Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: August 17, 2017

2017-08-17 Thread Beth Paris
Anyone have favorite accommodations or recommendations for birding on block island? Much appreciated. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2017, at 12:05 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, August 17, 2017. > > 1. When to

Re:[cayugabirds-l] FW: New post published Meeting on Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Plan

2017-08-17 Thread Dave Gislason
I respect that you obviously have much more experience and knowledge in this area, and that maybe in the long term it is good and necessary, and everything will be alright. But, this is a huge project that over the 10 years will greatly change the experience of this 11, 237 acres of land.  The

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Terns /snake & sparrows

2017-08-17 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Today, I rescued a little Garter Snake from the middle of my road. It was having a rather hard time moving on the smooth surface. Lucky I did. Right after that, several cars and trucks went by. Yesterday, I found two tiny red efts dead in different parts of the road. Tsk. After I helped the

[cayugabirds-l] Volunteer for Migration Celebration, September 16th at Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca

2017-08-17 Thread Lee Ann van Leer
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Migration Celebration! Migration Celebration at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Saturday, September 16 Join our team of volunteers in the week before the event and from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm on Saturday. Jobs include: * Delivering fliers (week before the event) * Event set-up

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Terns

2017-08-17 Thread Geo Kloppel
Like at Myers, Caspian Terns are hanging out on the mud bars and driftwood at the mouth of Owasco Inlet, as Patricia and I found while kayaking in the swamps yesterday evening. Saw an adult Smooth Green Snake in our yard this afternoon. They've been breeding here for some years, but we don't

[cayugabirds-l] Kestrel, Barn Swallows and Crow (OOB)

2017-08-17 Thread AB Clark
I watched an interesting sequence around 7 am and got some of it in some really bad pictures. For Basin lovers, all birds in question also use the part of Ed Hill Road that is within the Basin. Indeed the Kestrel may be one of the young ones raised in house eaves on Ed Hill Road, and if not,