds are already nesting. I'm hoping
to enlist your help in finding some nests that I can photograph for my upcoming
book about nesting behavior (co-authored with Laura Erickson and slated for
publication Fall 2014).
Here's what I need:
HI everyone,
I forgot one bird that I need to photograph nesting:
ROCK PIGEON! (Yes, that's right Rock Pigeon)
Anyone have a barn or pigeon loft?
Marie
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HI everyone,
While photographing in the Cornell Plantations Arboretum this morning, I came
across a leucistic Chipping Sparrow in essentially the same spot where I'd seen
it last fall (when it was part of a flock). The bird gives the appearance of
being almost all white at first sight, but it h
Hi all,
In my wanderings this morning, I cam across a Warbling Vireo newly arrived at
the Cornell Plantations Arboretum, in a river birch at the end of the wooden
bridge over the pond, the same spot where they have nested in the past. Later a
second WAVI landed in a different tree, was joined b
HI all,
Forgot to post last night that the first Bobolink of the season has arrived on
Mt Pleasant, a fly-over at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Road, Ithaca, around
4:00 pm Thursday.
Marie
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HI all,
Around 4pm Saturday, I noticed a lone Snow Goose hanging out in the
southernmost section of the large wetland on Thomas Road, Ithaca (this road
links Ellis Hollow Road and Rt 79). The bird was standing, preening, on a
tussock of vegetation in the water when I drove past, did a double-ta
A handsome male Northern Harrier put in a brief appearance over the fields at
the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Road (town of Dryden) around 5:30 Saturday
evening.
Marie
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I wonder if that's the same one I saw in the Thomas Road wetland last
week...just a couple of miles north of Wilseyville Swamp "as the goose flies".
Marie
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HI there Cayugabirders,
I am back in town for just a week before heading back to CA to continue my Mono
Lake project. WHIle here I'm looking for a few nesting birds for yet another
project (who said being a wildlife photographer was a relaxing life???). SO if
you would be willing to share the l
HI everyone,
I'm finishing up my nesting birds book project and still have a couple of gaps
for which I need some photo coverage. It's getting a little late, I know, but
does anyone have or know of active nests of House Wren or Black-capped
Chickadee, nest box or natural cavity. Looking to get
Here's my thoughts:
"Social facilitation" the same kind of thing like when humans see a crowd
around an ice-cream van and think "Oh ice-cream...let's go and get some"
Safety in numbers at a group bath, more eyes to notice danger, whereas a single
bird bathing might get nailed by a predato
Hi all,
Has anyone come across an American Goldfinch nest on their wanderings? I am
looking for one to photograph.
Thanks for any leads.
Marie
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Hey there's a thought...caching food...definitely something that woodpeckers
do.
Anyway, woodpeckers do indeed bring out fecal material (a mix of droppings and
wood chips rather than a sac (songbirds only I think)), but one might have to
watch for a number of hours before it happens.
I may ha
RHWOs were definitely bringing out fecal material this morning...saw it twice.
Given that the young inside are not so big as to prevent the adults from
entering easily, I'd say it will be a week yet before fledging, maybe longer.
Photos to come...
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Dave Nutter wrote:
Mike Powers mentioned on Facebook on Saturday that he'd seen a nestling bill in
the hole. I also thought I saw that very briefly on Friday. I bet we will be
seeing the nestling(s) looking out soon.
They are definitely feeding on wild grape at Mays, one can watch them on the
HI everyone,
Just wanted to clarify: We are NOT requesting photos to be reproduced in the
interpretive panels. We ARE ONLY requesting photos to be included in a
celebratory slide show that we will present at the September CBC meeting, in a
similar format to the one we hold in January. It's just
Yeah, I saw starlings in that hole several times when I was there last week.
Marie
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Hi all,
A couple of raptor sightings of note on Mt Pleasant this weekend:
Saturday late afternoon I saw a female/immature Northern Harrier
Sunday 11:30 am there were 6 American Kestrels hunting from utility wires and
hovering over the fields.
Marie
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I thought mine had gone this morning, but then I saw two zipping around so I
refilled the feeder again!
Marie
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Looks like Canada Geese are starting to move...hundreds flying over my house
right now! Stirs the soul!
Marie
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To Steve's sightings on Mt Pleasant Road this morning, I can add a Northern
Harrier female, about 11:15 am.
Marie
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A brisk walk up Mt Pleasant Road this morning (10:45 - 11:45) turned up the
following:
Small flock of Horned Larks
Eastern Bluebird pair (by observatory where they often nest)
12 or so American Pipits, 9 of which obligingly perched on the wires giving me
great views of their elongated hind claw
...scooting to and fro under my feeder around 2:45 this afternoon.
