[cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...
Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my feeders. Think Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...
Yet another reason to love birds: after a certain point in late winter, they say, To hell with the temperature, I'm getting on with it! On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my feeders. Think Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/ -- -- You can observe a lot just by watching. -- Yogi Berra -- 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] robins
There's a flock of a couple hundred cheeping American Robins in the trees outside my house right now. Onward toward spring! Harold -- 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] Mergansers
There were several male Common Mergansers looking very confused while swimming just above the falls at the dam on Fall Creek by the Forest Home bridge this morning. One looked like he was about to go over the edge! Are these guys migrating in, or just natively confused? -Pete _ Pete Marchetto Engineering Physicist, CLO/BRP Grad Student, BEE 1.607.254.6281 Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment, it's addressed to the bottom of the sea. -- Linnell and Flansburgh, 2007 -- 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...
I assume it's hours of daylight rather than temperature that triggers behaviors. From: bounce-112921516-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112921516-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Robin Cisne Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:33 AM To: Marie P. Read Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come... Yet another reason to love birds: after a certain point in late winter, they say, To hell with the temperature, I'm getting on with it! On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote: Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my feeders. Think Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608tel:607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/ -- -- You can observe a lot just by watching. - Yogi Berra -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come...
I just located this 2012 review paper on the topic: Photoperiodic Control of Seasonality in Birds http://jbr.sagepub.com/content/16/4/365.abstract. In case you can't see that link from where you are, here's a brief excerpt from the abstract. This review examines how birds use the annual cycle in photoperiod to ensure that seasonal events--breeding, molt, and song production--happen at the appropriate time of year ... In predictable breeders (most nontropical species), photoperiod is the predominant proximate factor. Increasing photoperiods of spring stimulate secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and consequent gonadal maturation. -Mike On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Linda Post Van Buskirk l...@cornell.eduwrote: I assume it's hours of daylight rather than temperature that triggers behaviors. *From:* bounce-112921516-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: bounce-112921516-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Robin Cisne *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:33 AM *To:* Marie P. Read *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] A hint of things to come... Yet another reason to love birds: after a certain point in late winter, they say, To hell with the temperature, I'm getting on with it! On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Marie P. Read m...@cornell.edu wrote: Things are looking up. Mr. Cardinal just fed Mrs. Cardinal in a tree near my feeders. Think Spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/ -- -- You can observe a lot just by watching. -- Yogi Berra -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://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 Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Spring - Fox Sp and Winter Wren
We've had Fox Sparrow singing around our feeder since 1 March, and this morning (5 March ) a Winter Wren chimed in with its incredibly long song. Spring is absolutely marvelous. Just pay attention to the photoperiod and forget about the temperature. John Confer -- 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/ --attachment: confer.vcf
[cayugabirds-l] SEOWs Veteran Hill Rd in Veteran
Last night I recorded SEVEN SHORT-EARED OWLS, two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, and one RED-TAILED HAWK on Veteran Hill Rd in Veteran (Chemung county). The owls were out by 5:30 and were seen flying over hay fields and a shrubby area, about a 1.5 miles north of Danns Blvd (right by where Google Maps places Church Hill Rd, which is no longer a viable road). Lots of good views as the owls were close to the road for the majority of the time. Kaytee Kaytee Hojnacki Wildlife Technician Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 585/226-5464 585/226-6323 fax kahoj...@gw.dec.state.ny.us -- 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] Grackles
I saw three Grackles at the corner of Sky vue and Eastern heights roads a few minutes ago. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island needs help
