[cayugabirds-l] MNWR and pedestrians
All, This place can be a potential model for Montezuma. http://www.fws.gov/refuge/nisqually/ It is much larger but it is only for pedestrians and birds are close to the boardwalk and also far away. Wouldn't those birds who are more skittish stay farther away from the pedestrians? ~Barbara -- 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] MNWR discsussion
Many interesting points have been mentioned and certainly are worthwhile exploring if they fall within the purview of MNWR. Certainly out of car areas could be established once the major construction is complete. The north area would be ideal and still allow the first portion of the drive through Benning to be pedestrian free. But, before we go saying things like MNWR is a bug and butterfly refuge or primarily a place to bird and study nature we should know what a NWR is and specifically what Montezuma is supposed to do. That's not to say these other things are great by-products of the stated purpose. They are, but they are not paramount. Sometimes we think to often of our human selves and only pay lip service to the critters. Without boring you to death here are the two basics from federal law for the system and for Montezuma: 1.The management of individual refuge system units is dictated, in large part, by the legislation, executive order, or administrative action that creates the unit. The refuge purpose(s) reflected in enabling legislation, executive orders and administrative actions may range from very narrow to very broad. Operation and management of national wildlife refuges are also influenced by a wide array of other laws, treaties and executive orders pertaining to the conservation and protection of natural and cultural resources. Among the most important orders and laws affecting the operation and management of refuges are Executive Order 12996, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, the Refuge Recreation Act, the Endangered Species Act, Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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] MNWR discsussion
If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the shorebird habitat when created, now it is of no use to most birds, so was May's Point pool. Things keeping changing due to lack of proper sustained maintenance or due to 'supposed to be creating habitat'. Once upon a time there were several beautiful willows along the wildlife drive which were perfect spots for variety of birds to land and take refuge or use as strategic view points by birds, including Rusty Blackbirds, swallows, hawks, but one morning I found all of them cut down. Now it is like modern corn fields with acres of cattails or then it was loose strife. Why? I have no clues, they were not interfering with any of the management plans. Meena 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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] MNWR discsussion
they were not interfering with any of the management plans. How do you know that? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:40 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the shorebird habitat when created, now it is of no use to most birds, so was May's Point pool. Things keeping changing due to lack of proper sustained maintenance or due to 'supposed to be creating habitat'. Once upon a time there were several beautiful willows along the wildlife drive which were perfect spots for variety of birds to land and take refuge or use as strategic view points by birds, including Rusty Blackbirds, swallows, hawks, but one morning I found all of them cut down. Now it is like modern corn fields with acres of cattails or then it was loose strife. Why? I have no clues, they were not interfering with any of the management plans. Meena 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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 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] MNWR discsussion
Because what happened after that! -Original Message- From: Marie P. Read Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:44 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion they were not interfering with any of the management plans. How do you know that? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:40 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the shorebird habitat when created, now it is of no use to most birds, so was May's Point pool. Things keeping changing due to lack of proper sustained maintenance or due to 'supposed to be creating habitat'. Once upon a time there were several beautiful willows along the wildlife drive which were perfect spots for variety of birds to land and take refuge or use as strategic view points by birds, including Rusty Blackbirds, swallows, hawks, but one morning I found all of them cut down. Now it is like modern corn fields with acres of cattails or then it was loose strife. Why? I have no clues, they were not interfering with any of the management plans. Meena 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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 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] MNWR discsussion
Yes, wildlife refuges are not nature parks, they are set aside to provide a refuge…for the wildlife, a refuge from HUMANS and their encroachment! Marie (yes I'm a human, yes I encroach with the best of 'em!) Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-117689184-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117689184-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John and Sue Gregoire [k...@empacc.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 7:47 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion Many interesting points have been mentioned and certainly are worthwhile exploring if they fall within the purview of MNWR. Certainly out of car areas could be established once the major construction is complete. The north area would be ideal and still allow the first portion of the drive through Benning to be pedestrian free. But, before we go saying things like MNWR is a bug and butterfly refuge or primarily a place to bird and study nature we should know what a NWR is and specifically what Montezuma is supposed to do. -- 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] Support NW Refuges
Have all you birders considered buying a duck stamp to help Pay for all these wildlife refuges we use enjoy? I just bought mine at the US Post Office for $15. It has a beautiful painting of Canvasbacks. Yep, hunters go there too, but if we want large habitats like this to be preserved maintained, we millions of birders could really add a lot of support. PS: I agree with Kevin and others on the educational value of helping people to learn about birds by having pedestrians allowed in some format at MNWR. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] Support NW Refuges
Yes, I agree that more birders could support the national wildlife refuges by purchasing these beautiful stamps! The Friends of the Migratory Bird/Duck Stamp have great information on their web site: http://www.friendsofthestamp.org . They also sell the stamps in plastic holders that you can attach to your binoculars' strap or use as a key chain (order form online). Sales of the stamps raises millions each year for wildlife habitat. Diane Morton On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com wrote: Have all you birders considered buying a duck stamp to help Pay for all these wildlife refuges we use enjoy? I just bought mine at the US Post Office for $15. It has a beautiful painting of Canvasbacks. Yep, hunters go there too, but if we want large habitats like this to be preserved maintained, we millions of birders could really add a lot of support. PS: I agree with Kevin and others on the educational value of helping people to learn about birds by having pedestrians allowed in some format at MNWR. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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 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] Foot traffic and impact
Hi all, One more important thing about wildlife drive and foot traffic - It is the small amount of the area which will be disturbed for birds (not for insects and other lowly creatures) compared to the area that is available for the wildlife, some hundreds of acres. 28.33 km2 is the refuge area and complex is much larger. But its educational value far surpasses the disturbances. And talking about the duck stamps, we are all paying taxes to support the wildlife, which comes from the federal and state taxes. We should ask our congress to contribute more towards wildlife conservation projects rather than spending on wars and some other useless things as far as I am concerned! So there is no need to buy duck stamps to help the hunters according to me at least! Same $15 from our tax money if it is contributed to wildlife that would be a whole lot of $$$! Talking about birds, all birds seems to have become quiet around my house in the early morning since last week, not even Robin is singing, I don't know if they left the area or still around. It is curious where they go after they have bred? Stay locally or migrate? Any thoughts? Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu -- 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] MNWR discsussion
We need to start thinking outside of the box when it comes to nature. Our culture has been conditioned to think of ourselves as being separate from nature, i.e., modernism and the machine. I think the Montezuma wildlife drive is a perfect example of that modernistic paradigm that is quickly becoming so last Century. We need to think of humans as being a part of nature. Our settlement patterns, our buildings, our food, our transportation. Modern glass buildings, for example. They kill birds. And, what about the materials they use and the energy needed to heat and cool them? Why do we have to build glass buildings? Monolithic agriculture. Tradition in architecture (local materials designed for a local climate), human settlements (walkable, diverse, complex), food. Tradition at the wildlife refuge! Things to think about. On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:52 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Because what happened after that! -Original Message- From: Marie P. Read Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 8:44 AM To: Meena Madhav Haribal; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion they were not interfering with any of the management plans. How do you know that? M Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com/ Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin Available here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE From: bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-117689369-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Madhav Haribal [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 8:40 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR discsussion If the following is true why there is hunting allowed on the refuge? Is it better than foot traffic just disturbing them to some extent? It seems refuge managers are interfering with the nature in variety of ways by changing the habitats constantly. For example Benning Marsh was one of the shorebird habitat when