[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/17
Linda Orkin and I visited the Wilson Trail North in Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning. We found no new migrants at all (and no May 17 Mourning Warbler), but we did see the ORCHARD ORIOLE singing above the wet wooded patch amid the parking lots. We also heard a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH by the pond edge somewhere. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Testing your ticks
Thanks to Chris T-H for: 1) reminding me how to post to the list (after my two failed attempts) and 2) for then reminding me to actually try to send again! See my original message about tick testing here: Just in case this is helpful to anyone: The Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) here at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine can test your tick(s) for the presence of the Lyme's organism in the tick so you can know for sure if the tick you removed carried the organism. The ticks can be from a human or an animal. The fee is $30. The AHDC is the large, new building located BEHIND the main veterinary complex (vet complex is on Route 366 directly across from the Cornell Orchards). Turn onto Caldwell Road from Route 366, take the second left onto Farrier Road and then the first right or just follow the signs for AHDC sample submissions. The main AHDC phone number is 607-253-3100. Best regards - Nita Irby, DVM -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler song question
Thanks ! I struggle with this bird because I don't know them well and I didn't know the song is so variable. Gary On May 16, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Matthew Medler matthewmed...@yahoo.commailto:matthewmed...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Dave and All, If you're interested in listening to more recordings of Yellow-throated Warbler to see how much variation there is, there are 40+ recordings available for listening on the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library web site: http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?location_id=location_type_id=location=recordist=recordist_id=catalogs=behavior=behavior_id=tab=audio-listtaxon_id=12000480taxon_rank_id=67taxon=yellow+throated+warbler Enjoy, Matt Medler Ithaca From: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com To: Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com Cc: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler song question I listened to the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER for awhile this morning singing from the Sycamore grove along Pier Road, and I saw it as well to confirm. It sounded a bit different than yesterday. I don't know if that was due to the environment or proximity or the bird's enthusiasm at different times of day or something about my own mental state. Anyway it sounded more like: tu tu tu TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-Tu tyu The sound is not the rich slurred notes of a Baltimore Oriole, but instead higher and thinner and thus more obviously a warbler. It varied between 4 and 7 of the TEE-TU pairs of notes. The quieter introductory and final notes were sometimes hard to hear among the many other singers in the area, but the TEE-TU notes cut through loud clear. The ending was also a bit variable, but I never heard it give a rising final note like the birds I've heard in New Jersey. --Dave Nutter On May 15, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com wrote: This afternoon (15 May) I went to Pier Road beside Newman Golf Course and also across Fall Creek in Renwick Wildwood. Among other things, I hoped to refind the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. I believe I eventually heard it, but I was not able to see it, in or near a large Sycamore in Renwick between the two paths well north of the concrete arch. While trying to find the bird I worked on memorizing the song. I wasn't perfect in that department either, but I notated it: tup tup tup TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE du du I actually forgot to count how many of the louder TEE-DOE pairs of notes there were, but the last one or two of those pairs was slightly lower in pitch than the initial few, and they seemed similar to some recordings I've heard of Yellow-throated Warbler, but I haven't heard recordings with any such introductory notes nor with such a bland tag at the end. I wonder if this description matches what other observers have heard from the Yellow-throated Warbler which has been in this area during the past week, and also whether either this description or what you heard from this individual is similar to songs from this species others have heard elsewhere Thanks. Other things I found included a female COMMON MERGANSER entering a hole in a dead tree, and a pied EUROPEAN STARLING, which I've seen before, on the Stewart Park lawn north of the suspension bridge. It is mostly normal but with several small white splotches scattered over its body and a large white patch on its upper right breast. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler song question
