[cayugabirds-l] Bird Club Meeting reminder - Share Your Photos night
January 12, 2014 Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Title: Share Your Photos Night Host: Kevin McGowan, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Club’s annual “Share Your Photos Night.” Club members can share a maximum of *five photos* during the 3 minutes you will have to take the stage. Send them by January 8 to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE “Bird club photo submission Jan2015.” Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Don’t be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.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] Winter Wren in Lab of O parking lot
I had a WINTER WREN along the boardwalk between the parking lots at the Lab this morning. I heard a couple of ticks, then it popped up briefly to pishing, and disappeared in the thick grass clumps among the trees. That's the woodsy area north of the visitor parking lot. No geese on the pond here this morning. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan, Ph.D. Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courseshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=19023cad4ee=d3c0712a98 and learn about our comprehensive Home Study Course in Bird Biology, our online course Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birdshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=d69183921ce=d3c0712a98, our Be A Better Birder tutorialshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=9969512772e=d3c0712a98, and our series of webinarshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=946e880490e=d3c0712a98. Purchase the webinars herehttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=d5d44c79f0e=d3c0712a98. -- 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] Sharpie with something in its talon
Just now a sharpie flew over my office window with something in its talon. Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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] SEOW in Lansing
I had one Short-eared Owl, low over the western fields, on Scofield Rd. tonight. He appeared at 5:02, but was soon lost from view. Of course that was the time Ann picked to move her car :) Gary -- 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] YB Sapsucker at Hummingbird feeder: has any one recorded it?
Hi all, I am curious to know if anyone has recorded YB sapsucker feeding at humming bird feeder? I would love to hear from you! Cheers Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- 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] Cayuga Bird Club meeting - Jan. 12, 2015
Monday, January 12 7:15 cookies 'n' conversation7:30 Title: Share Your Photos Night Host: Kevin McGowan, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Clubrsquo;s annual ldquo;Share Your Photos Night.rdquo;Come listen as various Club members share up to five of their photos from the past year. Although submissions are limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! Members are invited to dinner with Kevin before the meeting at 5:30 at the Ithaca Ale House. Please RSVP by noon Monday to cl...@juno.com so reservations can be made. Hope to see you Monday! Colleen Richards Correspondence Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Odd Trick Fights Diabetes #34;Unique#34; Proven Method To Control Blood Sugar In 3 Weeks. Watch Video. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54ac9a74c4ceb1a7415f0st04duc -- 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] City of Ithaca: Raven, non-count-week Gadwall, legal sanctuary at south end of lake
From Stewart Avenue yesterday (Monday 5 Jan) I saw a COMMON RAVEN cruising west over Cascadilla Gorge. It would be so cool if they nested there! I also had a chance to stop briefly in Stewart Park yesterday. Among the few Mallards were two GADWALL, a day too late for Count Week, which was rather a bust due to gunnery all weekend. There were very few waterfowl visible on the lake from Stewart Park on Saturday at dawn. By Saturday mid-day zero waterfowl were visible by scope on the lake, and several guys in camo walked up and told Bob and me that they intended to shoot the geese and Mallards sleeping on the narrow ice shelf in front of us, despite being informed of the City's ban on hunting and the location of the border of the City far out in the lake. Perhaps the domestics I pointed out in the flock gave all these birds a reprieve for a few hours, because eventually the guys said they wouldn't do it that day. But Sunday morning the guys were sitting on a log, a skiff beached beside them, a few yards from solid land west of the dock in Stewart Park, making Mallard calls and shooting at ducks, while Canada Geese packed the southeast corner of the lake. I give those guys some credit in that they did not fire at the GREAT BLUE HERON which flew close in front of them, but honestly it seems pathetic, after emptying the lake, to resort to going to a City park to shoot birds which graze and rest on the lawns, wander among picnickers, and get fed by little kids. Legally the shallow south end of the lake is a refuge: Hunting is banned in the City of Ithaca (City Code, Section 219-2.A. (1) http://ecode360.com/8390734). The City of Ithaca includes the south end of Cayuga Lake, with the boundary extending north just past 940 East Shore Drive (northernmost of the first few houses on the east side and home of domestic ducks), west across Cayuga Lake, and along the west shore from 883 Taughannock Boulevard south past about 20 houses. However, the land on the east and west shores is outside the City, except the southernmost house on the west side appears to be in the City, being recently built on land which was apparenly added after the boundary was set). By my GoogleMap calculations, the City's north boundary is about 800' north of the east end of the shoreline at Stewart Park, over 2000' north of the shore of the swan pond (where I met gunners in December), over 1400' north of the white lighthouse, and about 800' north of the red lighthouse (where gunners often park a boat), which is almost halfway to the piling cluster. In addition to all of the southwest corner of the lake, the City of Ithaca encompasses all the Hog Hole in Treman State Marine Park (where gunners also are active along the lakeshore), because the City line follows the east edge of Taughannock Boulevard for over 1500' north from Williams Brook (where the speed limit changes) before dropping down to the lake. City of Ithaca waters are a valuable feeding and resting area for many species of waterfowl, and afford great viewing from the shoreline of parks in the City. City waters do not extend the half mile north to the Town's East Shore Park and the Cornell boating center. The City boundary is mapped here (zoom in; click on properties for addreses): http://geo.tompkins-co.org/html/?viewer=tcpropmo and described rather arcanely in the City Charter here (lines 49-60 describe this area): http://ecode360.com/8385257 . Stewart Park extends north to the north City line (City Code Section 336-10 http://ecode360.com/8395295), and includes a couple more protections in that no motorboat shall land at the beach in the park, nor shall any motorboat approach close to any such beach. (336-19 http://ecode360.com/8395307), and No person shall carry, transport or possess any firearm of any nature in the park, but this section shall not apply to duly constituted peace officers. (336-22 http://ecode360.com/8395310). Clearly many parkgoers have been offended by the guys with guns, because they said they've had cops called on them numerous times. So far they have talked their way out of all problems except one failure to wear a life vest in a boat. The gunners contend that, regardless of City laws, they may shoot from anywhere in the lake below the high water line, even if it is dry land when the lake is drawn down for the winter. I have not yet seen that regulation about the high-water line of Cayuga Lake, but I have gotten support for the City ban being in effect regardless. At the Goose Summit this past fall, Tom Bell of the Cortland office of NYSDEC said that the City's hunting ban takes precedence, but that DEC doesn't enforce the City law. I later asked for confirmation and clarification, and he emailed me: about the hunting issue at the south end of the lake. DEC has no jurisdiction in the matter, its completely a city ordinance. If Ithaca chooses to enforce it (or not), we have no say. In terms of the
