Fellow birders, The CBC conservation action committee is organizing a fun work party. As some of you may know , the bird club's Conservation Action Committee has been working to bring two new nest box trails to the Lansing area. One trail will meander through the natural areas at Salt Point, near where the osprey platform recently went up. The other will follow the Lansing Center Trail, across from the Lansing Library. Target species include black-capped chickadee, eastern bluebird, eastern screech-owl, tree swallow, and other common cavity-nesting birds. The committee has staked out the trails and acquired the materials, together with the Lansing Pathways committee, but we are soliciting volunteers to help install these boxes.
The Conservation Action Committee, Lansing Pathways, and any other interested volunteers will be meeting at Salt Point on Sat., Oct. 19 at 9:00 am to install the nesting boxes. When Salt Point is finished, we will move up to the Lansing Center Trail to put boxes up there. If needed, we will meet again on Sun., Oct. 20 at 9:00 am at the Lansing Center Trail to finish up. Come for as long as you can, and feel free to call/text on Sunday to check if we're still meeting (706.304.7984). We will have all the nesting boxes, hardware, and a few ladders needed for the project. Bring gloves, hammers, and cordless drills/screw drivers if you have them. Bring your binoculars, too, and bird while you work. [There will be a foot race at Myer's Park early Saturday, so please park along the gravel road in Salt Point near where the trail starts at the cement barriers, being careful not to block the road for runners.] Please email me if you are able to help, just so I have an idea how many volunteers will be there. Pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested in helping. Happy nest trails, Robyn Bailey (together with Candace Cornell, Jody Enck, Meena Haribel, and Linda Orkin) -- 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/ --