Marie
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Interesting looking bird. I also saw a partial albino robin in the CU arboretum
a couple of weeks ago, feeding on pokeberries.
Marie
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Interesting looking bird. I also saw a partial albino robin in the CU arboretum
a couple of weeks ago, feeding on pokeberries.
Marie
Mari
HI all,
Forgot to post this earlier, but a flock of 2 dozen or so Horned Larks flushed
up from the side of the road at the field that has just had corn harvested,
east end of Mt Pleasant Road, about 11 am today. First time I've seen Horned
Larks up there for weeks.
Marie
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Around 11:30 this morning, I found a Rough-legged Hawk hovering over the fields
just east of the Mt Pleasant Observatory. I watched it for about 15 minutes,
hoping it would come back into photo range, but it slowly made its way south,
circling and hovering as it went, until it was out of sight.
Mount Pleasant has its first Snow Buntings of the season…2 up there on the road
about 3:45 pm today. Also a Downy Woodpecker flitting to and fro foraging on
corn stalks (both standing stalks as well as fallen ones). Maybe looking for
wintering larvae?
Beastly windy up there today!
Marie
Mari
Yes, thanks for your excellent strategy Mark.
Marie
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Doing a little holiday shopping, no doubt! They actually only come south for
the bargains.
Marie
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Regarding the following, I imagine that, in this era of relentless budget cuts,
funding for a trap/release specialist would be an issue too. Cheaper to hire a
hit-man…:-
Marie
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Hmmm, one wouldn't guess that from all the downstate screaming fits about those
beastly photographers! ;-)))
Marie
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Many big flocks of Snow Geese passing over Mt Pleasant too, during my walk up
there just now. Also some flocks of Canadas. Interesting watching the
beautiful, ever-changing patterns Snow Goose flocks take on flying directly
overhead , as individual birds reposition themselves within the flock. C
Go ahead and unsubscribe. These local conservation issues are relevant to all
of us, if we want any birds to watch in the future. I for one am appreciative
of the role duck hunters have played in past conservation. That doesn't mean I
have to like hunters.
BTW: birds I've seen today:
House Fin
I'e spent the last couple of late afternoons at the Short-eared Owl spot near
the Long Pt Winery on Rt 34B.
Yesterday (Friday Jan 3rd), 4 owls were already flying around when I arrived at
about 4:10 pm. They put on a great show with lots of midair interactions and
calls, one carrying a sizable r
HI all,
In addition to the balmy southerly breeze, the delights of my walk up Mt
Pleasant Rd this morning (10:15 - 11:15 or so) included:
A flock of 35-40 Snow Buntings
A singing White-breasted Nuthatch
A singing Black-capped Chickadee
Ah, spring!
Marie
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HI all,
Reasoning that my car would be warmer than my house, I headed out for a drive
this afternoon to search for owls.
On Indian Field Rd (north of Genoa) I found a Snowy Owl somewhat far out in a
field (well out of photo range)…it was a lot easier to spot than if there had
been snow on the
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HI all,
Reasoning that my car would be warmer th
A hopeful-looking male Belted Kingfisher was just perching on the wires over
the now-frozen-over stream next to my house. Hope it can find some food…:-((
Marie
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HI all,
Rough-legged Hawks have been scarce on Mt Pleasant this winter, until today.
About an hour ago I watched THREE all hovering/hanging in the stiff wind above
the same area of field just west of the radio tower. Occasionally one of them
would swoop at one of the others, but for the most pa
Downy Woodpecker heard drumming up here on the mountain several days ago.
Marie
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Regarding winter bird hydration:
I've seen several species of bird "eat" snow (e.g. Northern Cardinal, Common
Redpoll).
I've also seen chickadees hovering to sip from melting icicles.
Marie
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They're bck! Patches of open grass on Baker Hill Road were covered with
scores of American Robins when I drove by a short time ago.
House Finches have ben singing in my yard for several days now…
There's hope…..
Marie
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Hi all,
As I turned onto Mt Pleasant Road from Mineah around 3pm Sunday, I was
delighted to hear the deep resonant drumming of a Pileated Woodpecker coming
from the woods to the east.
At the top of the hill a flock of maybe 50 Snow Buntings took flight, and I
tried to keep them in my binocula
Lots of robins about…I just haven't posted about it! Scores of them feeding on
the still-fruit-laden the crabapples in the Cornell Plantations, lots of them
singing. Scores also on bare grass patches in a backyard along Mt Pleasant Road
(around Baker Hill area).
