Date: 1/12/25 7:47 am From: Anne Hobbs <withane66...> Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: January 12, 2025
Hi, Colleen,
I’d like to join the Sumo dinner with Kevin.
Anne Hobbs
> On Jan 12, 2025, at 12:00 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <cayugabirds-l...> wrote:
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> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, January 12, 2025.
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> 1. January meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club
> 2. Re: Killdeer at Salt Point this afternoon
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> Subject: January meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club
> From: "Colleen Richards" <clr82...>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:23:42 GMT
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> It's time for our annual Share Your Photos Night! And Kevin McGowan will once again be our host.
> Come join us at the Lab of Ornithology as Club members share their photos and their stories on Monday, January 13 at 7:30 pm. Kevin says he has a full program ready. Many thanks to all of you who will be sharing! There will be a speaker dinner with Kevin at the Sumo Restaurant before the meeting at 5:30 pm. Please rsvp to <clr82...> by noon Monday, so reservations can be made. Looking forward to seeing all your pictures.Colleen RichardsCorresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club The evening starts with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 8:00pm and ending by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. Some meetings may shift to Zoom if warranted by circumstances.
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> Subject: Re: Killdeer at Salt Point this afternoon
> From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:57:34 -0500
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> Yes, Killdeer is rare in Upstate New York in Winter. Yet it was first found in the Cayuga Basin in January in 11 of the past 28 years that we have first Basin records on line, including the last 3 years. And in 9 of those 28 years of data the first record was from the Myers Pt / Salt Pt / Salmon Cr mouth area, including 6 of the last 10 years. So it’s both rare, yet it fits a pattern and possibly a trend.
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> That area is one of the best places around to find Killdeer, and it’s always worth a close look at all the shorelines for Killdeer (because sometimes Charadrius vociferus is quiet and retiring), and other shorebirds or Pipits or Snow Buntings may show up. Nice find, Abhiram, Karen, Joe, & Tom!
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> - - Dave Nutter
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> First Basin Records Data
> 2025 0110 Myers Pt/Salt Pt
> 2024 0102 Myers Pt
> 2023 0104 Myers Pt
> 2022 0222 Hanshaw Rd
> 2021 0205 Myers Pt/Salt Pt
> 2020 0302 Stewart Pk; Sapsucker Wds; Tower Rd
> 2019 0223 Myers Pt
> 2018 0221 Fitzgerald Rd
> 2017 0222 Seybolt Rd; NYS-31; Maple Av; Univ Av; Eco House; Hanshaw Rd; Sapsucker Wds
> 2016 0109 Salmon Cr, Myers
> 2015 0309 NE Ithaca
> 2014 0221 Burdick Hill Rd migration
> 2013 0106 Bluegrass Ln; Myers Pt
> 2012 0115 Paine’s Cr delta
> 2011 0205 Bonnie Banks Rd
> 2010 0307 Valley Rd, B’dale
> 2009 0102 Stewart Pk
> 2008 0303 Cornell U
> 2007 0301 Myers Pt
> 2006 0306 Ithaca Airport
> 2005 0307 Sapsucker Wds
> 2004 0229 McGowan Wds
> 2003 0302 Cornell Ln, Dryden
> 2002 0105 Myers Pt
> 2001 0101 Montezuma CBC
> 2000 0102 Aurora
> 1999 0129 Cornell U
> 1998 0301 Dryden L
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>> On Jan 10, 2025, at 11:33 PM, abhiram sankar <abhiramsankar...> wrote:
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>> Hi Karen,
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>> Thanks for the info. I was wondering why a killdeer should be a rarity, didn't notice the distribution map until now. I too saw the same bird, at the same location this morning and got decent pictures as well. I'll add them to my checklist.
>> Happy birding!
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>>>> On Fri, 10 Jan, 2025, 22:12 Karen Edelstein, <karen.edelstein...> wrote:
>>> This afternoon around 4:00 p.m., Joe Wetmore and I observed a killdeer foraging along the gravel spit at Salt Point that extends far into the lake this time of year. The bird flew off after about 3 minutes, but we got very clear views, and also heard its call as it flew from the spit to the north. I put this observation into eBird, as it is considered a rarity this time of year.
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