Subscribers to the list may be interested in the letter Karen and I sent to Suzanne Edwards of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Use as you may wish. John Confer To: Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment cc to above email addresses. I am a strong proponent of wind energy. As a faculty member at Ithaca College, NY I wrote a successful grant proposal with administrative support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund installation of a wind anemometer to assess the potential wind power on our campus property. The test, unfortunately, documented unsatisfactory winds for our location. I have been on the Conservation Committee of the New York State Ornithological Association for many years and compiled the wind power resolution adopted by NYSOA. Excerpts from this resolution are copied below and show strong support for wind power in general, but not in locations such as Amherst Island with famous concentrations of raptors. As Coordinator (now retired) for the Environmental Studies and Science Programs at Ithaca College and instructor for related courses, I often lectured on the advantages of wind power. These include the renewable supply, the very limited production of greenhouse gasses, limited environmental degradation, and limited cultural loss when cited at appropriate locations. Wind power is desirable because it can help meet our energy needs without the downside associated with fossil fuels, when cited appropriately. My professional focus is on birds and I have more than 30 publications and a dozen research grants in this area, and sole authorship and co-authorship on monographs of two warbler species in The Birds of North America series. Amherst Island is known internationally for its concentration of winter raptors. Amherst Island and the similar, nearby Wolfe Island provided a habitat that supported concentrations of winter raptors perhaps unexceeded in eastern North America. My interest in birds and this unique birding opportunity led me to take a half-dozen birding trips to Amherst Island over several decades with my wife, with friends, and as trip leader with other birders. The proposed wind power farm on Amherst Island is the perfect example of the implementation of a generally good concept in exactly the wrong place. Certainly wind power can be environmentally beneficial, but not when it threatens the habitat recognized for its global significance as a location with globally special concentrations of wintering raptors including uncommon species such as Short-eared Owls and other species rarely seen this far south such as Hawk Owls, Boreal Owls and Snowy Owls sometimes even in abundance. Wind power can provide energy for human activities without the indirect consequences of global climate change. But in this case, the construction and operation of a wind farm would destroy the environment enjoyed by many and would threaten a life style and culture deeply rooted in the values of island families and maintained even for centuries. What may be gained by a minimal impact on global climate change is more than offset by the degradation of a globally significant environment and industrialization of a rural culture. Bird surveys on Wolfe Island show that post-construction density of winter raptors is lower than on the mainland. Yet for decades birders have visited Wolfe and Amherst because concentrations of raptors on the islands were phenomenally high. Abrupt mortality due to impact with the blades may occasionally occur, but the abandonment of rare habitat due to disturbance can cause far more birds to disperse to areas where starvation and highway mortality are more common than on the islands. Wind power on the right site is environmentally beneficial in comparison to fossil fuels. But this generality should not be accepted as a rational to locate a wind farm in a site where there is every expectation that the direct environmental and cultural loss will be highly significant on the local, national, and global scale. Respectfully submitted by Dr. John L. Confer, retired Coordinator for Environmental Studies at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY con...@ithaca.edu mailto:con...@ithaca.edu mailto:con...@ithaca.edu mailto:con...@ithaca.edu, 607-539-6308 tel:607-539-6308 651 Hammond Hill Rd. Brooktondale, NY 14817 /Please sign the attached petition. We all know the importance of this island to migrating raptors and passerines as well as wintering owls. Wolf Island next door is the home of a wind farm and had been documented as one of the most devastating to birds with so many raptors killed there. We can't allow Amherst to go down as well. Our friends to the north thank you. John / http://www.protectamherstisland.ca/save-amherst-island-letter/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island needs help
Great letter, John. Would you mind if people use some of your wording when adding comments to the http://www.protectamherstisland.ca/save-amherst-island-letter/ website? Mostly from the final paragraph. Thanks for sharing. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu From: bounce-112924102-8866...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112924102-8866...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of John Confer Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 2:04 PM To: John and Sue Gregoire Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L; Northern_NY_Birds Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island needs help Subscribers to the list may be interested in the letter Karen and I sent to Suzanne Edwards of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Use as you may wish. John Confer To: Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment cc to above email addresses. I am a strong proponent of wind energy. As a faculty member at Ithaca College, NY I wrote a successful grant proposal with administrative support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund installation of a wind anemometer to assess the potential wind power on our campus property. The test, unfortunately, documented unsatisfactory winds for our location. I have been on the Conservation Committee of the New York State Ornithological Association for many years and compiled the wind power resolution adopted by NYSOA. Excerpts from this