date:20100617

[nysbirds-l] Tug Hill monitoring opportunity for wind project

2010-06-17 Thread Andrew Mason


Folks--

Similar to Bill Evans' recent post for baseline 
studies on a wind project site:  see  note below from TNC in the Tug Hill.

Andy Mason

**

Dear birders,

Please share this announcement with anyone who 
might be interested.  I understand there is some 
flexibility on dates so please contact Mary 
(mpa...@tnc.org or 
315-387-3600 x21) if you think you can help.  Thanks!

-Becky

The Nature Conservancy is looking for experienced 
birder volunteers to help survey sites on Tug 
Hill for the 2010 breeding season.  The surveys 
will take place primarily on our Tug Hill 
Conservation Area located in Lewis County.  The 
THCA is west of Whetstone Gulf State Park and 
south of Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area.  A 
few sites will be located on the Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area as well.
As you may know, a wind farm is being proposed 
adjacent to the Tug Hill Conservation Area and 
the Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area.  Many 
studies have been conducted examining the 
displacement of birds from breeding sites in 
grasslands.  However, not much is known about how 
interior forest nesting birds may respond to wind 
turbine development.  We have developed a rapid 
assessment designed to improve our understanding 
of the impacts industrial wind farms can have on 
forest breeding bird populations adjacent to the 
development site. This years efforts are a pilot 
study and will test our methods and study 
design.  We will use the results, as well as 
feedback from participants, to make adjustments 
to the study design as necessary for future years.

What does volunteering entail?
· Attend a training session or meet with 
TNC staff to learn the protocols.
· Go out at least once (and ideally more) during June and early July.
· Drive to the Tug Hill Conservation Area 
or Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area and hike 
through the forest and wetlands to the sampling 
sites.  Volunteers will need to be able to 
navigate by GPS or map and compass and traverse 
uneven ground.  Some sites are located off of old 
logging roads, but most are not near any trails or roads.
· Count all of the birds you see and hear 
in the woods at a predetermined point and in 
response to playback of a mobbing call.

What will TNC use this information for?
· We will work with agencies, wind energy 
companies, and other organizations to incorporate 
information on interior forest birds ecology and 
behavioral responses into energy project 
placement, setback guidelines, and mitigation efforts.
· We will share the results with 
researchers and others investigating wind and wildlife interactions.

How you can help:
We are seeking experienced volunteer birders who 
would be available to monitor specific sites 
during June and early July 2010.  We will work 
with your schedule to find sites and sampling 
periods that work for you.  If you are uncertain 
whether or not you are skilled or able enough, 
please contact usyou may very well be just what 
we need, or we can pair you with a more 
experienced birder in order to help you learn.

For more information or if you or someone you 
know might be interested in helping with this 
important conservation project, please contact 
Mary Pappa at mpa...@tnc.org or 315-387-3600 x21.

Thank you!


Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093
(607) 652-2162
andyma...@earthling.net 
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[nysbirds-l] Long Island Turkey Vultures

2010-06-17 Thread Steve Walter

I've probably overlooked or forgotten some of the posts regarding Turkey 
Vultures on Long Island, particularly whether they have been found nesting. So 
this was quite interesting to me. Today I observed 9 TV's (in sight at one 
time) over the Dwarf Pine Barrens (Westhampton), with a mix of red-headed 
adults and dark headed immatures. Unlike pretty much all of my Long Island 
sightings, where the birds were obvioulsy on the move, these were staying in 
the area.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
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[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 17 Jun 2010

2010-06-17 Thread dfsuggs



- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/17/2010
* NYBU1006.17
- Birds mentioned
  -
 Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
 Thank you, David
 -

