[cayugabirds-l] Horned larks/ gray ghost
Flocks of Horned Larks east of King Ferry Winery, Center rd. Gray Ghost harrier downhill from Long Pt Winery, off NY Rt 90. C Geese everywhere. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned Larks, et al
On and around Saxton Road off Indian Field Road north west of Genoa, I enjoyed seeing at least 65 Horned Larks & 7 Snow Buntings foraging on & in roads by big Sunnyside Dairy. Probably after road salt & droppings from large farm trucks that went by. Then saw roughly 300 European Starlings around big silage storage area. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned Larks
Saw 50 Horned Larks foraging in grass beside pavement at ~48 Emmons Rd Lansing, east of Rt 34-B. FOY for me! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned Larks
~25 at 3245-3275 Bruton Rd, Scipio Center. East of NY RT 34. Foraging in rather short, thick grass growing in corn stubble-field, north side of this dirt road. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned larks
Yesterday I was birding for Audubon New York’s fundraising Birdathon, and I had a fantastic day sighting or hearing 74 species. Highlights: Geneva, home- AM: FOY house wren Seneca Meadows Landfill: blue grosbeak, white-crowned sparrow Montezuma NWR wildlife drive: American bittern, least sandpiper Carncross Rd: Morgan Rd: Swamp sparrow (not sure I have ever seen one before!), horned larks, Sandhill cranes Armitage Rd: Prothonotary warbler, B-G gnatcatcher, warbling vireo Seneca Lake SP: redhead pair, beautiful male common goldeneye Sampson SP: common loon, red-breasted mergansers Good day! Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator 315.365.3588 Montezuma Audubon Center PO Box 187 2295 State Route 89 Savannah, New York 13146 montezuma.audubon.org -- 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] Horned larks
16 along with 1 beautiful Snow Bunting, on Center rd btw Rt 34-B & Mahaney rd in S Cayuga Cnty. First of year for me for both species! Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned Larks
About 6 far out in plowed field on Powers Rd. Off Lake Ridge Rd. ~1/2 mile from intersection, north side of Powers. Cayuga County Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned larks and snow buntings, Buck Hill Rd. (correction)
Sorry - wrong road!! - Around noon there were many (not good at counting) horned larks and snow buntings on Buck HIll Road between Aiken Rd. and Rt. 79, on the road, and on both sides. (Town of Enfield, Tompkins Co. on the east side of the road, Town of Hector, Schuyler Co. on the west). -- Barbara Sadovnic -- 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] Horned larks and snow buntings, Black Oak Rd.
Around noon there were many (not good at counting) horned larks and snow buntings on Black Oak Road between Aiken Rd. and Rt. 79, on the road, and on both sides. (Town of Enfield, Tompkins Co. on the east side of the road, Town of Hector, Schuyler Co. on the west). -- 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] Horned larks
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[cayugabirds-l] Horned larks
14 HORNED LARKS Scofield Rd towards Pleasant Valley Rd. Lansing. Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned larks, snow buntings
Nice mixed flock, about 50 birds on Cook Rd. west of Indian Field Rd, genoa, north of NY Rt 90. Were in corn stubble with what looks like Winter Wheat rows growing up, & by roadside. Very spooked by motor vehicles. Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
I wonder how much last winter affected insects. It was hard on me. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:39 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: We'll join that observation and sentiment. Lynda, we were just commenting on how "safe" it is to walk barefoot -not at all a good thing. We've studied all this to death and it's past time for action. Does anyone know where the academic leadership is on this (these) issues? Continually amazed that a major U like CU and CLO aren't out in the forefront of this, FLAP and so many other needed efforts. -- 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 Sun, July 6, 2014 08:25, Stephanie Greenwood wrote: > My garden which I've designed for bees & butterflies is also relatively and > sadly > quiet. > > Stephanie Greenwood > Sent from my iPad > > >> On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: >> >> Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's a >> tragedy. >> And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to Agent >> Orange >> being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion plants. I, >> too, >> have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was thinking how just 20 >> years >> ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of year for fear of being >> stung. Not >> so now. >> >> If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world but >> all >> beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate >> discussion >> for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. >> >> And gas should cost $100 per gallon. >> >> Linda >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) >>> between Rte. >>> 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field Rd.. >>> >>> Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on the >>> NYSEG >>> Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 June, >>> Becky >>> & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the trailer park down >>> Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone to ask about >>> when, or >>> if, they may have been active. >>> >>> In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & out >>> of the >>> tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have noticed a >>> remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared to >>> previous >>> years. >>> >>> Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her message >>> & did >>> something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of weed-free >>> corn & >>> soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee so far, no >>> Monarch >>> butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is FULL of white >>> clover >>> which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. >>> >>> We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in which to >>> lay >>> eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & blood. They >>> thrive. We scratch. >>> >>> Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are >>> fast >>> disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of >>> insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, >>> large >>> & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that determines >>> what >>> food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the same ranks as the >>> carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. >>> >>> I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that >>> scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate >>> pollen >>> contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected with >>> parasites >>> that cause colony collapse disorder. >>> >>> I wonder ... WHO CARES??? >>> >>> Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104 >>> -- >>> 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.ma
