[nysbirds-l] SWAINSON’S HAWK: Galen, NY

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

The dark morph subadult Swainson’s Hawk has been relocated again this morning, 
here:

Latitude: 43.026328 / N 43° 1' 34.78''
Longitude: -76.829830 / W 76° 49' 47.388''

393 Tyre Road, Galen, NY.

Being watched now.

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Hi Everyone,

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mid-2009—in the event you are searching for specific historical posts.

Here’s how to search for historical posts at the Mail Archive—a process that 
may be useful for people interested in adding old records into eBird:

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6) You may wish to right-click on (or option-click) each message link and open 
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Hope this helps, and good birding!

Sincerely,
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[nysbirds-l] SAY’S PHOEBE: Cortland County, NY

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I received an eBird RBA email early this morning for Cortland County, NY. Among 
the reports, Gladys Birdsall entered into eBird with photos and description, a 
nice SAY’S PHOEBE. The sighting took place yesterday (12/16/2023) at 11:00am, 
about 4.6 miles northwest of Homer, NY on Houghton Hill Road, which is about 
7.5 miles northwest of Cortland, NY.

Map link:


[staticmap.png]
42°40'49.8"N 76°14'30.2"W
app.goo.gl

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[1200.png]
eBird Checklist - 16 Dec 2023 - Houghton Hill Rd. - 4 
species
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Politically Charged Messages

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

As a reminder, please keep any politically changed messages or hints about 
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It is against the rules for a reason.

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discussion at the discretion of the Listowner).

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[nysbirds-l] "NEONICS" -- NYS Birds and Bees Protection Act

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I’m sure others have been following this more closely than I have, but it came 
to my attention that there has been an effort to pass legislation in New York 
State which would ban the use of neonicotinoid “neonic" pesticides in NYS.

A prior attempt to pass legislation stalled in 2022, but it is being proposed 
again for the 2023 legislative session.

I thought I would share some information here about it, as I understand it:

Original 2021-2022 Assembly 
Bill:https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a7429/amendment/a (Passed)

Original 2021-2022 Senate Bill:  
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s699/amendment/d (Stalled in 
Committee)

Revised 2023-2024 Assembly Bill: 
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3226 (Active in Committee)

Revised 2023-2024 Senate Bill: 
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1856 (Active in Committee)

In Sum:

The legislation enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of 
certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the 
department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific 
information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.

Additional pertinent links:

https://abcbirds.org/neonics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0582-x

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/the-same-pesticides-linked-bee-declines-might

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/widely-used-pesticide-makes-birds-lose-weight

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/neonic-nation-is-widespread-pesticide-use-connected-to-grassland-bird-declines/

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/neonicotinoids-101-effects-humans-and-bees

https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/how-neonicotinoids-can-kill-bees

Those who may not have seen the documentary The Messenger, it is well worth 
watching.

https://songbirdsos.com/

In the documentary The Messenger they touch on some of the evidence being 
collected that links the damaging use of neonicotinoid pesticides, among many 
other detriments, which are contributing to the decline in global bird 
populations. I realize it is not available to stream for free, or at least 
nowhere I could easily find.

Hope this helps in better understanding the issues here.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] "NEONICS" -- NYS Birds and Bees Protection Act

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I’m sure others have been following this more closely than I have, but it came 
to my attention that there has been an effort to pass legislation in New York 
State which would ban the use of neonicotinoid “neonic" pesticides in NYS.

A prior attempt to pass legislation stalled in 2022, but it is being proposed 
again for the 2023 legislative session.

I thought I would share some information here about it, as I understand it:

Original 2021-2022 Assembly 
Bill:https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a7429/amendment/a (Passed)

Original 2021-2022 Senate Bill:  
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s699/amendment/d (Stalled in 
Committee)

Revised 2023-2024 Assembly Bill: 
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3226 (Active in Committee)

Revised 2023-2024 Senate Bill: 
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1856 (Active in Committee)

In Sum:

The legislation enacts the birds and bees protection act; prohibits the sale of 
certain pesticides or use of seeds coated with such pesticides; requires the 
department of environmental conservation to review the latest scientific 
information concerning certain pesticide active ingredients.

