Re: [cayugabirds-l] ... management proposals re: Mute Swan.
Concur with Dave and Fritzie but I would be more sanguine if I knew that NYSDEC had first investigated other attempts at controlling Mutes and built their program on that knowledge. Rhode Island had what's best described as an infestation in the late 60s/early 70s. By 1976 they had a long term plan in place and were oiling/addling eggs. I've never seen any results or other data on the project; have no idea if it continued. Ditto for the Chesapeake Bay region which has a more recent problem with Mutes. Coupled with Snow Geese, Mutes have eaten the eel grass and wild rice in Bay feeder rivers to near extirpation. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat On Sat, January 25, 2014 21:59, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: I agree with Dave Nutter. I saw the petition. Wouldn't sign it. EVER. Remember that snow geese were more or less protected for yrs.. They are far more wary than Canadas so the extra hunting season for them doesn't do much to diminish their numbers. Now they are an absolute plague, esp. to rice farmers in the south, to say nothing of the irreparable damage to the fragile Arctic tundra which will not renew in the lifetime of our grandchildren if no snows ever return there. It is there that many other waterbirds, perhaps in the millions, some on endangered lists, return to breed raise their young hoping to find enough food shelter not eaten or destroyed by the snows. Hunters now have an extended season to take snows, until 15 April ... the bag limit is 25 a day with no possession limit. With over a million snows just in our Atlantic flyway I see no hope of lowering their numbers which back about 20 yrs. ago were a more manageable 50,000 birds. The mute swans are doing similar damage to ponds, lakes waterways where other creatures depend on what the mutes are destroying. Look at the map of NY see the mute density areas. Other states are having the same big problems with mutes. They don't have to be teased or aggravated to be mean aggressive. Since they have killed grown men think what they can do to a child with those large, strong wings as well as with their powerful bills. There is also concern now about what diseases they are carrying that are harmful to other forms of wildlife. I, too, think they are beautiful, just as these petition pushers do. The problem is that they are like the protectors of rattlesnakes. They have never considered or encountered the bad side. My rant! Fritzie Dave Nutter wrote on 1/25/2014: I trust the managers on this one. On Jan 25, 2014, at 08:12 AM, Eric Banford brew_b...@yahoo.com wrote: So the plan is to eradicate the Mute Swan in NY? I know it is invasive, but that seems a bit harsh. I just got this petition against this plan, in case anyone is interested: https://www.change.org/petitions/new-york-state-department-of-environmental-conservation-stop-new-york-state-s-swan-killing-plan Thanks, Eric -- 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 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] Redheads
100s of REDHEADS in long narrow raft, swimming swiftly from north to south, near shore, off Lansing Station Rd. Lansing. Maybe end up by Myers? Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott -- 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] Probable Snowy Owl - Downtown Ithaca
A friend of mine called me just a few minutes ago to say that he had just seen a SNOWY OWL (around 9:00am) in flight being mobbed by about a hundred crows. He described it as being a very large non-hawk raptor, with long rounded wings, all white, not much of a tail, no obvious neck, large head. He described the moment for him as oh my gosh, that's not a hawk…that's a Snowy Owl! My friend was traveling along North Plain Street, on the West side of the open park which is the remnants of the DEC superfund cleanup site, across the street from the North side of GIAC. The owl was flying above the treetops across the East side of that park, headed South. After nearly colliding with another car, my friend pulled over to get a better look, but could not relocate the bird, but could still see all of the crows in the area which had been in pursuit of the owl. He said that the owl was completely surrounded by the crows when he first saw it. Keep your eyes open for a large white raptor in the downtown Ithaca area! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls
Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- 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] Fwd: Interesting gull - Syr Inner Harbor
The photos don't do it justice but the key points are: large size, uniform dark coloration, folded wingtips concolor with the rest of the bird. Possibilities: Glaucous Gull - large size, concolor wingtips, but darkness of bird seems too much for the species. Patterning on bill seems wrong to me - black is smudgy and not boldly-defined. Nelson's Gull hybrid - not what I expect from Nelson's, but ? Other hybrids might be considered, mainly Glaucous-winged x Herring, GW x Western, or GW x Glaucous. Glaucous-winged seemed a good fit actually, but should have an all-black bill. Glaucous-winged x Herring also seems possible. In some of the photos the folded wing-tips are edge-on and look darker than in real life. It is a very single-color bird. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/sets/72157640164475123/ David Wheeler N. Syracuse, NY -- 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] David Cup news
To all David Cup participants and bemused onlookers, past, current, future:* I made 2014 tables for the major categories. New categories can also be added. * Only a few people have started filling out 2014 info so far. Please join us. * I moved all the 2013 tables to a new page "2013 Cup" accessed in the double row table below the 2014 stuff.* Please finalize your 2013 info. * Very few people entered a number for Yard List, or Town of Ithaca, or Town of Lansing, or Town of Dryden, or Tompkins County, or Office List, or Luddite List. I think these should be opened up retroactively to participants (opnions, Cuppers?). How many species did others find in these places ways? * Meena says she can't add her info to the wiki site despite having the password. Do others have this problem? * Who is administrator of the wiki site, anyway? We need your help to add new Cuppers and to help Meena.http://cayugabirds.pbworks.com/w/page/6630177/FrontPage--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! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls
Pelea just captured by rehabers. Apparently injured near its eye. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/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] Injured/ill Snowy Owl Seneca Falls
I have my phone set to spanish and when i typed snowy it changed it to pelea of all things and i didnt catch it. So the owl is rescued in any case. On Sunday, January 26, 2014, Dave K fishwatch...@hotmail.com wrote: Sunday 10:15AM Ridge Rd. 1/2 mile South of the intersection of Ridge/Hoster/Kuneytown Rds...just South of large silos on East side of Ridge.on snow very close to road. Alive but appears injured or sick. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://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 Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/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] Sumo Mallards
Two drake Mallards square off head to head like Whitetail bucks on Canoga Spring South of Seneca Falls. At first the male on the right has the upper hand but the one on the left turns it around.http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/12160883403/ -- 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] lake ice waterfowl
I don't know what possessed me to walk to the lake again today, having walked both to East Shore Park and past Treman to the lake yesterday. Anyway, the ice has grown considerably, extending about 3/4 of a mile from the land at Treman's lakeshore, so today's walk was longer than I expected. I did get fine views of ducks from between houses at about #967 Taughannock Blvd, including White-winged Scoters close to shore, plus all the Mergansers, all the (usual) Aythya, and Common Goldeneyes. The few Long-tailed Ducks I saw were diving next to the ice edge in the middle of the lake. I also saw Canada Geese, the usual 3 gull species, and an immature Bald Eagle on the ice. I wasn't able to scan the whole lake and saw no grebes, loons, or coots. The only Anas I saw was a single male Mallard flying over Inlet Island. With serious cold expected to return and continue for awhile, and the ice shelf already so big, I wonder how far it will grow, or if this could even be a rare year that the lake freezes over. --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! --
