Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Peregrines
Suan Can the peregrine Erie be seen from the overlook? Is there a trail to possibly catch a sighting or other recommendations? I’m meeting a friend to look for the peregrines tomorrow. Thanks for any information from the Listserv as well. Jim Gaffney Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2021, at 5:41 PM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > > Two Thursdays ago (June 10) I happened to be up in T'burg, so stopped by to > check out the Taughannock Peregrines. I found three nestlings in their eyrie > playing with their food and flapping their wings as if ready to fledge. Two > days later, on Saturday June 12, I ran across Mark Chao and Miyoku in T'burg, > and together we went looking only to find the ledge empty. After some waiting > we saw one then several peregrines soaring around the gorge, including the > fledglings. Two of them eventually perched on a snag on the same side of the > gorge as we were, and through a window in the foliage we were afforded some > fantastic naked-eye views as they sat and preened. Below are two videos I > took, first of the nestlings on Thursday, then of a fledgling on Saturday: > > https://youtu.be/YvQaS-PHFbo > https://youtu.be/8RAOCeBO49I > > Suan > > -- > 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] Fields being mowed.
Hi All, Reuben Stoltzfus called me yesterday evening and clarified a few points about his experience with mowing v grassland birds. He agrees with all the folks who said that walking through fields to look for nests is not a good idea due to ineffectiveness and creating paths for predators. I forget whether he included trampling the hay, but I’m guessing that’s also an issue. He was able to avoid mowing Bobolinks in part because of the machinery he uses which, as I understand it, moves more slowly than non-Amish farmers’ machines, allows him to see & hear birds while he makes a strong effort to do so, and allows him to react quickly enough to stop or turn aside to avoid mowing the immediate area where a female Bobolink has just flushed. I forgot to ask how big an area he left around each flushed female and how effective it seemed in allowing fledging to succeed or whether it seemed that the exposure led to them being taken by predators. He found that within his 10 acre field Bobolink nests appeared to be concentrated only about 40 to 80 feet from the edge of the field in most instances, which seems paradoxical given that Bobolinks require large fields. He did not find nests of Grasshopper Sparrows. The question of how to balance hay production with grassland bird nesting is not easy, as the discussion over the last several days has demonstrated. Among the ironies is that the eastern US would have very few areas of grasslands large enough for several species if not for hay production, yet if cutting schedules prevent reproduction, then these places are a trap for the birds. Meanwhile, agriculture has made the vast majority of the prairies which were those grassland birds’ original range unavailable for nesting. - - Dave Nutter -- 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] Mystery illness strikes down birds across US south and midwest | Birds | The Guardian
FYI https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/24/birds-mystery-illness-us-south-midwest Regi “If we surrendered to the earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like trees.” Rainer Maria Rilke -- 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] Stewart Park cleanup Fwd: Emergency Call for Volunteer Rakers at Stewart Park
Stewart Park must still be closed. The Friends of Stewart Park sent out this request yesterday to help clean up storm debris for Friday afternoon, 4-6pm, and asked to share this message widely. Please note the DON’T BRING SAWS warning! More info in the email, below. I am not an organizer of the event, so it would best to contact Friends of Stewart Park for more info. Thanks, Liisa Liisa Mobley Begin forwarded message: From: Janelle Mattson Date: June 23, 2021 at 4:02:43 PM EDT Subject: Emergency Call for Volunteer Rakers at Stewart Park Reply-To: jane...@friendsofstewartpark.org Dear Liisa, As you likely know, Monday afternoon, Stewart Park was hit with a storm that caused unbelievable amounts of damage. Trees are uprooted and giant branches are all over the ground. Also all over the ground, tons and tons of leaves and small branches. City crews have taken care of hazards and will continue large scale clean up, but Stewart Park urgently needs your help. We now have been given the go-ahead by the city to call out for volunteers. The City and Friends of Stewart Park request volunteers bring their work gloves and rakes down to the park FRIDAY 4-6 PM to work. Rake piles of debris out of the lawns over to the closest road's edge so city crews can easily pick them up. Small branches can be pulled to the edge of the road and lined up with broken ends on one side and leaves on the other, making them easier for the city to throw into the chipper. Storm debris can be found everywhere in the park, but the areas near the playground footbridges are of highest need. Volunteers are asked to just pick a spot that needs to be raked, especially on this western end of the park, just rake to the closest road. Please handle only small branches and DO NOT BRING OR USE SAWS. Cleaning up this debris is a huge task, but many hands make light work. Please share this so more potential volunteers will see it and we can get Stewart Park in time for its 100th birthday party on July 4th. If you cannot make the Friday 4-6, you are invited to come rake on your own time, following the instructions above. Safety note: The City underscores that all volunteers use caution areas that have been marked as hazardous and in general around fallen limbs and trees and under trees. Only attempt to move small branches, sticks and leaves, and do not bring or use saws. Thank you for helping Stewart Park! Janelle Alvstad-Mattson Communications & Administration -- 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] cayugabirds-l digest: June 24, 2021