created, now it is of no use to most birds, so was May's Point pool. Things keeping changing due to lack of proper sustained maintenance or due to 'supposed to be creating habitat'. Once upon a time there were several beautiful willows along the wildlife drive which were perfect spots for variety of birds to land and take refuge or use as strategic view points by birds, including Rusty Blackbirds, swallows, hawks, but one morning I found all of them cut down. Now it is like modern corn fields with acres of cattails or then it was loose strife. Why? I have no clues, they were not interfering with any of the management plans. Meena 2. For MNWR the mission statement is: Montezuma National Wildlife refuge provides resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Montezuma is situated in the middle of one of the most active flight lanes in the Atlantic Flyway. Best, John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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 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 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 List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Foot traffic and impact
Meena, The duck stamp sales go DIRECTLY to the National Wildlife Refuge system. $15 of your tax money would have only a tiny fraction supporting the refuge system. Mostly, it is the duck hunters who fund the refuge system through the purchase of duck stamps. Birders who enjoy the NWRs might also like to support them in this way. I view it as supporting the refuges, not as supporting the hunters. So far, the hunters have been supporting the birders. Diane On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, One more important thing about wildlife drive and foot traffic – It is the small amount of the area which will be disturbed for birds (not for insects and other lowly creatures) compared to the area that is available for the wildlife, some hundreds of acres. 28.33 km2 is the refuge area and complex is much larger. But its educational value far surpasses the disturbances. And talking about the duck stamps, we are all paying taxes to support the wildlife, which comes from the federal and state taxes. We should ask our congress to contribute more towards wildlife conservation projects rather than spending on wars and some other useless things as far as I am concerned! So there is no need to buy duck stamps to help the hunters according to me at least! Same $15 from our tax money if it is contributed to wildlife that would be a whole lot of $$$! Talking about birds, all birds seems to have become quiet around my house in the early morning since last week, not even Robin is singing, I don’t know if they left the area or still around. It is curious where they go after they have bred? Stay locally or migrate? Any thoughts? Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu -- *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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Support NW Refuges
I bought my Duck Stamp from the ABA to ensure that my contribution was marked as non-hunter revenue - not that I deny the many contributions of hunters to the preservation of our natural lands! That just doesn't represent me best. -kimberly sucy -ks...@eznet.net On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com wrote: Have all you birders considered buying a duck stamp to help Pay for all these wildlife refuges we use enjoy? I just bought mine at the US Post Office for $15. It has a beautiful painting of Canvasbacks. Yep, hunters go there too, but if we want large habitats like this to be preserved maintained, we millions of birders could really add a lot of support. PS: I agree with Kevin and others on the educational value of helping people to learn about birds by having pedestrians allowed in some format at MNWR. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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 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] Duck Stamp from ABA and relevant links
How and why to buy Duck Stamp from ABA (American Birding Association) http://blog.aba.org/2014/06/make-birders-count-buy-your-duck-stamp-through-the-aba.html Showing your Duck Stamp will gain you free admission to National Wildlife refuges that normally charge admission. More info: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Duck_Stamp Montezuma is free but 100 National Wildife Refuges charge admission fees http://www.fws.gov/refuges/visitors/recreationfees_062005.html I am glad that Montezuma is allowing the guided walks again this year. They were well attended last year. http://fingerlakescentral.com/guided-shorebird-walks-at-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge-bird-with-the-experts/ I am not a daily digest person but please remember to delete most or all of the post you are replying to for the sake of the daily digest folks. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Kimberly Sucy ks...@eznet.net wrote: I bought my Duck Stamp from the ABA to ensure that my contribution was marked as non-hunter revenue - -- 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] Foot traffic and impact
