Re: [cayugabirds-l] RHWO at Long Point
In 2011 many birders, including my husband & me, went over to the Aurora to see the nesting RH Woodpeckers at Paines Creek, easily visible and audible from Rte 90. This is abt 1/2 mile north of Long Point. A gentleman who said he lived in Aurora stopped to chat with my husband & me. He seemed surprised by all the birders and said he had seen RH Woodpeckers in Aurora since he had moved there from Mississippi, where he said they were pretty common, abt 10 years before. He also directed me to a second nest further north on Rte 90 - he said he met his kids there when the bus dropped them off from school so had noticed the nest tree while waiting, and he suspected these weren't the only two nests in and around the village but they were the only two he knew of that spring. I went and easily found the second nest with his directions. There is only a scattering of eBird reports for Aurora: 1972, 1990, 1996, 2008, and 2011 (many). Yet in 2011 the gentleman from Mississippi, who seemed quite reliable (and definitely knew the difference between a Red-Bellied & Red_Headed Woodpecker) said they were there every year. Does anyone in Aurora enter RH Woodpeckers in eBird when they see them, or otherwise keep track of them? Does anyone else regularly check out the Aurora area for them? Just curious about whether they are usually absent or only usually absent from birding records. Alicia -- 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] RHWO at Long Point
I once saw a Red-headed Woodpecker sitting on a fence between my home and Slatervile. Red-heads do a lot of fly catching, just like flyctchers. When I came home the woodpecker was dead along the road. Good luck to the redhead. I have since chided myself for not stopping the car and chasing the redhead away. From: bounce-124746230-25065...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Carol Schmitt Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:10 PM To: l...@cornell.edu ; cec...@gmail.com Cc: cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] RHWO at Long Point This message originated from outside the Ithaca College email system. -- 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] Dover clifftops 'buzzing with wildlife' after National Trust takeover
Some good news. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/04/dover-clifftops-buzzing-with-wildlife-after-national-trust-takeover?CMP=share_btn_link Regi Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Rachel Carson. -- 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/ --