 EVENING GROSBEAK
 UPLAND SANDPIPER
 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
 RED-HEADED WDPKR.
 L. BLACK-B. GULL
 Great Egret
 Red-br. Merganser
 Semipalm. Sandpiper
 Dunlin
 Black Tern
 Black-billed Cuckoo
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 Common Nighthawk
 Eastern Kingbird
 Eastern Bluebird
 Blue-winged Warbler
 Nashville Warbler
 Northern Parula
 Yellow Warbler
 Chestnut-s. Warbler
 Magnolia Warbler
 Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
 Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
 Blackburnian Warbler
 Cerulean Warbler
 Bl. and w. Warbler
 American Redstart
 Prothonotary Warbler
 Ovenbird
 La. Waterthrush
 Common Yellowthroat
 Hooded Warbler
 Scarlet Tanager
 Rose-br. Grosbeak
 Bobolink

- Transcript
 Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
 Date: 06/17/2010
 Number:   716-896-1271
 To Report:Same
 Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
 Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
 Website:  www.BOSBirding.org

 Thursday, June 17, 2010

 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of  Science 
and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to  leave a message, 
(3) for updates, meeting and field trip  information and (4) for 
instructions on how to report  sightings. To contact the Science 
Museum, call 896-5200.


 Highlights of reports received the June 3 through June 17,  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include EVENING GROSBEAK,  UPLAND SANDPIPER, 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, RED-HEADED WDPKR. and  L. BLACK-B. GULL.


 June 12 at French Creek Nature Preserve in southwest  Chautauqua 
County, a reported female EVENING GROSBEAK, plus  EASTERN KINGBIRD, 
EASTERN BLUEBIRD, NASHVILLE WARBLER,  SCARLET TANAGER, a pair of 
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BOBOLINKS.


 In early June, two pair of UPLAND SANDPIPERS and at least 10  
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area  in 
Clarence. Another UPLAND SANDPIPER and many BOBOLINKS in  southern Erie 
County, on Hunter's Creek Road north of Center  Line Road in the Town 
of Wales.


 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW also at a previous breeding location in  Niagara 
County, on the Lewiston Plateau near Artpark State  Park; park at the 
end of South 8th Street in Lewiston and  walk the trails to the top of 
the plateau.


 From Buffalo, June 13, an unexpected RED-HEADED WDPKR.,  viewed from 
the Miss Buffalo cruise ship, on Squaw Island,  in the dead trees south 
of the Black Rock Canal Lock. Also,  an AMERICAN WIGEON on the canal.


 June 5, three or four, first summer, L. BLACK-B. GULLS in a  large 
flock of RING-BILLED GULLS at Lower Lake Road and  Burgess Road in the 
Town of Somerset, and in Buffalo, June  6, a likely, late migrant 
MAGNOLIA WARBLER on Woodbridge  Avenue.


 Breeding time for warblers - In southern Cattaraugus County,  15 
species on the railroad bed west of Salamanca included  BLUE-WINGED 
WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER,  CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, 
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER,  BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., 
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CERULEAN  WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, AMERICAN 
REDSTART, OVENBIRD,  LA. WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED 
WARBLER,  plus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.


 In the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management  Area, 11 
warbler species highlighted by at least 2  PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS west 
of Meadville Road on the north  side of the canal, plus BL.-THR. BL. 
WARBLER at the closed  bridge on Ditch Road. Also 17 BLACK TERNS at 
Cayuga Pool.


 Other reports from the past two weeks - In Ontario, 3 RED-
 BR. MERGANSERS and 7 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS at Rock Point Park  in 
Dunnville, and 15 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS and 6 DUNLIN at  Morgan's Point 
in Wainfleet. GREAT EGRET in a North  Tonawanda field. And, three 
reports of one or two COMMON  NIGHTHAWKS over North Buffalo and the 
Town of Tonawanda.


 Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 24.  Please call 
in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may  report sightings after the 
tone. Thank you for calling and  reporting to Dial-a-Bird.