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
Linda wrote: > And gas should cost $100 per gallon. That would certainly put a crimp in our frivolous birding activity! :-) For anyone whose birding habit is already costing too much at the pump, I'd like to recommend backyard beekeeping; it's truly a wonderful hobby. Ecological degradation is of course nothing new. The worst event the world has ever experienced occurred some 630 million years ago, when the burden of reckless runaway photosynthesis began to load the planet's atmosphere with poisonous oxygen, leading to an explosion of newly-evolved exploiters (animals). The place has never been the same since! -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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
I agree with sentiments offered.. Here is something refreshing regarding honey bees I recently chanced upon... http://www.bestbees.com/ On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:39 AM, John and Sue Gregoire wrote: > We'll join that observation and sentiment. Lynda, we were just commenting > on how > "safe" it is to walk barefoot -not at all a good thing. > > We've studied all this to death and it's past time for action. Does anyone > know > where the academic leadership is on this (these) issues? Continually > amazed that a > major U like CU and CLO aren't out in the forefront of this, FLAP and so > many other > needed efforts. > -- > 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 Sun, July 6, 2014 08:25, Stephanie Greenwood wrote: > > My garden which I've designed for bees & butterflies is also relatively > and sadly > > quiet. > > > > Stephanie Greenwood > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > >> On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's > a tragedy. > >> And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to > Agent Orange > >> being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion plants. > I, too, > >> have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was thinking how just > 20 years > >> ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of year for fear of being > stung. Not > >> so now. > >> > >> If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world > but all > >> beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate > discussion > >> for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. > >> > >> And gas should cost $100 per gallon. > >> > >> Linda > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard < > job121...@verizon.net> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) > between Rte. > >>> 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field > Rd.. > >>> > >>> Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on > the NYSEG > >>> Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 > June, Becky > >>> & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the trailer park > down > >>> Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone to ask about > when, or > >>> if, they may have been active. > >>> > >>> In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & > out of the > >>> tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have > noticed a > >>> remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared to > previous > >>> years. > >>> > >>> Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her > message & did > >>> something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of > weed-free corn & > >>> soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee so far, no > Monarch > >>> butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is FULL of > white clover > >>> which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. > >>> > >>> We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in > which to lay > >>> eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & > blood. They > >>> thrive. We scratch. > >>> > >>> Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US > are fast > >>> disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of > >>> insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course > owners, large > >>> & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that > determines what > >>> food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the same ranks > as the > >>> carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. > >>> > >>> I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating > that > >>> scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that > ate pollen > >>> contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected > with parasites > >>> that cause colony collapse disorder. > >>> > >>> I wonder ... WHO CARES??? > >>> > >>> Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July > 2104 > >>> -- > >>> 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:
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
We'll join that observation and sentiment. Lynda, we were just commenting on how "safe" it is to walk barefoot -not at all a good thing. We've studied all this to death and it's past time for action. Does anyone know where the academic leadership is on this (these) issues? Continually amazed that a major U like CU and CLO aren't out in the forefront of this, FLAP and so many other needed efforts. -- 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 Sun, July 6, 2014 08:25, Stephanie Greenwood wrote: > My garden which I've designed for bees & butterflies is also relatively and > sadly > quiet. > > Stephanie Greenwood > Sent from my iPad > > >> On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: >> >> Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's a >> tragedy. >> And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to Agent >> Orange >> being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion plants. I, >> too, >> have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was thinking how just 20 >> years >> ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of year for fear of being >> stung. Not >> so now. >> >> If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world but >> all >> beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate >> discussion >> for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. >> >> And gas should cost $100 per gallon. >> >> Linda >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) >>> between Rte. >>> 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field Rd.. >>> >>> Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on the >>> NYSEG >>> Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 June, >>> Becky >>> & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the trailer park down >>> Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone to ask about >>> when, or >>> if, they may have been