Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birdy colors

[Mark Deutschlander]

 For anyone interested in learning more about the awesome colors of birds, 
check out this book.  It's written for a layperson, but explains some of the 
science and biology underlying the variation in bird coloration.
https://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Bird-Coloration-Geoffrey/dp/1426205716/ref=asc_df_1426205716/?tag=hyprod-20=df0=312064598816=1o1=g=12039168791264878923c===9005639=pla-538323650879=1

Enjoy!
Cheers,
Mark DeutschlanderDept. of BiologyHobart and William Smith Colleges
On Sunday, July 21, 2019, 11:35:59 AM EDT, Donna Lee Scott 
 wrote:  
 
  Was a treat just now to watch different sizes & colors of birds at porch 
suet, nyjer, sunflower, seed mix, sugarwater, & grape jelly feeders- & hear a 
Scarlet Tanager singing across road in woods:A. GoldfinchesPileated Woodpecker 
femaleDowny Woodpecker femaleBlue Jays w/ babyB Oriole maleRed-winged Blackbird 
maleRT HummingbirdMourning DoveCarolina Wren scolding!

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[cayugabirds-l] New Web Resource

[Rising, Gerald]

BirdsontheNiagaraFrontier.org?


 Announcing the launch of a new birding-focused web site:  
www.birdsontheniagarafrontier.org.  
By using a video format, this new resource introduces the visitor to birding 
activities in Western New York and Southern Ontario in a way that should be 
helpful to both beginners and experts.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from photos?

[Nigel]

Glenn, Yes, Contact the ECO. The ECO, Rangers, are also State Police, so give them the information about inaction by local LEO, Law Enforcement Officer. Nigel (Ranger Joan Oldrodyd on BCC - Tioga, Tompkins Cty)
 
For example: our vol fire department spent several hours putting out a trash burn. The Tompkins County Sheriff who showed up didn't even know that trash burning was illegal - so our Chief had to educate them about this law.
 
DEC Region 7 Offices - New York State Department of Environmental  https://www.dec.ny.gov/about/615.html
 
Central Dispatch for rescues, they should also be able to reach the ECO in your area. In the case of a wildland rescue/lost person call both local 911 then Forest Ranger Emergency Contact:
    518-408-5850
    518-891-0235 (Adirondacks)
 
https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/press.html - for Ranger and ECO activities. 
 
> On 2019-07-20 21:40, Glenn Wilson wrote:
>> My neighbor shot and wounded a downy off our feeders. No cop would help. They have their list of pet laws to enforce and that is it. 
>>
>
>> Glenn Wilson
> Endicott, NY
> www.WilsonsWarbler.com
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Wow! Hard to believe the sheriff would not act but I see that level of enforcement in Schuyler as well. The tried and true response is to call the State Police. In your case, your local DEC ECO would have been the one to call as they enforce wildlife laws, shooting within 500 ft of an occupied dwelling and more.
>
> Best,
> John
> ---
> John and Sue Gregoire
> Field Ornithologists
> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
> Burdett, NY 14818
> 42.443508000, -76.758202000
> "Create and Conserve Habitat"
>
>
> On 2019-07-20 21:40, Glenn Wilson wrote:
>> My neighbor shot and wounded a downy off our feeders. No cop would help. They have their list of pet laws to enforce and that is it. 
>>
>
>> Glenn Wilson
> Endicott, NY
> www.WilsonsWarbler.com
>
>
>> On Jul 20, 2019, at 5:28 PM,   wrote:
>
>
>> Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits. 
>> John
> ---
> John and Sue Gregoire
>> Field Ornithologists
>> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
>> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
>> Burdett, NY 14818
>> 42.443508000, -76.758202000
>> "Create and Conserve Habitat"
>
>>
>> On 2019-07-20 19:11, Laurie Roe wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends me their email address I will send them a photo of it for id purposes! Thank you!
>  
> -- roel...@gmail.com
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[cayugabirds-l] Birdy colors

[Donna Lee Scott]

Was a treat just now to watch different sizes & colors of birds at porch suet, 
nyjer, sunflower, seed mix, sugarwater, & grape jelly feeders
- & hear a Scarlet Tanager singing across road in woods:
A. Goldfinches
Pileated Woodpecker female
Downy Woodpecker female
Blue Jays w/ baby
B Oriole male
Red-winged Blackbird male
RT Hummingbird
Mourning Dove
Carolina Wren scolding!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Shorebirds at Eaton Marsh

[Diane Morton]

At Eaton Marsh on Montezuma’s Wildlife Drive we viewed a nice selection of
shorebirds coming and going over about a 30 minute period. 3 Short-billed
Dowitchers, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Wilson’s Snipe, Semipalmated and Least
Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpiper. Plus 2 Virginia Rails among the reeds.
Pleasant viewing with a light breeze.

Diane Morton with Ken K, Susan D, Bob M

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from photos?

[Glenn Wilson]

Another day they shot a hole in our bedroom window (was new windows all around 
the house). 

This time their were two of them. They were under 16. The NYS police did come. 
They found a BB (from a pump-up BB gun) inside the window. While the trooper 
was searching he found a couple .40 magazines. I told him “0.40 Springfield”. 
Nothing more was said. I’m sure he checked it out later. 

One boy paid for 1/2 the window. The other never paid a dime. These kids did 
lose their BB guns. 

They deal drugs now but seem to leave us along. 

Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com

On Jul 21, 2019, at 4:08 AM, david nicosia  wrote:


What? They shot into your yard? Even if they didn't wound a bird that's highly 
illegal to shoot a firearm into another person's property. Report it again call 
the sherriffs office DEC police etc.  This person should do some jail time.  