- End Transcript



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[nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 17 Jun 2010

2010-06-17 Thread dfsuggs



- RBA
* New York
* Buffalo
* 06/17/2010
* NYBU1006.17
- Birds mentioned
  -
 Submit email to dfsuggs localnet com
 Thank you, David
 -

 EVENING GROSBEAK
 UPLAND SANDPIPER
 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
 RED-HEADED WDPKR.
 L. BLACK-B. GULL
 Great Egret
 Red-br. Merganser
 Semipalm. Sandpiper
 Dunlin
 Black Tern
 Black-billed Cuckoo
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 Common Nighthawk
 Eastern Kingbird
 Eastern Bluebird
 Blue-winged Warbler
 Nashville Warbler
 Northern Parula
 Yellow Warbler
 Chestnut-s. Warbler
 Magnolia Warbler
 Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler
 Bl.-thr. Green Warb.
 Blackburnian Warbler
 Cerulean Warbler
 Bl. and w. Warbler
 American Redstart
 Prothonotary Warbler
 Ovenbird
 La. Waterthrush
 Common Yellowthroat
 Hooded Warbler
 Scarlet Tanager
 Rose-br. Grosbeak
 Bobolink

- Transcript
 Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science
 Date: 06/17/2010
 Number:   716-896-1271
 To Report:Same
 Compiler: David F. Suggs (dfsuggs at localnet com)
 Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario
 Website:  www.BOSBirding.org

 Thursday, June 17, 2010

 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of  Science 
and the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to  leave a message, 
(3) for updates, meeting and field trip  information and (4) for 
instructions on how to report  sightings. To contact the Science 
Museum, call 896-5200.


 Highlights of reports received the June 3 through June 17,  from the 
Niagara Frontier Region include EVENING GROSBEAK,  UPLAND SANDPIPER, 
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, RED-HEADED WDPKR. and  L. BLACK-B. GULL.


 June 12 at French Creek Nature Preserve in southwest  Chautauqua 
County, a reported female EVENING GROSBEAK, plus  EASTERN KINGBIRD, 
EASTERN BLUEBIRD, NASHVILLE WARBLER,  SCARLET TANAGER, a pair of 
ROSE-BR. GROSBEAKS and BOBOLINKS.


 In early June, two pair of UPLAND SANDPIPERS and at least 10  
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS at the Tillman Wildlife Management Area  in 
Clarence. Another UPLAND SANDPIPER and many BOBOLINKS in  southern Erie 
County, on Hunter's Creek Road north of Center  Line Road in the Town 
of Wales.


 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW also at a previous breeding location in  Niagara 
County, on the Lewiston Plateau near Artpark State  Park; park at the 
end of South 8th Street in Lewiston and  walk the trails to the top of 
the plateau.


 From Buffalo, June 13, an unexpected RED-HEADED WDPKR.,  viewed from 
the Miss Buffalo cruise ship, on Squaw Island,  in the dead trees south 
of the Black Rock Canal Lock. Also,  an AMERICAN WIGEON on the canal.


 June 5, three or four, first summer, L. BLACK-B. GULLS in a  large 
flock of RING-BILLED GULLS at Lower Lake Road and  Burgess Road in the 
Town of Somerset, and in Buffalo, June  6, a likely, late migrant 
MAGNOLIA WARBLER on Woodbridge  Avenue.


 Breeding time for warblers - In southern Cattaraugus County,  15 
species on the railroad bed west of Salamanca included  BLUE-WINGED 
WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER,  CHESTNUT-S. WARBLER, 
MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BL.-THR. BL. WARBLER,  BL.-THR. GREEN WARB., 
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CERULEAN  WARBLER, BL. AND W. WARBLER, AMERICAN 
REDSTART, OVENBIRD,  LA. WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and HOODED 
WARBLER,  plus BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.


 In the Iroquois Refuge and Tonawanda Wildlife Management  Area, 11 
warbler species highlighted by at least 2  PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS west 
of Meadville Road on the north  side of the canal, plus BL.-THR. BL. 
WARBLER at the closed  bridge on Ditch Road. Also 17 BLACK TERNS at 
Cayuga Pool.