The Merlin Bird App Sound ID is out! > On Jun 24, 2021, at 12:01 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, June 24, 2021. > > 1. Re: cayugabirds-l digest: June 23, 2021 > 2. Re: Recent storm damage at Stewart Park > 3. Re: Recent storm damage at Stewart Park > 4. Re: Recent storm damage at Stewart Park > 5. Merlins at Treman > > -- > > Subject: Re: cayugabirds-l digest: June 23, 2021 > From: Carol Morris > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:52:13 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Re: mowing grasslands > > We maintain part of our acreage in the Town of Virgil for grassland nesting > birds. The local (organic!) farmer is allowed to mow it after July 15, when > the fledglings have left. I believe the plot is about 6 acres. I was > wondering about the idea of mapping out nest sites and having the farmer > mow around these. It seems that it would be better for the birds - and > easier for the farmer - to leave larger patches for the birds. Although the > forage that is cut later in the season, it is still usable for heifers. > Also, the farmer uses this acreage as part of his conservation plan, and I > believe he gets some sort of remuneration through a government program for > this management. > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < > cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > >> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Wednesday, June 23, 2021. >> >> 1. Fresh Air/NPR/Scott Weidensaul and migratory birds >> 2. Re: cayugabirds-l digest: June 21, 2021 >> 3. Recent storm damage at Stewart Park >> 4. Re: Recent storm damage at Stewart Park >> 5. Re: Recent storm damage at Stewart Park >> >> -- >> >> Subject: Fresh Air/NPR/Scott Weidensaul and migratory birds >> From: Peter Saracino >> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:12:06 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 1 >> >> Author and bird researcher Scott Weidensaul shares amazing stories of the >> billions of migratory birds that journey over our heads every year, how >> they manage their feats physically, and how they're threatened by economic >> development and climate change. >> >> >> https://www.npr.org/2021/04/02/983796474/best-of-the-amazing-lives-of-migratory-birds-lovecraft-country-creator >> Pete Sar >> >> -- >> >> Subject: Re: cayugabirds-l digest: June 21, 2021 >> From: Evelyn Weinstein >> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:31:12 -0400 >> X-Message-Number: 2 >> >> Of course social attraction is a wonderful idea that has a LOONG track >> record of success. Absolutely. Before thinking about the "how", I'd really >> like to ask folks more about "when, where and who" with regard to an odd >> but very timely and relevant question that's connected to zoning. I'm on >> the newly formed Zoning Commission in the Town of Caroline where the town >> has determined to adopt zoning ordinances for the first time. I've read >> with great interest all the discussions about farmland and nesting survey >> ideas. In preparation for the next zoning meeting, I'd be delighted to open >> a dialog with you all about ways to approach farm owners that might >> incentivize whatever land use practises that would help grassland bird >> populations in this geographic region. Like someone said in this thread, >> how to "sweeten" the deal for farmers. I'd really prefer that my input into >> this Commission be helpful to bird populations! >> >> If anyone is willing to have a chat with me, I'd be very appreciative. Next >> zoning meeting is tonight, but there's still plenty of time to build in >> better ideas to this nascent and evolving zoning law in our local >> geographic region. There's still a great deal of open grassland in the Town >> of Caroline that remains in private hands (other than Cornell's). Please >> reach out if you'd like to chat. Many thanks! >> >> Evie Weinstein >> 607-592- >> >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:13 AM Stephen W. Kress >> wrote: >> >>> I’m not sure if this idea of encouraging Bobolink to nest in the last >>> field of a farmers mowing sequence would allow Bobolink to raise a brood >>> before mowing, but if it did, >>> Then the use of social attraction (decoys and audio recording) could >> offer >>> promise of encouraging Bobolink to nest in safer fields. There is already >>> evidence that Bobolink ‘colonies’ will form in response to social >>> attraction. Steve >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest < >>> cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, June 21, 2021. 1. Taughannock Peregrines 2. Re: Fields being mowed. 3. Re: Fields being mowed. 4. Re: Fields being mowed. 5. Re: Fields being mowed. -- Subject:
