Willie D’Anna reported in the March 2023 Kingbird that the Niagara River Limpkin found near Lewiston, NY Nov. 2022 was eating grove snails, aka brown-lipped snails cepaea nemoralis it was finding in a weed-covered slope.
That Limpkin was subsequently captured, taken to a rehab facility for care and further feeding, and then taken south to be released in a wetland in South Carolina. See the March 2023 Kingbird report for details. I wonder if anyone will try to help this Limpkin go south before winter? Donna L Scott 377 Savage Farm Dr Ithaca, NY 14850 d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu> From: bounce-127842405-15001...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-127842405-15001...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Candace E. Cornell Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 1:44 PM To: Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin still in Elmira What a great adventure! Down south they thrive on large apple snails. I wonder if they were eating our puny snails? On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 1:18 PM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com<mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>> wrote: FYI - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: From: <browncreep...@gmail.com<mailto:browncreep...@gmail.com>> Date: October 23, 2023 at 12:57:53 PM EDT To: <nutter.d...@mac.com<mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>> Subject: Limpkin still in Elmira Hi, Dave, Can you forward this to cayugabirds and nybirds. I’m not sure I remember how. Courtney Jett located the Limpkin west of the boat launch at Pirozzolo Park this morning at about 11 am. The bird foraged in the Japanese Knotweed between the small path near the river and the main path, then moved north of the main trail. It was last seen at the edge of the knotweed and lawn between the pickleball courts and the community gardens, turning south onto the trail back to the main trail. Thanks, Bill Ostrander -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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: 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