resolution are copied below and show strong support for wind power in general, but not in locations such as Amherst Island with famous concentrations of raptors. As Coordinator (now retired) for the Environmental Studies and Science Programs at Ithaca College and instructor for related courses, I often lectured on the advantages of wind power. These include the renewable supply, the very limited production of greenhouse gasses, limited environmental degradation, and limited cultural loss when cited at appropriate locations. Wind power is desirable because it can help meet our energy needs without the downside associated with fossil fuels, when cited appropriately. My professional focus is on birds and I have more than 30 publications and a dozen research grants in this area, and sole authorship and co-authorship on monographs of two warbler species in The Birds of North America series. Amherst Island is known internationally for its concentration of winter raptors. Amherst Island and the similar, nearby Wolfe Island provided a habitat that supported concentrations of winter raptors perhaps unexceeded in eastern North America. My interest in birds and this unique birding opportunity led me to take a half-dozen birding trips to Amherst Island over several decades with my wife, with friends, and as trip leader with other birders. The proposed wind power farm on Amherst Island is the perfect example of the implementation of a generally good concept in exactly the wrong place. Certainly wind power can be environmentally beneficial, but not when it threatens the habitat recognized for its global significance as a location with globally special concentrations of wintering raptors including uncommon species such as Short-eared Owls and other species rarely seen this far south such as Hawk Owls, Boreal Owls and Snowy Owls sometimes even in abundance. Wind power can provide energy for human activities without the indirect consequences of global climate change. But in this case, the construction and operation of a wind farm would destroy the environment enjoyed by many and would threaten a life style and culture deeply rooted in the values of island families and maintained even for centuries. What may be gained by a minimal impact on global climate change is more than offset by the degradation of a globally significant environment and industrialization of a rural culture. Bird surveys on Wolfe Island show that post-construction density of winter raptors is lower than on the mainland. Yet for decades birders have visited Wolfe and Amherst because concentrations of raptors on the islands were phenomenally high. Abrupt mortality due to impact with the blades may occasionally occur, but the abandonment of rare habitat due to disturbance can cause far more birds to disperse to areas where starvation and highway mortality are more common than on the islands. Wind power on the right site is environmentally beneficial in comparison to fossil fuels. But this generality should not be accepted as a rational to locate a wind farm in a site where there is every expectation that the direct environmental and cultural loss will be highly significant on the local, national, and global scale. Respectfully submitted by Dr. John L. Confer, retired Coordinator for Environmental Studies at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY con...@ithaca.edumailto:con...@ithaca.edu mailto:con...@ithaca.edumailto:con...@ithaca.edu, 607-539-6308tel:607-539-6308 651 Hammond Hill Rd. Brooktondale, NY 14817 Please sign the attached petition. We all know the
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mergansers
Talk about confused Mergs...I found one in N. Syracuse walking down the middle of South Bay Rd near Taft Rd. in the snow Sunday afternoon. John Moore lived on the side street the Merganser ran to trying to escape my rescue effort, and we were able to get him to rehabilitator Jean Soprano for check up and fish, and then return to open water. How wonderful to hold a Red-breasted Merganser in arm!!! Apparently there is a lot of this happening with Grebes and Mergs. In their pursuit of open water, they are seeing roads as open water and not being able to take off from land once they are down on the ground! Two local rehab sites have had several brought in with so much frozen water this year. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad On Mar 5, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Pete M. Marchetto pete.marche...@cornell.edu wrote: There were several male Common Mergansers looking very confused while swimming just above the falls at the dam on Fall Creek by the Forest Home bridge this morning. One looked like he was about to go over the edge! Are these guys migrating in, or just natively confused? -Pete _ Pete Marchetto Engineering Physicist, CLO/BRP Grad Student, BEE 1.607.254.6281 Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment, it's addressed to the bottom of the sea. -- Linnell and Flansburgh, 2007 -- 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: 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] woodcock 3/3
On Monday 3 March Chris Wood discovered what appears to be the first reported AMERICAN WOODCOCK for the Cayuga Lake Basin - and all upstate NY - according to eBird. It was along the old railroad grade by Monkey Run South in the Town of Dryden in a tamarack swamp which remained wet despite the frigid temperatures. In past years the first woodcock for the basin has often been found in February, often by Nancy Dickinson on her extensive rich grounds in Mecklenburg, but alas, she has moved out of the basin, and the winter is colder. Perhaps there are woodcock there now, wondering what happened to her. --Dave Nutter -- 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! --
