So maybe we need to consider constructing, w/DEC et al permission, an artificial snag. We build Osprey platforms, why not a perching snag? Surely a potential CLO/Citizen Science project.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM, RICHARD JILL WOOD <rwood...@msn.com> wrote: > That's terrible. I can remember going with Jill to Stewart Park, which > wasn't far from where we lived at the time on Lake St., and counting the > Cormorants in that tree. Many times there were over 50 Cormorants in that > tree. > > The only things close to it I've ever seen were a tree on the Great Salt > Lake in Utah in 2005 that had over a dozen Bald Eagles perched in it and a > tree in western Minnesota that was in the breeding block I was helping to > survey this past sping. This tree had several Cormorants in it, including > some pairs that were building nests. We watched one pair try to play > handoff with some stills, but the recipient of the sticks "fumbled" them. > > I also did see once a Red-tailed Hawk perched in the middle of a tree and > surrounding him were MANY Great-tailed Grackles. This was in a tree across > the street from Mitchell Lake in San Antonio, Texas. > > Richard > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:32 -0400 > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park 29Sep11 - waterfowl, tragedy > From: jw...@cornell.edu > To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu > > Livia and I checked Stewart Park at lunch today. Although it was raining > steadily, the lake was very calm and ducks were easy to see around the weed > mats towards the east end of the park. We didn't find anything that hasn't > been around for a while, but did see the continuing male GREATER SCAUP, 2 > female RING-NECKED DUCKS, female RUDDY DUCK, 3 AMERICAN WIGEON, Hooded > Merganser, AMERICAN COOT, at least 5 Pied-billed Grebes, multiple American > Black Ducks, and tons of Mallards. A MERLIN was perched on the dead tree on > the swan pen island, an adult BALD EAGLE was in a small dead snag along the > shore of the swan pen, and an immature BALD EAGLE flew by out of jetty > woods. > > The most notable sighting, however, was the fact that the famous large snag > across the channel from the boat house (the > cormorant/osprey/eagle/Merlin/Peregrine tree) is GONE. I haven't been to > Stewart Park for a few days, so I don't know when this happened, and I also > couldn't tell WHAT exactly happened. It looks like it might be broken at the > base, so perhaps it finally fell over from natural causes and was cleared > away to keep the channel open. I would be interested to know if anyone has > more information about this. In any case, I consider this a huge loss to the > birding community. It will be missed. > > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > jw...@cornell.edu > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l%40cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > <http://www.freshfeature.com/wp/ie.php?plg=ie&ad2=0&subs=hotmail&elm=sign> > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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/ --