Would people agree there's been a
HI Jean,
This is territorial behavior: the cardinal is reacting to her reflection in the
window as if it is an intruder that won't back down or leave. You can avoid it
by hanging or putting something on the OUTSIDE of the window to break up or
hide the reflection. Pulling down a blind inside doe
Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my
feeders.
Think Spring!
Marie
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Ah…one of my favorite topics!
Here's what BNA online says about waxwings and fermented fruit:
Cedar Waxwing is vulnerable to alcohol intoxication and death after eating
fermented fruits. Two cases from s. California implicate fermented palm
(Phoenix sp.) fruits in mass mortality of Cedar Wa
A flock of 30-ish Snow Buntings in the cornfield where Mt Pleasant Rd meets
Mineah Rd around 1:45pm. Some of them are looking quite handsome, much more
white in the breast/belly and the wings feathers looking much blacker, as they
molt into their breeding plumage.
Marie
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Flock of many hundreds of Snow Geese feeding in corn field on Mt Pleasant Rd
opposite radio tower rd, (far south side of field), happening NOW!
Marie
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At the Goetchius Preserve yesterday afternoon John Confer and I watched a pair
of (presumably courting) Common Ravens as they flew overhead, swooping, diving,
and rolling around together in midair. Thrilling and hope-inspiring!
And at the "Very Leaning Barn" on Rt 79, the barn itself has been pr
HI everyone,
For the past couple of mornings, I'v e heard and seen crows harassing a noisily
protesting Common Raven while they all flew over my house.
And during my afternoon walks three days in a row, I've flushed a WIlson's
Snipe from an area of standing water in a field just 100 yards or so
Hi all,
Thursday morning, the pond in the Cornell Plantations Arboretum held three
Ring-necked Ducks (2 males, 1 female) and a male Bufflehead. They have been
there a couple of days, swimming around and diving for food, and fairly
approachable if anyone wants a close look.
Otherwise, many of
At the FLLT's Goetchius Preserve this morning (10:10-ish) I heard and then
located and watched a Wilson's Snipe performing its winnowing aerial display.
The flight continued for at least 15 minutes. Later I heard the distinctive
repeated calls that the species gives while perched.
Also seen/he
Hi all,
I just witnessed some really cool Blue Jay behavior. Two jays were on the
ground under one of my feeders, when suddenly one began hopping around the
other in a very odd pose, leaning inward as it circled around the other bird,
almost hopping on one foot at times, standing up tall and wi
I think Osprey are prepared to go quite a distance from where they nest to
where they fish.
At Mono Lake (which has no fish) they fly sometimes 10 miles one way to
freshwater lakes to find food, repeating this several times a day when they are
feeding young. There are 10 or so pairs that nest on
Hi Cayugabirders,
Half an hour ago I was hanging out in the swamp behind my property searching
for nesting flickers, when a Common Raven carrying food in its bill flew over
(north to south, heading toward Yellow Barn Forest area). It was being chased
by a couple of crows. The food item was some
I spent a little over an hour at the FLLT Goetchius Preserve this morning, and
saw/heard a number of nice birds:
Brown Thrasher pair, one singing up high while the other foraged on the ground
underneath it
Eastern Meadowlark pair (one singing)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Shorebirds:
Killdeer
Great &
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Hello everyone,
Bird photography season is moving into high gear, and I'm hoping some of you
can help me out. For a photo/video project this year I'm looking for the
following:
Nesting Northern Flickers
Nesting WhIte-breasted Nuthatches
Nesting Killdeers
Nesting American Kestrels
(...and/or an
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New (for me anyway) at the Cornell Arboretum this morning was Warbling Vireo.
At least one pair seen foraging and flying around together.
Marie
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Hi everyone,
Well, the light didn't cooperate with my planned trip to Montezuma this
morning, so instead I sidetracked to Salt Pt in Lansing. What a great place
that spot is! The highlight was two male Orchard Orioles singing and engaging
in territorial altercations in trees just a little way d
As promised (threatened?) here's a link to an Orchard Oriole photo from this
morning at Salt Point, Lansing.
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A flock of American Pipits (20-ish) was flying to and fro, and landing in, over
the recently ploughed field at the easternmost end of Mt Pleasant 30 mins ago.
And from Salt Pt this am, I forgot to include Blue-winged Teal (male and a
couple of females).
Marie
(OK, if you insist, that's "plowed
Hi all,
New (for me) at Goetchius Preserve this morning (8:00 – 9:30) were:
Bobolink – 4 males, and I believe I also had a flyover female
Eastern Kingbird – 3, doing lots of chattering and chasing each other around
for many minutes in what was likely a territorial dispute.
