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On Jun 2, 2018, at 12:03 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, June 02, 2018. > > 1. Avocet Tschache pool 7AM > 2. clay-colored sparrow & scarlet tanager > 3. Bobolink-friendly hay cutting date > 4. RE: cayugabirds-l digest: June 01, 2018 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Avocet Tschache pool 7AM > From: Dave K <fishwatch...@hotmail.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:55:46 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Seen from Route 89 near Mays Point Road > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: clay-colored sparrow & scarlet tanager > From: Ray Zimmerman <r...@cornell.edu> > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 08:32:36 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Both singing behind Warren Hall around 8:15 this morning. The clay-colored > sparrow was by the parking lot, the scarlet tanager east a bit further, in > the woods. > > Ray > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Bobolink-friendly hay cutting date > From: Bill Evans <wrev...@clarityconnect.com> > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 09:23:26 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > A take away from Tom Gavin’s fascinating presentation in Danby this past > Tuesday is that if one can hold off on local hay cutting until after July 4, > most Bobolinks will have fledged by then. Mid-July even better. > > While March was -4 F degrees off average and April –6.5, May was nearly 5 > degrees above average (NE Regional Climate Center data). This likely has led > to taller grass height than average in central NY this spring, and farmers > cutting earlier than average (some fields in Danby have already been cut). > Since Bobolink nesting is relatively synchronous from year to year, > anticipate greater regional haying mortality for juvenile Bobolinks in 2018. > > Bill > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Bill Evans <wrev...@clarityconnect.com> > wrote: > > Tom Gavin, biologist and author, will be giving a talk titled “Ecology, > Behavior, and Conservation of Bobolinks in Upstate New York” at Danby Town > Hall tonight (1830 Danby Rd./Rte. 96B – about five miles south of Ithaca > College). A Professor Emeritus from Cornell’s Department of Natural > Resources, Dr. Gavin studied Bobolinks in New York over several decades and > is one of the world’s experts on the species. > > The ecology & behavior of the Bobolink is astonishing. Folks with hayfields > can make a difference in protecting this species if they are able to delay > their mowing until after nestling Bobolinks have fledged. Come learn more > tonight. > > Sponsored by the Danby Community Council. Refreshments will be served. Free > and open to the public; seating limited. > > Bill Evans > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: cayugabirds-l digest: June 01, 2018 > From: Rhea Garen <r...@cornell.edu> > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 13:58:42 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > There is a bluebird box right in the middle of the small dog park that is > often occupied, so I suspect they'll get used to you. I have wondered at what > an ideal location that box might have. The canine presence likely keeps > other predators at bay. > > Rhea > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Bluebirds in Garden > From: Poppy Singer <poppysinger.ith...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 07:11:54 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > I put up a bluebird box on my garden fence early this spring. A pair of > bluebirds moved in right away, which was wonderful! I believe they are > currently raising/feeding their second clutch of babies. During the raising > of the first clutch, I was rarely in the garden and there were no problems. > > However, I am finding it rather stressful for the both of us now that it is > summer and I want to garden and they want to feed their young. Last night > was such a pleasant time to be gardening, which is what I did, since it was > cool. The problem is that the parents are fearful of being in their box > when I am around. The second I walk toward the garden, they fly out. > > As the evening progressed last night, the parents and babies were crying so > pitifully to be with one another, my heart almost couldn't take it! I > provide them with a basket of mealworms beside their nest box. I was hoping > they would get accustomed to my presence. > > Do bluebirds eventually relax around humans? Is there a maximum length of > time that the babies can be without their young without dying from hunger > or stress, while I garden? Does anyone know? I don't want them to move out! > > Thanks for any knowledge anyone can share my way! > > Poppy > > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/ --