active. >>> >>> In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & out >>> of the >>> tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have noticed a >>> remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared to >>> previous >>> years. >>> >>> Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her message >>> & did >>> something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of weed-free >>> corn & >>> soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee so far, no >>> Monarch >>> butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is FULL of white >>> clover >>> which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. >>> >>> We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in which to >>> lay >>> eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & blood. They >>> thrive. We scratch. >>> >>> Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are >>> fast >>> disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of >>> insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, >>> large >>> & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that determines >>> what >>> food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the same ranks as the >>> carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. >>> >>> I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that >>> scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate >>> pollen >>> contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected with >>> parasites >>> that cause colony collapse disorder. >>> >>> I wonder ... WHO CARES??? >>> >>> Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104 >>> -- >>> 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 observatio
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
My garden which I've designed for bees & butterflies is also relatively and sadly quiet. Stephanie Greenwood Sent from my iPad > On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: > > Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's a > tragedy. And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to > Agent Orange being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion > plants. I, too, have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was > thinking how just 20 years ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of > year for fear of being stung. Not so now. > > If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world but > all beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate > discussion for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. > > And gas should cost $100 per gallon. > > Linda > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard >> wrote: >> >> Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) between >> Rte. 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field >> Rd.. >> >> Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on the >> NYSEG Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 >> June, Becky & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the >> trailer park down Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone >> to ask about when, or if, they may have been active. >> >> In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & out >> of the tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have >> noticed a remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared >> to previous years. >> >> Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her message >> & did something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of >> weed-free corn & soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee >> so far, no Monarch butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is >> FULL of white clover which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. >> >> We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in which to >> lay eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & blood. >> They thrive. We scratch. >> >> Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are >> fast disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of >> insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, >> large & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that >> determines what food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the >> same ranks as the carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. >> >> I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that >> scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate >> pollen contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected >> with parasites that cause colony collapse disorder. >> >> I wonder ... WHO CARES??? >> >> Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104 >> -- >> 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
Thanks for these observations Fritzie. I care. I'm there with you. It's a tragedy. And now we are on the cusp of another horrible pesticide related to Agent Orange being approved. Along with new agent orange ready GMO companion plants. I, too, have silently blooming white clover in my yard. I was thinking how just 20 years ago you could not walk barefoot at this time of year for fear of being stung. Not so now. If people don't wake up now the poisoning of this world, not our world but all beings world, will be entire and complete. And this is an appropriate discussion for a listserv made up of people who love birds, I would think. And gas should cost $100 per gallon. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2014, at 12:19 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: > Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) between > Rte. 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field Rd.. > > Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on the > NYSEG Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 > June, Becky & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the trailer > park down Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone to ask > about when, or if, they may have been active. > > In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & out of > the tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have noticed > a remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared to > previous years. > > Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her message & > did something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of > weed-free corn & soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee > so far, no Monarch butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is > FULL of white clover which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. > > We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in which to > lay eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & blood. > They thrive. We scratch. > > Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are fast > disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of > insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, > large & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that > determines what food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the > same ranks as the carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. > > I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that > scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate > pollen contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected > with parasites that cause colony collapse disorder. > > I wonder ... WHO CARES??? > > Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104 > -- > 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] Horned larks, C. swifts today 5 July 2014