It is interesting to note that Dave's experience appears to differ from the BNA (Birds of North America) description of Yellow-throated Warbler's song. This is not the first time that I have found the BNA description of sounds to differ from field observations. Have others noticed a variety of songs from the Fall Creek bird? From BNA: Vocal Array Most males have only 1 song (Fig. 3), a series of clear, slurred notes dropping slightly in pitch. It has been rendered as tee-ew, tew, tew, tew, tew,tew, wi (last note rising; Peterson 1980) or asching, ching, ching, chicker, cher, wee (Chapman 1917). Song is loud and has some of the wild, ringing quality of that of Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla). Females have not been reported to sing. Note also that the BNA description goes onto say that there are a few records of a second song (several notes on the same pitch mixed with slurred notes and four descending notes followed by a rising note). I'll have to get down there today and listen! Bob McGuire On May 16, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: I listened to the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER for awhile this morning singing from the Sycamore grove along Pier Road, and I saw it as well to confirm. It sounded a bit different than yesterday. I don't know if that was due to the environment or proximity or the bird's enthusiasm at different times of day or something about my own mental state. Anyway it sounded more like: tu tu tu TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-TU TEE-Tu tyu The sound is not the rich slurred notes of a Baltimore Oriole, but instead higher and thinner and thus more obviously a warbler. It varied between 4 and 7 of the TEE-TU pairs of notes. The quieter introductory and final notes were sometimes hard to hear among the many other singers in the area, but the TEE-TU notes cut through loud clear. The ending was also a bit variable, but I never heard it give a rising final note like the birds I've heard in New Jersey. --Dave Nutter On May 15, 2012, at 10:53 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: This afternoon (15 May) I went to Pier Road beside Newman Golf Course and also across Fall Creek in Renwick Wildwood. Among other things, I hoped to refind the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. I believe I eventually heard it, but I was not able to see it, in or near a large Sycamore in Renwick between the two paths well north of the concrete arch. While trying to find the bird I worked on memorizing the song. I wasn't perfect in that department either, but I notated it: tup tup tup TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE TEE-DOE du du I actually forgot to count how many of the louder TEE-DOE pairs of notes there were, but the last one or two of those pairs was slightly lower in pitch than the initial few, and they seemed similar to some recordings I've heard of Yellow-throated Warbler, but I haven't heard recordings with any such introductory notes nor with such a bland tag at the end. I wonder if this description matches what other observers have heard from the Yellow-throated Warbler which has been in this area during the past week, and also whether either this description or what you heard from this individual is similar to songs from this species others have heard elsewhere Thanks. Other things I found included a female COMMON MERGANSER entering a hole in a dead tree, and a pied EUROPEAN STARLING, which I've seen before, on the Stewart Park lawn north of the suspension bridge. It is mostly normal but with several small white splotches scattered over its body and a large white patch on its upper right breast. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Persistence pays
I had been feeling sorry for the Broad-winged Hawks who nest each year in the woods just below my house. They flew all the back here from Veracruz, only to find their nest tree damaged by the heavy April snow. They started building a new nest several days ago, but almost immediately the highway department arrived to begin a lengthy repair project on the shady seasonal road just below. The heavy equipment racket starts at 7:00 each day and goes until 4:00. Yet the hawks have continued building, and if they can sustain the commitment for another day or two, their persistence looks likely to pay off, as the road work will be finished and Maple Avenue will return to being a quiet woodland lane. Geo Kloppel -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Birds on partial walk to office
Hi all, I walked from my house to East Hill via Strawberry wood patch and southern corner of Hawthorn orchards. I saw and heard the followings Yellow Warblers (several) Common Yellowthroat (several) Blackpoll (one singing) Hose Wrens Purple and House Finches Warbling Vireo Catbirds Meadowlark Barn Swallows (They seemed very enthusiastic and very talkative) Tree Swallows Am Crow Baltimore Orioles And other common birds. No \Orchard oriole for me. But was a nice pleasant walk! Meena -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER @ 3rd Tee (9:15am) Renwick birds
This morning I arrived (8:30am) at Stewart Park to try find the Yellow-throated warbler on Pier Rd. next to the golf-course. I looked at all the sycamores along the edge but there was no warbler. Luckily I persisted because at 9:15am I heard the song faint but distinct. After a while I found the bird high up and singing all the while. Got good looks as it came out on the edge of the first (south) sycamore at the 3rd. tee. Best seen from Pier Rd. The song was not quite like the five examples found on the Warbler Songs Collection, and very much like what Dave Nutter described. The first two soft notes were easily heard, even over the racket of traffic and the very loud Orioles singing constantly. I transcribed it as: tu tu whee-tu whee-tu whee-tu --tyu. I could not find the BlueGray Gnatcatcher nest that Chris T-H described, instead I found a Redstart nest right by the curved boardwalk, in a scrubby tree about 10ft off the ground. Species at Pier Rd. vicinity: Yellow-throated warbler Warbling vireo A. Redstart E. Wood Pewee Yellow warbler E. Bluebird N. Oriole Belted Kingfisher Some of the species at Renwick Sanctuary, seen or heard over a tremendous racket of railroad cleaning equipment: Wood Thrush N. Oriole E. Phoebe Carolina Wren Red-eyed Vireo Red-bellied wdpkr Hairy Wdpkr A. Redstart --- Nari Mistry -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] East Recreation Parkway Game Farm Road and GREAT HORNED OWL
