Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

2013-07-03 Thread Betsy Hutchings
I live on the South hill rec way, close to South hill school. I saw our first fireflies two nights ago. Yours, Betsy Hutchings On Jul 2, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Our backyard, much of which is unmowed, is a haven for fireflies. We've had them for several

Fireflies --Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagle

2013-07-03 Thread M K Mannella
I first saw fireflies while waiting to spot the space station in orbit over my house sometime during the week of 6/19. That does seem early. Michele Ovid /interlaken Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.com and @ The Body Shop www.bodyshopwellness.com On Jul 3,

Re:[cayugabirds-l] fireflies

2013-07-03 Thread Nancy W. Dickinson
I actually noticed fireflies on the night of June 21! I had just finished telling our houseguests that it was too bad they weren't here in July when the fireflies make beautiful circular flights over our fields. It was the night before the super moon and as we walked out to look at it, the

[cayugabirds-l] Killdeer nest at East Hill Plaza

2013-07-03 Thread Marc Devokaitis
Hi All, Wanted to pass on a bit of info from a Cornell employee working at East Hill plaza--there is an active Killdeer nest (4 eggs laid last week) on one of the parking lot islands right next to the building. Marc Devokaitis -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary Docent Bird Walks

2013-07-03 Thread Linda Orkin
Hello to all, I have just posted several recent beginner bird walk reports from docents who have led groups at Sapsucker Woods, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, recently. They are all so entertaining and revealing. These walks and the wonderful leaders do such great work enthralling the

[cayugabirds-l] Fireflies

2013-07-03 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Thanks everyone who wrote to me. Several of you wrote that it showed up at you place just recently, while others have been having them since more than a month. It looks like may be we are looking at different species of Fireflies or for some reasons our micro habitats and temperature seem to