There were about 100 Robins on River Road this morning in Endwell. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, One more important thing about wildlife drive and foot traffic – It is the small amount of the area which will be disturbed for birds (not for insects and other lowly creatures) compared to the area that is available for the wildlife, some hundreds of acres. 28.33 km2 is the refuge area and complex is much larger. But its educational value far surpasses the disturbances. And talking about the duck stamps, we are all paying taxes to support the wildlife, which comes from the federal and state taxes. We should ask our congress to contribute more towards wildlife conservation projects rather than spending on wars and some other useless things as far as I am concerned! So there is no need to buy duck stamps to help the hunters according to me at least! Same $15 from our tax money if it is contributed to wildlife that would be a whole lot of $$$! Talking about birds, all birds seems to have become quiet around my house in the early morning since last week, not even Robin is singing, I don’t know if they left the area or still around. It is curious where they go after they have bred? Stay locally or migrate? Any thoughts? Meena Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edu -- 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] Duck stamps at Visitor's Center
You can also buy them at the gift shop at the Montezuma refuge visitors center. The Friends don't make anything on them, Chuck Gibson (president if the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex) buys them so we can have them available to those interested. Linda -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 5, 2014 * NYSY 08. 05. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 28, 2013 - August 05, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison Cortland compiled: August 05 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #404 Monday August 05, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of July 28, 2014 Highlights: --- AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON LEAST BITTERN RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK SKIMMER SNOWY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 7/30: LEAST BITTERNS were still being seen at LaRues Lagoon along the Wildlife Drive along with 6 species of shorebird. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN remains in Knox-Marsellus Marsh along with 8 species of shorebirds. RUDDY TURNSTONE is a new entry in the shorebird category. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the new Deep Muck area and Tshache Pool. 8/1: LEAST BITTERN still present along Wildlife Drive. 13 species of Shorebirds were seen at the complex this week with RUDDY TURNSTONE being the only new species. 8/4: One of the juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS was seen at the nest area on Mays Point Pond Road. Onondaga County 8/4: 2 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS were still singing in Whiskey Hollow in the Town of Van Buren. 8/5: A SNOWY OWL was again seen near the Rt.31 and 481 intersection, this time at the Toys are Us store. Oswego County 7/30: A very rare for anywhere away from Long Island BLACK SKIMMER was seen and photographed by one individual at Lake Neatahwanta in Fulton. It was seen again on the 31st. but has not been relocated. 8/1: A GREAT EGRET was found at Lake Neatahwanta. 8/3: A RUDDY TURNSTONE was seen at Oswego Harbor. Madison County 8/2: A STILT SANDPIPER was found at the Sky High Sod Farm on Lakeport Road. 8/3: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Woodman Pond. Jefferson county - 8/4: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen along Rt.81 between exits 47 and 48. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Mt Pleasant kestrels etc
The annual build up of American Kestrels has begun on Mt Pleasant: there were 7 on the wires on the dirt road to the radio tower and an 8th by the observatory. I presume this represents one or more families. Also a couple of bobolinks binking in flight over the fields. 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 Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake BasinAvailable here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/GNlCxX37uTzE/CBPFGij6nLfE -- 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] Support NW Refuges
This might just be an Ithaca policy. We get one every year haven't done that yet for 2014-15, but at least as of last year we always were able to pick it up at our local post office in Ovid. Best - Alicia On 8/5/2014 12:31 PM, Melissa Groo wrote: FYI, the Duck Stamp is only available at the Warren Rd post office in the Ithaca area, I bought mine there a couple weeks ago when the new one first became available (after going to the downtown p.o. which didn't have it). You can also order it via the American Birding Association (even if you're not a member), which is a nice way to make your purchase count as a birder. Go here: http://aba.org/stamp/ I agree that we need to help support our wildlife refuges and make them as inviting as we can to as many people as we can. Melissa On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com mailto:dls...@me.com wrote: Have all you birders considered buying a duck stamp to help Pay for all these wildlife refuges we use enjoy? I just bought mine at the US Post Office for $15. It has a beautiful painting of Canvasbacks. Yep, hunters go there too, but if we want large habitats like this to be preserved maintained, we millions of birders could really add a lot of support. PS: I agree with Kevin and others on the educational value of helping people to learn about birds by having pedestrians allowed in some format at MNWR. Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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/ -- -- Melissa Groo photographer . wildlife biographer . educator www.melissagroo.com http://www.melissagroo.com/ Follow my work on Facebook: www.facebook.com/melissa.groo http://www.facebook.com/melissa.groo -- *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/!* -- --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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] Montezuma Canoeing/Kayaking Tour Sat. August 9
