4:30. Friday
At least 120 Sandhill cranes have landed in a field on the north side of
Armitage Road, just EAST of East Rd. More keep coming in.
Armitage Rd west of Rte 89 is closed due to water over the road.
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
Absolutely! I credit Paul Paradine’s work and the change of policy at NYSEG
from knocking down Osprey nests from power poles (after which the Ospreys would
often start over in the same place!) to instead raising the nest up onto a
special platform. The result has been that NYSEG looks good,
Just an addition to Dave Nutter’s wonderful, complete description of the parks
west of Cayuga Inlet in Ithaca:
Re NYSEG’s work to provide safe, roomy, wooden nest platforms for Ospreys all
over this region, we have their Forester, Paul Paradine, to thank.
Paul is quite knowledgeable about
Thanks for sending this. As a big fan of all things jay, I found it interesting
until I realized it is an example of the effects of climate change on bird
populations. Then suddenly the article became sobering...and even more so when
I followed another link on the same page "Goodbye
I don’t think this rare bird report went out to the wider listserve.
On the morning of October 27th Jay McGowan found 2 CATTLE EGRETS in Cass Park
in Ithaca. They were with the couple hundred RING-BILLED GULLS who typically
rest in the soccer fields at the north end of Cass Park, but after
This may be of interest.
https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2021/10/28/mapping-the-expansion-of-the-california-scrub-jay-into-the-pacific-northwest/
Regi
“If we surrendered to the earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like
trees.” Rainer Maria Rilke
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Cayugabirds-L List
There presently are at least 22 loons in a loose group, relatively close
to the west shore midway down Seneca Lake. None of them shows a trace
of adult plumage so am guessing it's a group of juveniles who might be
migrating together. Lots of calling, some bathing and feeding
activity. Two