Three horned larks were standing on Dublin Hill Rd. (east of Aurora) between Rte. 34 B & Black St. which goes north as a continuation of Indian Field Rd.. Here in Union Springs we saw 2 soaring ospreys over our house & one on the NYSEG Transfer Station nest on No. One Rd. across the field from us. On 27 June, Becky & I found 2 nest starts (new to us) on power poles in the trailer park down Firelane 15 north of Union Springs. We didn't find anyone to ask about when, or if, they may have been active. In the afterglow of sunset tonight I watched chimney swifts going in & out of the tall chimney on the girl's dorm at Union Springs Academy. I have noticed a remarkable lack of barn & tree swallows here this summer, compared to previous years. Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" ... & eventually people got her message & did something about it. This evening as we drove by 100s of acres of weed-free corn & soybean fields, I thought about seeing only one honey bee so far, no Monarch butterflies & few of any kind of butterflies. Our yard is FULL of white clover which normally would be abuzz with honey bees. We still have mosquitoes & black flies, insects that need water in which to lay eggs & blood of warm blooded bodies on which to live ... water & blood. They thrive. We scratch. Honey bees that pollinate 30 BILLON dollars worth of crops in the US are fast disappearing. Thanks to indiscriminate, as well as deliberate use of insecticides, weed killers & fungicides by home owners, golf course owners, large & small farmers, etc. the honey bee, the one little insect that determines what food crops we may still be able to grow may become in the same ranks as the carrier pigeon. Indeed, it may already be too late. I have included fungicides because I have in hand an article stating that scientists at MD U & the USDA have now found evidence that bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides are 3 times as likely to be infected with parasites that cause colony collapse disorder. I wonder ... WHO CARES??? Fritzie, in Union Springs where gas was $3.63.9 on Fri., 4 July 2104 -- 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] Horned Larks
On Groton City Road, where farmers have been spreading manure, there are loads of Horned Larks. Also, a nice, large, roundish hawk up in a tree with it's back to me. Did not have a red tail. I was too late for work (again) to wait for it too move for identification. Also saw a Northern Harrier which required pulling over to observe (even later to work). If you head over to Groton City Road, which is a left off of 222 coming from Groton, be sure to continue on to Hinman Rd. Hinman is the right turn at the end of Groton City Road. A Short Eared Owl was spotted in the pastures on the left 100yrds before the junction with rt 90. As you scan those fields, you'll be treated to the Cardinal's loud clear tunes. Makes it worth freezing your knuckles off. Good birding, Maryfaith -- 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] HORNED LARKS Center Road
The Center Road mentioned in my previous post is next to the Treleaven Winery (King Ferry address) and is off Lake Road, just before it reaches Rte. 90. -- 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] HORNED LARKS
There was a flock of HORNED LARKS on Center Road this morning. We first saw them flying and circling around, then observed them doing their ground scampering and hopping about. They were fun to watch, especially since neither Marianne nor I have had lark sightings this winter. Center Road has traditionally been our lark/bunting road, but no buntings today. Jill Vaughan -- 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] Horned Larks in Fleming (Cay. Co.)
South of Auburn on Silver Street Rd. near the Fleming/Scipio Townline Rd.: two apparently separate flocks of Horned Larks (roughly 10 in each) were scavenging whatever is available at the roadside scraped up by recent plows; also an unidentified sparrow among them (small, like a Savannah Sparrow??) -- the light was fading fast. Incidentally, this stretch of road, with open farmland on both sides, is a good place to see larks and buntings in winter, as well as N. Harriers most of the year. Eben McLane Scipio, 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] horned larks
A half dozen Horned Larks followed the snow to Cayuga View Rd in TBurg this afternoon. Previously, with zero snow, there had been zero HLarks. The wind blows across the corn fields and leaves little lark tidbits on the shoulders of the road. Bill McAneny, tburg -- 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] Horned Larks
This afternoon John & I were slowly driving along a section of Waldron Rd. east of Union Springs when we scared 5 horned larks from the center of the graveled road. The field alongside had been sprayed with slurry last wk. & then plowed so the larks had "good pickins'"! An adjacent field is planted to alfalfa. From both fields at least 30 more larks flew up & over the road & back to the fields. Beautiful sight. I've not noticed tree swallows for a couple wks. until Mon. evening. Today I saw more along with a few extra chimney swifts. I enjoyed watching the female hummingbird "hawking" insects from the spruce trees next to our garden. Occasionally I see just one bat. Here at home on Sun. I watched a mature bald eagle soaring overhead. Not far behind was a red-tail hawk & suddenly, came one of the adult ospreys from across the field where 2 juveniles are on the platform. The protective osprey began swooping first at the hawk & then the eagle until they left. It then cruised back to the platform. Earlier I had seen an adult carrying a fish back to the nest. Thought sure the young would be on their own by now. I looked for loons at Aurora today. No luck. Water was very rough. We had 106 degrees in the shade here last Thursday. Too hot! Fritzie -- 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] Horned Larks & Turkeys Aurora - 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.
There were several flocks of Horned Larks flying and landing in the fields on Lake Rd. just below the Long Point Winery near Rt.. 90 south of Aurora. In addition there was a flock of Wild Turkeys, approximately 20, grazing near the construction area adjacent to the north end of Lake Rd. and Rt..90 on the south end of Aurora. Chipping Sparrows in Aurora. Bill Roberts Aurora -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