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On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 5:40 PM, Glenn Wilson
 wrote:
My neighbor shot and wounded a downy off our feeders. No cop would help. They 
have their list of pet laws to enforce and that is it. 

Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com

On Jul 20, 2019, at 5:28 PM,   wrote:

Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests 
and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits. 
John

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> Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from photos?

[khmo]

Hi Glenn,

Wow! Hard to believe the sheriff would not act but I see that level of
enforcement in Schuyler as well. The tried and true response is to call
the State Police. In your case, your local DEC ECO would have been the
one to call as they enforce wildlife laws, shooting within 500 ft of an
occupied dwelling and more.

Best,
John

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John and Sue Gregoire
Field Ornithologists
Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
5373 Fitzgerald Rd
Burdett, NY 14818
42.443508000, -76.758202000 
"Create and Conserve Habitat" 
On 2019-07-20 21:40, Glenn Wilson wrote:

> My neighbor shot and wounded a downy off our feeders. No cop would help. They 
> have their list of pet laws to enforce and that is it. 
> 
> Glenn Wilson 
> Endicott, NY 
> www.WilsonsWarbler.com [8] 
> 
> On Jul 20, 2019, at 5:28 PM,   wrote:
> 
> Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests 
> and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits. 
> John
> 
> ---
> John and Sue Gregoire
> Field Ornithologists
> Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
> Burdett, NY 14818
> 42.443508000, -76.758202000 
> "Create and Conserve Habitat" 
> On 2019-07-20 19:11, Laurie Roe wrote:
> 
>> Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends 
>> me their email address I will send them a photo of it for id purposes! Thank 
>> you! 
>> -- roel...@gmail.com
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] bird nests

[khmo]

Magnus, Responses in text. Thanks for asking, John

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"Create and Conserve Habitat" 
On 2019-07-20 21:39, Magnus Fiskesjo wrote:

> Follow-up query: Often the bird box advice is to clean them out annually to 
> make way for the next year. I am curious, what does the law say about the 
> nest inside and any eggshells therein? To drop it on the spot? 
> 
> A thorough cleaning once a year is advisable. We do ours after the last snow 
> in the spring to allow the winter resident mice time to clear out. Usually we 
> use the arrival of Tree Swallows as the cue. Nests, eggs can be deposited 
> somewhere near the boxes or even transported on your property to a compost 
> pile.
> 
> Also I am curious, where are these bird laws, are they online?
> 
> The laws are both Federal and State. Google is a powerful tool. Picked this 
> ref up quickly so I imagine a query on the NYDEC site would yield the 
> specifics from a state level. The MBTA can not be violated by a state so it 
> would take precedent.
> 
> https://WWW.FWS.GOV/.../laws-legislations/MIGRATORY-BIRD-TREATY-ACT.php 
> 
> The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal to take, possess, import, 
> export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or 
> barter, any migratory bird, or the parts*, nests, or eggs of such a bird 
> except under the terms of a valid Federal permit. 
> 
> so curious, last year tried to stop Watkins Glen bulldozers from massacring 
> live nests of Kingfishers and Norther Rough-Wing Swallows, by digging them 
> away, in sand banks at the storage ponds located next to the Caroline Creek 
> Marsh wildlife management area. But it fell on deaf ears -- and all the birds 
> were killed. Is there any law that could have helped? 
> 
> I followed Watkins closely for many years as I live nearby, but missed this 
> one. We did all the survey work there for the three levels of supposed 
> protection -Important Bird Area, NY Bird Conservation Area and, under the NY 
> SEQRA, Critical Environmental Area. Montour and Watkins violate all three at 
> will as we discovered when trying to stop the decision to build the new sewer 
> plant in the protected area. Our only county Bald Eagle nest, successful now 
> for five years, is right next to that site but that is another frustrating 
> episode of living here. Long story of bribes, influence peddling, buy offs 
> and simply ignoring the law.
> 
> Thanks for caring and trying!
> 
> PS. That site was also the home of some rare plants. Presumably gone now.
> 
> yrs.
> Magnus Fiskesjö, PhD
> Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
> McGraw Hall, Room 201. Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from 
> photos?
> 
> Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests 
> and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits.
> John
> 
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> Field Ornithologists
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> 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
> Burdett, NY 14818
> 42.443508000, -76.758202000
> "Create and Conserve Habitat"
> 
> On 2019-07-20 19:11, Laurie Roe wrote:
> 
> Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends 
> me their email address I will send them a photo of it for id purposes! Thank 
> you!
> 
> -- roel...@gmail.com
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] anyone love trying to identify bird nests from photos?

[david nicosia]

What? They shot into your yard? Even if they didn't wound a bird that's highly 
illegal to shoot a firearm into another person's property. Report it again call 
the sherriffs office DEC police etc.  This person should do some jail time.  
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 5:40 PM, Glenn Wilson wrote:   My 
neighbor shot and wounded a downy off our feeders. No cop would help. They have 
their list of pet laws to enforce and that is it. 

Glenn WilsonEndicott, NYwww.WilsonsWarbler.com
On Jul 20, 2019, at 5:28 PM,   wrote:


Laurie, please advise them that the collection of bird parts including nests 
and feathers is prohibited by law unless you have state and federal permits. 
John

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 Field Ornithologists
 Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory
 5373 Fitzgerald Rd
 Burdett, NY 14818
 42.443508000, -76.758202000 
 "Create and Conserve Habitat"

On 2019-07-20 19:11, Laurie Roe wrote:

Hi, someone showed me a hanging nest they had collected..and if anyone sends me 
their email address I will send them a photo of it for id purposes! Thank you! 
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