Today I led my first ever birding field trip for the Cayuga Bird Club to
the Finger Lakes National Forest in (mostly) Schuyler County. Ten
courageous birders met me at Teeter Pond at 7:30am for an all day trip
through the National Forest to battle mud, mosquitoes, and multiflora rose
in the search
Opinion Submission to Ithaca Times: Why I'm Voting NO on the ICSD Budget:
the Need for a Climate-Appropriate Budget and Why We Need to Talk About The
3 Elephants in the Room (936 words)
Dear Members of the ICSD School Board:
I expect to attend and comment at the ICSD Budget Hearing meeting
23 great egrets along the far side (west) side of Tschache pool. 1:30 Sunday.
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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I have resisted “me too” messages for all my spring arrivals but just now, for
the first time ever, an Indigo Bunting showed up at the feeder in front of my
house. It was promptly chased away by the many goldfinches but it remained in
our bushes waiting its turn. I should add that I live in the
At the end of my morning walk, I was happy to hear, and eventually, see a
Horned Lark performing its flight display high in the sky. Usually I have seen
them doing this much earlier in the year, even in early March if it's mild.
They are known to start nesting very early, so maybe this year I
A couple days ago Sara Jane put out an Oriole feeder with jelly. We
just had a pair of BALTIMORE ORIOLES partake of the jelly --
raspberry!! I'm assuming the flavor of jelly doesn't matter. But those
of you who have a long history with using jelly to attract Orioles, have
you found any
I visited the Great Horned Owls at the golf course yesterday (thanks
Mark) and continued on to Jetty Woods with two others.
The entrance was buzzing with activity with Blue-gray Gnatcatchers,
Redstarts, a Warbling Vireo, a Yellow Warbler, an Oriole, and a
Blackburnian.
We walked to the end