I walked a mile of the Recreation Parkway from 1-1:45. It was very quiet warbler wise - Yellow Warbler, Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. Catbirds, Baltimore Orioles, a Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Song Sparrows, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, American and Fish Crows, a very loud Flicker along with a couple very vocal Red-bellied Woodpeckers in the same area (wonder what that was about?), and a very noisy Great-creasted Flycatcher livened up the walk. Also a flyover quacking Mallard passed by. The big surprise was hearing a GREAT HORNED OWL hooting. It called only once, but it was very clear. The call came from the direction SE of the walkway. Shortly after it sang, a couple Am Crows heading in that direction. Didn't know the Great Horned called during the day, but it was really cool! Good birding, Ann -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Recreation Parkway Game Farm Road and GREAT HORNED OWL
Oh. I forgot. I heard him there one day last week. Also during the day. Linda Sent from my iPhone On May 17, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote: I walked a mile of the Recreation Parkway from 1-1:45. It was very quiet warbler wise - Yellow Warbler, Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. Catbirds, Baltimore Orioles, a Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Song Sparrows, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, American and Fish Crows, a very loud Flicker along with a couple very vocal Red-bellied Woodpeckers in the same area (wonder what that was about?), and a very noisy Great-creasted Flycatcher livened up the walk. Also a flyover quacking Mallard passed by. The big surprise was hearing a GREAT HORNED OWL hooting. It called only once, but it was very clear. The call came from the direction SE of the walkway. Shortly after it sang, a couple Am Crows heading in that direction. Didn't know the Great Horned called during the day, but it was really cool! Good birding, Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] East Recreation Parkway Game Farm Road and GREAT HORNED OWL
I also was surprised to hear a GREAT HORNED OWL in the daytime in that location, south of the recreationway a short distance from Game Farm Road, when I was scouting for the SFO Owling trip on April 10.It was being harassed by American Crows then, too. Apasserby told me that she'd heard it several times in the day that week. During the Owling trip I briefly tried playback from the trail, and we saw a flying silhouette which we believe was a Great Horned Owl, but we did not hear any.--Dave NutterOn May 17, 2012, at 05:47 PM, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com wrote:Oh. I forgot. I heard him there one day last week. Also during the day.LindaSent from my iPhoneOn May 17, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com wrote:I walked a mile of the Recreation Parkway from 1-1:45. It was very quiet warbler wise - Yellow Warbler, Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. Catbirds, Baltimore Orioles, a Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Song Sparrows, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, American and Fish Crows, a very loud Flicker along with a couple very vocal Red-bellied Woodpeckers in the same area (wonder what that was about?), and a very noisy Great-creasted Flycatcher livened up the walk. Also a flyover quacking Mallard passed by. The big surprise was hearing a GREAT HORNED OWL hooting. It called only once, but it was very clear. The call came from the direction SE of the walkway. Shortly after it sang, a couple Am Crows heading in that direction. Didn't know the Great Horned called during the day, but it was really cool! Good birding,Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: FW: Subject: Urgent, Cornell Deer Management Program
Begin forwarded message:From: Tim Levatich tp...@cornell.eduDate: May 17, 2012 2:19:14 PMTo: NATURAL-HISTORY-L natural-histor...@list.cornell.eduSubject: FW: Subject: Urgent, Cornell Deer Management Program The impacts of heavy deer browse pressure on biodiversity are important too. Our tree farm property is benefiting from active hunting and an exposed hilltop location, both of which keep deer browsing somewhat in check. The abundance of all kinds of native plants compared to heavily deer-browsed areas nearby is striking. This has secondary implications for other vertebrate populations too. Deer abundance is way too high, nearly everywhere. Dr. Blossey’s letter is excellent and should be supported wholeheartedly. There’s far more at stake here than human health, although Lyme disease can be horrific. Tim From: bounce-58621959-8532...@listcornell.edu [mailto:bounce-58621959-8532...