Great idea Suan. And perhaps make an educational handout - both for visitors and educators- brief history of previous Hacking efforts, natural history of peregrines and overall nationwide success of efforts to restore their populations...very teachable moment. Pete Saracino/ NY State Master Naturalist Volunteer
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 10:56 PM Suan Hsi Yong <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello birders, > > I was thinking it might be a good outreach opportunity to educate the > public park-goers about the Taughannock Peregrines by scheduling some > viewings, say on weekends when the fledglings are most likely to be > active, which I believe would be May 18-19, May 25-26, June 1-2 > (please correct me if you think other dates are better). The idea > would be to have one or two people with scopes pointed at the nest to > show passers by and share information about the bird, the history, and > a bit of "here's why we thought lighting the falls was a bad idea in > late April". > > If you would like to volunteer, please let me know. Maybe say which of > the above weekends you would be willing to be present, and approximate > time of day. If there are enough volunteers, we could work out a > schedule of 1-2 hour shifts or something. We could then talk to the > parks and chamber of commerce people to publicize it. I know that > whenever I was there with my scope, the few passers-by on that lightly > used trail were always appreciative when we shared scope views and > information. And I believe that by now the birds are used to us > distant scopers from across the gorge that this should not be a > disturbance to them - but do let me know if you think this is a bad > idea. > > Suan > > -- > > (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html > 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
