According to my handy iBird Pro app, “A group of cranes has many collective nouns, including a construction, dance, sedge, siege and swoop of cranes.
> On Oct 27, 2017, at 11:08 PM, Lynn Bergmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't a group of male cranes called a "bachelor flock". I read that somewhere > > On Oct 27, 2017 12:04 AM, "Upstate NY Birding digest" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Friday, October 27, 2017. > > 1. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > 2. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > 3. Where are all my feeder birds? > 4. Native Pagoda Dogwood offer - u dig > 5. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > 6. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > 7. Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > 8. Flock of cormorants > 9. OT: Farm pond fish needed to feed osprey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > From: "Chris R. Pelkie" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:08:47 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford > Dictionary, here we come! > ______________________ > > Chris Pelkie > Information/Data Manager; IT Support > Bioacoustics Research Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/ <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > From: Dave Nutter <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 08:40:33 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > “Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. > Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about “cranefield” > for where a large group feeds? > - - Dave Nutter > > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford > > Dictionary, here we come! > > ______________________ > > > > Chris Pelkie > > Information/Data Manager; IT Support > > Bioacoustics Research Program > > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > > 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/ <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/> > > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Where are all my feeder birds? > From: Sandy Wold <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:39:15 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > I was noticing an eerie silence in my garden since this original post but > did have a few Tufted Titmouses (Titmice?) show up that day at my feeder > along with a group of chickadees and jays. I think it is cool that feeder > birds continue to scout and forage for the "good" stuff and then probably > also communicate with others about it. Isn't the bounty due to the amazing > rains we had this past spring....but I am noticing some growth spurts on my > fruit trees now after the recent rains, when they should be dropping leaves > by now. Freaky. > > > *---Sandy Wold* > Author/Originator of Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map > (for sale at Wegmans, Autumn Leaves, Cornell Plantations, and Visitor's > Bureau) > https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/ > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/> > *https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist> > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist>>* > www.Sandy-Wold.com <http://www.sandy-wold.com/> > <http://www.sandy-wold.squarespace.com/ > <http://www.sandy-wold.squarespace.com/>> > > *"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what > the world needs is people who have come ALIVE." **- Dr. Howard Thurman, > American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Native Pagoda Dogwood offer - u dig > From: Sandy Wold <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:41:46 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > I have a Native Pagoda Dogwood I need to rehome. It needs more sun than I > can give it and is supposed to grow about 3ftx3ft, but is growing taller > and spindly because not enough sun on the west side of my house and partly > shaded by a mature tree, and I wonder if it was mislabeled and could become > more of an understory tree. I think it would do well on the east side of a > house with no shade. Sunday afternoon would be a good day to come get it. > I can help dig. It's been there about three years. I am located near > Hickey's Music, downtown Ithaca. Please contact me off-list. > > > *---Sandy Wold* > Author/Originator of Cayuga Basin Bioregion Map > (for sale at Wegmans, Autumn Leaves, Cornell Plantations, and Visitor's > Bureau) > https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/ > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/> > *https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist> > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist > <https://sites.google.com/site/cayugabioregionmap/about-author-and-artist>>* > www.Sandy-Wold.com <http://www.sandy-wold.com/> > <http://www.sandy-wold.squarespace.com/ > <http://www.sandy-wold.squarespace.com/>> > > *"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come ALIVE, for what > the world needs is people who have come ALIVE." **- Dr. Howard Thurman, > American Theologian, Clergyman and Activist (1900-1981) * > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > From: "Johnson, Alyssa" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:53:49 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > Sandhill cranes still in the field on Armitage rd as of 9:30 Thursday > morning. Not sure of exact count, didn't have binoculars with me- is "a lot" > good enough? :) > > Alyssa Johnson > Environmental Educator > Montezuma Audubon Center > 2295 State Route 89 > PO Box 187 > Savannah, NY 13146 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > (315) 365-3588 <tel:%28315%29%20365-3588> > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Dave Nutter > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 8:40:33 AM > To: CayugaBirds-L b > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] 65 Sandhill Cranes > > “Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. > Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about “cranefield” > for where a large group feeds? > - - Dave Nutter > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! 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In German the word is > “gesellungsverband”, if I read aright. “Survival group” seems to be the usual > translation, but I wonder if something more colorful isn’t hiding somewhere > in the English language? > > -Geo > > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford > > Dictionary, here we come! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: 65 Sandhill Cranes > From: Ann Mitchell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:34:23 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 7 > > Sounds good to me! > Ann > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Dave Nutter <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > “Cranery” sounds like a nest colony (they don’t do that) or communal roost. > > Also auto-spell-correct changes cranery to cranberry. How about > > “cranefield” for where a large group feeds? > > - - Dave Nutter > > > >> On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford > >> Dictionary, here we come! > >> ______________________ > >> > >> Chris Pelkie > >> Information/Data Manager; IT Support > >> Bioacoustics Research Program > >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology > >> 159 Sapsucker Woods Road > >> Ithaca, NY 14850 > >> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/ <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: > >> Welcome and Basics > >> Rules and Information > >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > >> Archives: > >> The Mail Archive > >> Surfbirds > >> BirdingOnThe.Net > >> Please submit your observations to eBird! > >> -- > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to eBird! > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Flock of cormorants > From: Nancy Cusumano <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:46:49 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 8 > > This morning about 9:45 as I was driving Rt 89 along Cass Park, there were > probably 100+ double crested cormorants in two big flocks. I don't think > I'd every seen flocks of cormorants before. It seemed like they were > getting ready to head in a southerly direction. > The flock was very messy, not at all like a goose flock. From a distance I > thought they were crows but when I got under I was able to ID better. > > Always interesting to see new things on my everyday drive. > > Nancy > > Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 575! dogs since 2005! > Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org <http://cayugadogrescue.org/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: OT: Farm pond fish needed to feed osprey > From: Candace Cornell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:37:23 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 9 > > Does anyone have a farm pond with bass or sunfish? Would you mind if a > handful of fishermen thinned it out a bit in the next week or so? We are > urgently collecting fish to freeze and feed to a rehabilitated osprey over > the winter. It will take hundreds of pounds of fish to insure it survives > and we’re well on our way. Plus, thinning is good for your pond’s > ecosystem. The colder the weather gets, however, the harder it is to fish, > so please reply quickly. > > > > Many thanks for your kindness and help keeping this osprey (Ms. K) alive. > > > > Eyes to the sky! > > Candace > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- 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/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
