I wonder who owns the land and if the loss of its use by being covered by a beaver pond led to the removal? Seems like if Dryden is making the tracks a walking trail, that pond would be a great feature along the trail. So that makes me wonder if any Cayugabirders are Dryden residents and could attend a board meeting in favor of something like this idea...
ChrisP (Lansing resident, so not likely to carry much weight with Dryden) On 20120409, at 11:58 , Marie P Read wrote: > Yes, darn it! It would be a big loss. And doubly annoying because we included > it as a good birding spot in the new Basin Birding Guide. > > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > Phone 607-539-6608 > e-mail [email protected] > > http://www.marieread.com > > Now on FaceBook > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Gary Kohlenberg > [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:31 AM > To: Jay William McGowan > Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Sunday; George Rd. Vesper Sparrow > > My understanding on George Rd. pond is that the beaver dam that created it > was to be removed. The Dryden village is in the process of restoring the > railroad bed to a walking trail. > If someone could verify this please do. I think we may have lost a terrific > birding spot. > Gary > > > > > On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:09 AM, "Jay McGowan" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi all, > Livia and I also found many of the birds reported by others along Cayuga Lake > and the Montezuma area. A few additional reports: > A CASPIAN TERN flying north up the lake past Myers Point in the morning. > A late NORTHERN SHRIKE perching in small tress on the north side of Carncross > Road; two CASPIAN TERNS flying along the channel at the end of Carncross Road. > A MUTE SWAN with three TRUMPETER SWANS at the end of Morgan Road. > The two WESTERN GREBES visible from Cayuga Lake State Park on the west side > of the lake just before dusk. > > This morning, George Road pond was still extremely dry, apparently drained. > I'm still unclear on the ownership of this area, but it is obviously a huge > loss to the area if this draining is permanent. A few GREEN-WINGED TEAL were > still using the small channel of water, and a single KILLDEER and a COYOTE > were walking around on the mudflats. Perhaps most notable was a singing > VESPER SPARROW uphill from the intersection of 38 and Hart Road. > > Good birding, > -Jay > > -- > Jay McGowan > Macaulay Library > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > -- > 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/[email protected]/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/>! > -- > -- > 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/[email protected]/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/>! > -- > > -- > > 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/[email protected]/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/ > > -- > ______________________ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