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Norm Trigoboff Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 1:46 PM To: Subject: Fwd: Subject: Urgent, Cornell Deer Management Program This should apply to anybody a bit squeamish about getting Lyme disease: Dear All: You are receiving this message since you have been a supporter of the Cornell Deer Management program or a supporter of deer management on campus in the past. As many of you know, the provost has eliminated funding for the program and we hope to find sufficient support to appeal this decision. Dr. Bernd Blossey has drafted a response with input from many and the text is listed below. Bernd (representing Cornell Natural Areas Committee) is now looking for endorsements of this letter and he hopes to submit the letter with endorsements to the provost ASAP. If you are willing to support this approach please just send Bernd an email stating as much and how you would like to be listed (individual, business, or representing a group). Bernd does not need signatures or for you to write a letter at this point. We hope to continue a discussion with the administration about the severity of such a move to the resources at Cornell and in the surrounding communities in the hopes to reverse this decision and move forward with enlightened deer management on all of Cornell lands. If you can enlist others, please have them send their endorsement to Bernd as well. Please send your email reply to Bernd Blossey at b...@cornell.edu. Thanks you for your support. Jay Jay Boulanger, Ph.D. Extension Associate Deer Research Management Program Coordinator Cornell University Department of Natural Resources B20 Bruckner Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 cell: 607/227-5444 fax: 607/255-0349 e-mail: boulan...@cornell.edu web: http://wildlifecontrol.info/deer Here is the Letter: Dear Provost Fuchs and Dean Boor: We have recently been made aware of the decision to terminate funding for Cornell’s Deer Management Program (CDMP). We consider this to be a major set-back to our efforts to address and ameliorate significant negative impacts of overabundant deer, and we appeal to you to reconsider this decision. As detailed in the original deer expert committee report and materials provided by the CDMP, deer have devastating effects on biological diversity, human and pet health (Lyme disease, deer-vehicle collisions), horticultural and agricultural productivity, and greatly increase maintenance costs on campus. Confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Tompkins County have increased 10-fold in the last few years, and deer ticks pose significant risks to Cornell students and field staff. This threat will only increase if deer populations grow unchecked in the Ithaca area. All of our neighbors and surrounding communities struggle with deer overabundance, and as the single largest landowner in the county, we consider it imperative that Cornell takes its stewardship and leadership responsibilities seriously. The recent innovative move by NYSDEC to establish a Deer Management Focal Area in our region is anticipated to be a model for similar efforts elsewhere in New York State, from Long Island to Buffalo. Cornell’s role in this pilot project, as a research and educational institutional partner, as well as an important landowner, is a key to success. We need to be active collaborators, and ideally, leaders in this endeavor. By eliminating the CDMP and coordinated deer management on Cornell lands, efforts by our neighbors will likely fail. Cornell will also lose its standing locally, regionally, and nationally as a recognized center for deer management and associated ecological and social-science research. In addition, we are extremely concerned about the lack of institutional commitment that is reflected in this decision. We are striving for a diverse student body, faculty and staff. We should make the very same commitment to ecological diversity that supports and enriches our life at Cornell, and in the Finger Lakes Region. We also strive to provide a healthy, diverse, and safe environment for all human
Re: [cayugabirds-l] BROWN CREEPERS nest-building, Sapsucker Wds
This is seriously cool, everybody! I've always wanted to see a Brown Creeper nest, and today I found one. They nest behind loose bark on standing trees.With binoculars from the Woodleton Boardwalk you can see under the loose bark where they are building a nest, and watch the birds going in with bits of grapevine bark and the like.PHOTO OP: I'm hoping that some of you photographers and videographers can document this.To translate directions from my earlier text: Start on Sapsucker Woods Road at the small parking area by the gates where the trail crosses the road. Enter the east/Dryden side. Turn left/ northeast on the trail. Walk very quietly on the Woodleton Boardwalk and stop at the first place where it turns a bit. Look to your right (east). About twenty feet away is a dead tree with large alternating areas of loose bark and bare wood. About forty feet up, about a foot from the top of a large section of loose bark (but not the top of the tree), two Brown Creepers have been entering and building a nest. I watched multiple trips. I hope they are still nest-building when the folks with cameras show up.--Dave NutterOn May 17, 2012, at 02:53 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote: BROWN CREEPERS nest-building, Sapsucker Wds Woodleton bwalk 1st bend fr S, 20' E, 40' up dead tree, top of loose bark. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'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/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