 Other reports from the past two weeks - In Ontario, 3 RED-
 BR. MERGANSERS and 7 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS at Rock Point Park  in 
Dunnville, and 15 SEMIPALM. SANDPIPERS and 6 DUNLIN at  Morgan's Point 
in Wainfleet. GREAT EGRET in a North  Tonawanda field. And, three 
reports of one or two COMMON  NIGHTHAWKS over North Buffalo and the 
Town of Tonawanda.


 Dial-a-Bird will be updated Thursday evening, June 24.  Please call 
in your sightings by noon Thursday. You may  report sightings after the 
tone. Thank you for calling and  reporting to Dial-a-Bird.


- End Transcript



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[nysbirds-l] Long Island Turkey Vultures

2010-06-17 Thread Steve Walter

I've probably overlooked or forgotten some of the posts regarding Turkey 
Vultures on Long Island, particularly whether they have been found nesting. So 
this was quite interesting to me. Today I observed 9 TV's (in sight at one 
time) over the Dwarf Pine Barrens (Westhampton), with a mix of red-headed 
adults and dark headed immatures. Unlike pretty much all of my Long Island 
sightings, where the birds were obvioulsy on the move, these were staying in 
the area.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Tug Hill monitoring opportunity for wind project

2010-06-17 Thread Andrew Mason


Folks--

Similar to Bill Evans' recent post for baseline 
studies on a wind project site:  see  note below from TNC in the Tug Hill.

Andy Mason

**

Dear birders,

Please share this announcement with anyone who 
might be interested.  I understand there is some 
flexibility on dates so please contact Mary 
(mailto:mpa...@tnc.orgmpa...@tnc.org or 
315-387-3600 x21) if you think you can help.  Thanks!

-Becky

The Nature Conservancy is looking for experienced 
birder volunteers to help survey sites on Tug 
Hill for the 2010 breeding season.  The surveys 
will take place primarily on our Tug Hill 
Conservation Area located in Lewis County.  The 
THCA is west of Whetstone Gulf State Park and 
south of Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area.  A 
few sites will be located on the Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area as well.
As you may know, a wind farm is being proposed 
adjacent to the Tug Hill Conservation Area and 
the Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area.  Many 
studies have been conducted examining the 
displacement of birds from breeding sites in 
grasslands.  However, not much is known about how 
interior forest nesting birds may respond to wind 
turbine development.  We have developed a rapid 
assessment designed to improve our understanding 
of the impacts industrial wind farms can have on 
forest breeding bird populations adjacent to the 
development site. This years efforts are a pilot 
study and will test our methods and study 
design.  We will use the results, as well as 
feedback from participants, to make adjustments 
to the study design as necessary for future years.

What does volunteering entail?
· Attend a training session or meet with 
TNC staff to learn the protocols.
· Go out at least once (and ideally more) during June and early July.
· Drive to the Tug Hill Conservation Area 
or Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area and hike 
through the forest and wetlands to the sampling 
sites.  Volunteers will need to be able to 
navigate by GPS or map and compass and traverse 
uneven ground.  Some sites are located off of old 
logging roads, but most are not near any trails or roads.
· Count all of the birds you see and hear 
in the woods at a predetermined point and in 
response to playback of a mobbing call.

What will TNC use this information for?
· We will work with agencies, wind energy 
companies, and other organizations to incorporate 
information on interior forest birds ecology and 
behavioral responses into energy project 
placement, setback guidelines, and mitigation efforts.
· We will share the results with 
researchers and others investigating wind and wildlife interactions.

How you can help:
We are seeking experienced volunteer birders who 
would be available to monitor specific sites 
during June and early July 2010.  We will work 
with your schedule to find sites and sampling 
periods that work for you.  If you are uncertain 
whether or not you are skilled or able enough, 
please contact usyou may very well be just what 
we need, or we can pair you with a more 
experienced birder in order to help you learn.

For more information or if you or someone you 
know might be interested in helping with this 
important conservation project, please contact 
Mary Pappa at mailto:mpa...@tnc.orgmpa...@tnc.org or 315-387-3600 x21.

Thank you!


Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093
(607) 652-2162
andyma...@earthling.net 
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