Scarlet Tanager heard
Excellent discussion on the use of playbacks…I'd like to weigh in…
Full disclosure: I regularly use playbacks in my photography work, and have
done for many years.
Certainly my use has temporarily taken various individual birds away from their
primary focus of finding enough food for themselve
I've seen this happening when a nuthatch is approached too closely by another
species of bird at a feeder, so a kind of interspecific aggressive display.
They also do it as a distraction display, when their nest is threatened by
another species of bird or a mammal such as a chipmunk. The various
I spent 3+ hours photographing the Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point this
morning. Their excavation continues, and all was going well until a European
Starling tried to take over the hole, attacking one of the woodpeckers while
its head was in the hole. Over the course of an hour or so, the
WOW this is cool behavior! Like shrikes…only vegetarian!
Marie
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I would say if you're going to move it, do it now without delay, ideally when
they're not around!
Marie (currently in CA)
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I feel I have to defend my co-photogs by commenting that it's not just
photographers that get out of their cars on the wildlife drive ;-)))
Also a quick comment that Montezuma is out of the ordinary in requiring
everyone to stay in their cars along the wildlife drive. Few other wildlife
refuge
I was excited to find a large swallow roost (mostly Trees, but a few Barns and
Banks) a short way along the wildlife drive at Montezuma NWR this morning.
Thousands of swallows were perched among the cattails and the pink flowers of
swamp rose-mallows, they were there when I arrived about 7am. Th
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Yes, wildlife refuges are not "nature parks", they are set aside to provide a
refuge…for the wildlife, a refuge from HUMANS and their encroachment!
Marie (yes I'm a human, yes I encroach with the best of 'em!)
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The annual build up of American Kestrels has begun on Mt Pleasant: there were 7
on the wires on the dirt road to the radio tower and an 8th by the observatory.
I presume this represents one or more families.
Also a couple of bobolinks "binking" in flight over the fields.
Marie
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Hi all,
If anyone in the Ithaca area knows of an active and accessible American
Goldfinch nest (ie low down in a shrub ) that they would share, I'm interested
in photographing one.
Also a Cedar Waxwing nest, although it may be getting a bit late for that
species to be still as the nest.
Thank
Around 4pm today there was a flock of Bobolinks flying over the switchgrass
field just west of the "ex-sheep farm" between the two hills on Mt Pleasant
Road. At first there seemed to be just a few, I started counting them, got to
twenty, then just stood there with my mouth open as more and more
Around 4pm Saturday I managed a rough count of the Bobolink flock on Mt
Pleasant Rd - 97! The birds were again in the switchgrass field just west of
the dirt road (called Pine Woods Rd on some old maps) to the farm between the
two hills at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd. The Bobolinks are usu
As of about 9:30 am Sunday, there were a number of Bobolinks near the road just
at the junction of Mt Pleasant Rd and dirt road between the hills (PIne Woods
Road). They are preening and resting in the switchgrass, a few on the wires
overhead, and in the roadside shrubbery. Straggling groups tak
Around 9:30 am Friday I found yet another large Bobolink flock in the
switchgrass field opposite and east (downhill) of the observatory on Mt
Pleasant Rd. I'm estimating about 60 birds. I say "another" because I have not
noticed any in that field for at least a week, when there was a big flock t
Around 10 this morning (Sunday) I was walking past the field just east of the
observatory, where the recently mowed grass was being turned by a tractor.
Overhead 3 Common Ravens were wheeling, giving lots of calls, checking out the
newly mowed areas for dead (or soon to be dead) things exposed b
After nesting, Tree Swallows tend to join large roosts in wetlands. During the
daytime, they leave the roost and disperse (often large distances) to feeding
areas, which is why we still may see them over our fields in the summer,
post-breeding. Then in the evening they all head toward the roost
On my final walk up Mt Pleasant before heading our west for a month, I passed
the newly ploughed field at the far eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd. Killdeer
calls caught my attention and there were 8-10 of the them flying around.
Shortly they were joined by a flock of about 50 Bobolinks, that swirl
It's nice to be back on the mountain after a month's book tour in oh-so-dry
California.
This evening's walk on Mt Pleasant Road netted a drumming Ruffed Grouse in the
woods east of the Cornell farm. And yesterday afternoon two small flocks of
American Pipits, one opposite the observatory, the ot
It must be the day for Fox Sparrows…just before reading Suan's post I looked
outside to see three Fox Sparrows doing their famous to and fro scoot
underneath my new Blue Spruce (planted in the spring)
Marie
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