[cayugabirds-l] American Golden-Plover, Rt. 13 Dryden
Marshall just found an adult AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER out with gulls and Killdeer in the dirt field NW of Ringwood Road x Rt. 13 in Dryden. The bird is distant at the moment but in good plumage and easy to pick out with a scope. Jay -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Political: Managing St. Lawrence River water level for wetlands
As a member of the Conservation Committee for the New York State Ornithological Society, I receive several notices each year about environmental issues. These come from Andy Mason, Chair, NYSOA Conservation Committee. I don't pass on most of them because they seem of local interest or seem to me to be of lesser significance (although maybe I should just send them all and not make that judgement). This one concerns managing water levels of the St. Lawrence River in ways that mimic natural flooding and helps re-establish and retain the extensive wetlands along the river. I think this merits wide distribution. I apologize for this political use of the listserve, but in this instance I think this is of statewide concern and a matter that individuals or the Cayuga Bird Club may wish to endorse. If you wish, you may sign your support through some of the links described below. I would appreciate hearing how you fell about this use of the listserve. Probably responding off list to con...@ithaca.edu would be best. Thanks. FYI. The Conservation Committee is meeting later this week with Matt Swayze (29 Aug), Senior Forester, NYS DEC Region 7. Matt has assumed John Clancy's position with the NY DEC at the Cortland Office of the Division of Lands and Forests. We will have the opportunity to discuss the Unit Management Plan for small clear cuts in Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn in ways that will favor early succession species. It is very pleasing that Matt appears very pleased to meet with us on this matter. John Confer Original Message Subject:FW: Action Alert and Sign on Letter in Support of Plan 2014 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:41:02 -0400 From: Andrew Mason andyma...@earthling.net To: John Confer con...@ithaca.edu, Gerry Smith gosh...@gisco.net, Joan Collins joan.coll...@frontier.com Folks--- I received this alert from Audubon NY---with a request for Audubon Chapters to sign on to the attached letter. Evidently Gerry has played a role in this. Would you all support signing NYSOA on to this? Andy Andrew Mason 1039 Peck St. Jefferson, NY 12093 (607) 652-2162 andyma...@earthling.net Asmany of you know, earlier this summer, the International Joint Commission released Plan 2014 -- another revision to water level management on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Audubon and the environmental community supports this plan and we're asking our network to submit comments in support, too. Our Great Lakes area Chapters have been heavily involved in this over the years. Special thanks especially to June Summers of Genesee Valley Audubon and Gerry Smith of Onondaga Audubon who have attended meetings, read testimony into the record, and who have assisted with action alerts and kept our office apprised local actions! Plan 2014 mirrors many of the past versions of the plan that provide important environmental benefits to the Lake and River by restoring natural fluctuations of water levels. Click here for more information on the new Plan: http://www.ijc.org/en_/losl . As you will see, comments on the new Plan are due Friday, August 30^th , and we are working to build strong support for this important revision to water level management. We just sent out a statewide action alert to our list this morning. There are three easy ways you can help with this campaign this week: 1)Take personal action on the alert: http://ny.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepageid=1289 (If you received the action alert in your inbox, using the link in that email will be easier, since your information should already auto-filled) 2)Share the alert link (http://ny.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepageid=1289) to your networks including the rest of your board list, your chapter email list, and your facebook page. Here is a sample facebook post you can cut and paste on your own wall or on your chapter page: /Let's make Lake Ontario a Greater Lake! Take action today - stand with Audubon in showing support for Plan 2014, which will restore a natural water level management plan for the Lake and St. Lawrence River. Here's the link: http://ny.audubonaction.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepageid=1289/ 3)If you can, sign your chapter on to the sign on letter in Support of Plan 2014 that Sean distributed to his Great Lakes colleagues this morning. Please see the attached letter. *If you would like your chapter to sign on, please send him (sma...@audubon.org mailto:sma...@audubon.org) the name and title of the person from your chapter you'd like to sign on by close of business Thursday August 29^th .* ** ** Thank you for your help, and please don't reach out to Sean or I with questions! Most sincerely, Laura /To be successful in our conservation efforts, we need your help! Sign up for Audubon Alerts and the Advisory at http://ny.audubonaction.org http://ny.audubonaction.org// __._,_.___ *Reply via web post *
[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA WHIMBREL seen from Towpath Rd far NW in ...
CayugaRBA WHIMBREL seen from Towpath Rd far NW in short veg S of big loosestrife area. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Common Nighthawks and Olive-sided Flycatcher Lansing
About 45 min ago, we had a group of 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKs appear over our neighborhood (W Meadow Dr Lansing). I first saw only 4 as I had just turned around from spotting some Cedar Waxwing flyovers, so only got the new group disappearing behind trees, but a good enough view of the white wing mark on two of them to be sure. I've been out for the last two weeks every nice evening waiting/hoping for these guys to reappear as they have the last few Augusts, so was most gratified to have them appear tonight! I waited for a bit, then walked from more enclosed backyard to street view where we picked them up again, wheeling about our and adjacent yards for a few turns. As in my extended observation of a couple years ago, they were again (annoyingly) silent, but still graceful to watch. Another turn around the yard and woods, trying to stay one jump ahead of the black flies (didn't work: I'm a pincushion now) turned up a juvenile BALTIMORE ORIOLE working high branches: I also saw an adult BAOR in wild grapes around 430pm here. I had heard two oriole phrases sung in the much diminished dawn chorus a few days ago, so it was nice to see these guys probably for almost the last time this season. Then just as I was headed in, a glimpse of a flycatcher sallying from a high bare box elder. I thought, ah, that's the Eastern Wood-Pewee I watched on Sunday afternoon, but, like a good birder, never assume anything, so I got the glasses on it and lo and behold, it was my first yard OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ! Yes! after many years of swing and a miss on Phoebes, this was no doubt OSFL. Especially after the Friday confirmed view of another at SSW, this was no doubt in my mind a more juvenile version of same. The flanks were grayer, but showed slight streaks; the belly and center breast and throat were quite white and clean. Tail relatively short and no wagging. When it dipped it's head, I could see the much darker cap. I got a bunch of pictures from almost directly below and the bird was so obliging at returning to the same perch after multiple sallies that I ran and got the scope and had even better looks. I was amused to stand back and see the scope was nearly vertical but there was just no way to get another viewpoint on this tree, as adjacent trees were just too bushy. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers
Dave and I were at May's Pool, and spent quite some time watching the baby in the hole. We saw it calling, but couldn't hear it. We saw an adult feeding it. After leaving the spot, I headed to Mays. Some folks from Manhattan showed up. Dave took them back to the nest hole. The son could actually hear it calling kind of raspy like a Blue-gray gnatcatcher. Kids have great hearing!! Good birding, Ann -- 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/ --
