[cayugabirds-l] CBC Webinar December 14: Melissa Groo, "Color and Grace: Birds of East Africa"

2020-12-05 Thread Diane Morton 
Cayuga Bird Club's December webinar will feature award-winning wildlife
photographer Melissa Groo, presenting "Color and Grace: Birds of East
Africa". The presentation will begin at 7:30 pm on December 14.

Register to attend this Zoom webinar here:  https://tinyurl.com/cbc202012mtg
.


Melissa will share stories and photos about some of her favorite birds in
East Africa, drawing from her visits while leading photo tours in Tanzania,
as well as from her time in Uganda on assignment for a magazine.

About the Speaker: Melissa Groo is a wildlife photographer, writer, and
conservationist with a passion for educating people about the marvels of
the natural world. She believes that photography can be both fine art and a
powerful vehicle for storytelling, and considers herself a “wildlife
biographer” as much as a wildlife photographer. It is her mission to raise
awareness and change minds about not only the extrinsic beauty of animals,
but also their intrinsic worth.

Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30pm on the second Monday of each
month, September through June, and are open to the public. Each virtual
meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club
business.

Diane Morton
Cayuga Bird Club

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma crane breeding success?

2020-12-05 Thread Peter Saracino 
Mike and all.
One November a few years back I attended the "Festival of the Cranes" at
Bosque Del Apache NWR in New Mexico. Many cranes winter there (including
members of the lesser race of sandhills that hale from as far away as
western Alaska and Siberia!!). Anyway down that way they called them the
"sirloin of the skies" and said they were quite delicious. I must confess
I've never tasted one.
I suppise the positive side of a future hunting season for the eastern
crane population would be that their numbers had grown to such a healthy
extent that a limited season would be in order.
THAT being said, it IS difficult to ponder so beautiful a creature being
"taken" on the wing. But I suppose the same could be said for a snow
goose
Just thinking out loud.
Pete Sar



On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 11:28 AM  wrote:

> The numbers of Sandhill Cranes are now about double any previous year by
> my marginal memory’s recollection.  The highest I remember 2 years ago was
> around 127 (but eBird search experts can correct me). If y happy just
> enjoying the beautiful flock stop reading.! Based on this year’s nesting
> stories that I either saw, heard or read about the refuge didn’t contribute
> much. First, I read of a pair that had 2 young near the main pool
> observation tower. That went down to one young then I heard none. The DEC
> staff told me that a pair at Morgan road had one bird disappear long enough
> to hopefully incubate but rejoined the other with no young in tow. The
> Carncross Road pair appeared together often but no baby. Joann and I found
> one on a nest at the Sandhill Crane unit. They hatched one young but that
> bird disappeared a short week later. Finally a pair at Knox showed up with
> a fledgling and as far a I know that was the only refuge success. I hope
> others have better stories as I heard talk of pairs on Howland Island and
> at the MAC. The first post nesting gathering at Knox that I saw were
> consistent with this as I remember a dozen with 1 juvenile. Then they came
> from everywhere apparently. Yay!
>This number also starts concerns with me about potential future
> hunting. I don’t know where our birds winter but know that the eastern
> population can be hunted in Tennessee, Kentucky and starting last year
> Alabama. Its pretty unlikely that the hunters here won’t want to shoot the
> “ribeyes of the sky” so start campaigning to have them protected! Mike
> Tetlow
>
>
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma crane breeding success?

2020-12-05 Thread Johnson, Alyssa 
All, I counted 176 last year at once in Knox Marsellus. That was the highest 
number I had come across until Pete Saracino's 256 yesterday!

What an amazing story, huh?

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Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, NY 13146
Montezuma.audubon.org

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Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:28 AM
To: Cayuga Birds 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma crane breeding success?

The numbers of Sandhill Cranes are now about double any previous year by my 
marginal memory’s recollection.  The highest I remember 2 years ago was around 
127 (but eBird search experts can correct me). If y happy just enjoying the 
beautiful flock stop reading.! Based on this year’s nesting stories that I 
either saw, heard or read about the refuge didn’t contribute much. First, I 
read of a pair that had 2 young near the main pool observation tower. That went 
down to one young then I heard none. The DEC staff told me that a pair at 
Morgan road had one bird disappear long enough to hopefully incubate but 
rejoined the other with no young in tow. The Carncross Road pair appeared 
together often but no baby. Joann and I found one on a nest at the Sandhill 
Crane unit. They hatched one young but that bird disappeared a short week 
later. Finally a pair at Knox showed up with a fledgling and as far a I know 
that was the only refuge success. I hope others have better stories as I heard 
talk of pairs on Howland Island and at the MAC. The first post nesting 
gathering at Knox that I saw were consistent with this as I remember a dozen 
with 1 juvenile. Then they came from everywhere apparently. Yay!
   This number also starts concerns with me about potential future hunting. I 
don’t know where our birds winter but know that the eastern population can be 
hunted in Tennessee, Kentucky and starting last year Alabama. Its pretty 
unlikely that the hunters here won’t want to shoot the “ribeyes of the sky” so 
start campaigning to have them protected! Mike Tetlow


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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma crane breeding success?

2020-12-05 Thread metetlow 
The numbers of Sandhill Cranes are now about double any previous year by my 
marginal memory’s recollection.  The highest I remember 2 years ago was around 
127 (but eBird search experts can correct me). If y happy just enjoying the 
beautiful flock stop reading.! Based on this year’s nesting stories that I 
either saw, heard or read about the refuge didn’t contribute much. First, I 
read of a pair that had 2 young near the main pool observation tower. That went 
down to one young then I heard none. The DEC staff told me that a pair at 
Morgan road had one bird disappear long enough to hopefully incubate but 
rejoined the other with no young in tow. The Carncross Road pair appeared 
together often but no baby. Joann and I found one on a nest at the Sandhill 
Crane unit. They hatched one young but that bird disappeared a short week 
later. Finally a pair at Knox showed up with a fledgling and as far a I know 
that was the only refuge success. I hope others have better stories as I heard 
talk of pairs on Howland Island and at the MAC. The first post nesting 
gathering at Knox that I saw were consistent with this as I remember a dozen 
with 1 juvenile. Then they came from everywhere apparently. Yay!
   This number also starts concerns with me about potential future hunting. I 
don’t know where our birds winter but know that the eastern population can be 
hunted in Tennessee, Kentucky and starting last year Alabama. Its pretty 
unlikely that the hunters here won’t want to shoot the “ribeyes of the sky” so 
start campaigning to have them protected! Mike Tetlow


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