Join Chris Lajewski, Director of the Montezuma Audubon Center, on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 1:30 PM—4:30 PM for a canoe/kayak paddle on the tranquil waters of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal. The fall migration is underway so this is a great chance to see raptors, shorebirds and songbirds that are soaring over Montezuma's forests and wetlands. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one from us. Fee: $8.00/child without rental, $13.50/adult without rental, $25/solo kayak rental, $40/canoe rental (maximum 2 adults plus 1 child). Space is limited and registration is required. Call 315.365.3588 or email montez...@audubon.org. Chris Lajewski Director Montezuma Audubon Center http://ny.audubon.org/montezuma -- 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] Fw: Fwd: DEC Provides Special Opportunity to Visit Restricted Wetlands - A New NYSDEC Press Release
Hi All, this is for those of you who might want to visit some new areas. From: bakkerb...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 2:07 PM To: chuckgib...@verizon.net Subject: Fwd: DEC Provides Special Opportunity to Visit Restricted Wetlands - A New NYSDEC Press Release Hi Chuck, I would like to share this DEC Bulletin with the Cayuga group. I don't know how to forward it to the list. Maybe you could do it for me. Jackie :) -Original Message- From: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation nys...@public.govdelivery.com To: bakkerbird bakkerb...@aol.com Sent: Tue, Aug 5, 2014 12:42 pm Subject: DEC Provides Special Opportunity to Visit Restricted Wetlands - A New NYSDEC Press Release You are subscribed to receive updates from DEC. Links to receive help or to change your preferences are provided below. Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. -- Hello, The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has issued the following press release: DEC Provides Special Opportunity to Visit Restricted Wetlands 14-Day Window to View Wildlife Management Areas in St. Lawrence, Jefferson Counties As part of Governor Cuomo's efforts to expand recreational opportunities in New York state, the public will have a special opportunity to visit restricted portions of three Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties starting Saturday, Aug. 16 and continuing through Friday, Aug. 29, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. These special areas offer a variety of natural habitats for people to experience and provide excellent wildlife viewing opportunities, DEC Regional Director Judy Drabicki said. Governor Cuomo is committed to increasing opportunities for the public to explore the state's vast natural resources. Opening these refuge wetland areas to the public for a limited period gives visitors a chance to connect with nature through hiking, canoeing and bird watching, with minimal impacts on wildlife. During the 14-day period, Perch River WMA in Jefferson County and Upper and Lower Lakes and Wilson Hill WMAs in St. Lawrence County, including their wetland restricted areas, will be open to visitors. This is the 19th year DEC will open the WMA wetlands for expanded public access. For most of the year, these wetlands are off limits to the public to provide feeding and resting areas for migratory waterfowl. The restricted wetland areas are also used by a number of New York State's endangered, threatened, and rare species including bald eagles, black terns, and northern harriers (marsh hawks), among others. By late August, the nesting and brooding season is mostly complete and the fall migration period has not yet begun, enabling DEC to allow public access. Perch River WMA was established in the late 1940s because of its rich and diverse waterfowl populations. It encompasses 7,800 acres in the towns of Brownville, Orleans and Pamelia. It can be accessed from state Route 12, Allen Rd., Buckminster Road, Vaadi Road and Perch Lake Road. At Perch River WMA, the Perch Lake proper (accessed by Perch Lake Rd.) will be open from noon until 9 p.m. each day. Fishing will be allowed, but no motorized boats. Upper Lower Lakes WMA is located about two miles west of the village of Canton along state Route 68 in St. Lawrence County. This WMA, the largest in the Region, is an 8,770-acre upland/wetland complex between the Grasse and Oswegatchie rivers. Created in the 1950s during the construction of the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project, Wilson Hill WMA is located in northern St. Lawrence County, approximately six miles west of the village of Massena off state Route 37. Situated along the St. Lawrence River, the 3,434-acre area consists of several large pools of open water marsh, bordered by a combination of dense cattails, brushy wetlands, forest and upland meadow. Governor Cuomo included $6 million in NY Works funding in this year's budget to support creating 50 new land and water access projects to connect hunters, anglers, bird watchers and others who enjoy the outdoors to more than 380,000 acres of existing state and easement lands that have not reached their full potential. These 50 new access projects include building new boat launches, installing new hunting blinds and building new trails and parking areas. In addition, the 2014-15 budget includes $4 million to repair the state's fish hatcheries; and renews and allows expanded use of crossbows for hunting in New York State. For additional information on wildlife management areas, bird lists and maps, contact DEC's Regional Wildlife Office at 315-785-2263 or visit the DEC web page.
