Concur, as we have advised the USFS for the last three decades. Collaborated with Jim on that excellent paper. Many species got off to a late start this migration cycle and no fledged young have been seen here. I'd choose a better marker species. *Best,* *John*
Stay cool folks On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > *It is too early to mow* where grass land /ground nesting birds might be > nesting. > > > > As described in” *Hayfield Management and Grassland Bird Conservation”* > > *One must wait till last week of July or into August to mow* where birds > are nesting on ground. > > > > I tried to attach the pdf of this booklet here, but Lyris said it was too > large to send to our Cayuga Bird List. > > And I don’t know how to make it into a link that could go in a message. > > > > This pub was Prepared by Jim Ochterski > > Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County, NY > > SCNY Agriculture Team Natural Resources Specialist > > 607-535-7161 > > ja...@cornell.edu > > January 2006 > > > > If someone sends me instructions on how to make it a link, I will send > that to people via this list. > > > > I don’t have time to send it to individuals who ask me for it. Sorry. > > > > > > Donna L Scott > > > > 377 Savage Farm Dr > > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > d...@cornell.edu > > > > *From:* bounce-128822460-15001...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-128822460-15001...@list.cornell.edu> *On Behalf Of *Deb Grantham > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:54 PM > *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season > > > > Hi, > > > > I’m trying to figure out how to control wild parsnip on my land. Whatever > the method, I want to try to avoid ground nesting season. The redwing > blackbirds seemed to have finished. > > > > Am I right about this? Will I be safe to get it mowed now? > > > > Thanks, Deb > > > > > > > > Deborah G. Grantham > > Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center > > Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences > > Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell > University > > > > The Northeastern IPM Center is based at Cornell University in Ithaca, New > York. > > Cornell University sits on the traditional homelands of the Cayuga Nation > <https://cals.cornell.edu/american-indian-indigenous-studies/about/land-acknowledgment>. > > > > > 100B Rice Hall, 340 Tower Road > > Ithaca, NY 14853 > > 607-255-8879 > > www.northeastipm.org | Facebook | Twitter > > > > I recognize and respect that my working hours may not align with your > working hours. Please respond to this e-mail on a day/time that honors your > work/life balance. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > 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> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > > -- > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > 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> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.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/ --