Additional pertinent links:

https://abcbirds.org/neonics

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0582-x

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/the-same-pesticides-linked-bee-declines-might

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/widely-used-pesticide-makes-birds-lose-weight

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/neonic-nation-is-widespread-pesticide-use-connected-to-grassland-bird-declines/

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/neonicotinoids-101-effects-humans-and-bees

https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/how-neonicotinoids-can-kill-bees

Those who may not have seen the documentary The Messenger, it is well worth 
watching.

https://songbirdsos.com/

In the documentary The Messenger they touch on some of the evidence being 
collected that links the damaging use of neonicotinoid pesticides, among many 
other detriments, which are contributing to the decline in global bird 
populations. I realize it is not available to stream for free, or at least 
nowhere I could easily find.

Hope this helps in better understanding the issues here.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin - Lewiston, along the Niagara River

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Forwarding this as a separate email, so that it will appear on some of the 
online archives.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Sent from my iPhone



Begin forwarded message:

From: Willie D'Anna 
Date: November 15, 2022 at 19:32:49 EST
To: geneseebirds , Geneseebirds 
, NYSBIRDS-L 
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Limpkin - Lewiston, along the Niagara River


A Limpkin was found by a local fishing guide, Frank Campbell, last Wednesday. 
This is the first NYS record, if accepted by the NYSARC. Frank has seen the 
bird several times since, including today, when he took of a photo of it and 
sent it to Connie Adams of the NYSDEC. Connie sent it to me to ask for an ID. I 
and three others converged on Lewiston Landing [eBird hotspot is called 
Niagara—Lewiston (NY)] and looked for over an hour with no luck. I asked Connie 
Adams if she could find out exactly where it was seen. She got back to me 
pretty soon and said that it had been there a week! She also said that it likes 
to hide in the bushes next to the harbor master building. Pretty strange 
behavior for a Limpkin! As she was telling me this, I was stopped right in 
front of the harbor master building. I looked at the weeds there and almost 
immediately I noticed some movement. It’s probably a squirrel, I thought. No 
way is that a Limpkin. As you probably guessed by now, it was indeed the 
Limpkin!

The Limpkin stayed in this patch of weeds all afternoon, except for brief 
forays onto the grass nearby. There are loads of snails here and it was having 
a feast. It looks quite healthy to me. Frank Campbell told me that he has not 
seen it fly but I think that’s only because it doesn’t need to, not because it 
is injured. Still, we will be keeping a close eye on it and will not hesitate 
to call a wildlife rehabilitator, if it seems to be having difficulty.

WHERE IT IS AND TIPS FOR SEEING IT: This bird should be easy to see if it stays 
in the same spot. If you don’t know the exact spot, it is very easy to miss, 
however, as we did this morning. The coordinates are 43.173805, -79.049374 
Mapped pin: https://goo.gl/maps/CyuEbPmWpmwBt1DL8  This is below the cliff, 
down at river level. You must park above at street level and take the stairs 
down. For those who have difficulty walking, you can be driven down and let off 
at water level. Look for the blue-gray building that says “harbor master” over 
one of the doors. Next to it is a blue-gray shed. The weeds that it was hanging 
out in all day today are between those two buildings, which are only 15 feet 
apart. The bird sometimes moves behind one of the buildings but you can usually 
find it by moving around. It is close, only 30 feet or so away, though usually 
obscured or made invisible by weeds, and does not seem particularly concerned 
about people. However, please do not surround it, as it does sometimes like to 
come out into the open.

Now for the tricky part – the weather. A major lake-effect snowstorm is being 
forecast for Buffalo and points north for Friday through Sunday. Often when 
this happens, Lewiston may not get that much snow. However, if you take the NYS 
Thruway all the way to Buffalo, you could run into some major snow on those 
days. One option would be to take I-490 through Rochester and come along Lake 
Ontario. It’s a few more miles but could save you a lot of time and 
aggravation. So, check the radar on your weather app before you get to the 
Rochester exits. For Wednesday and Thursday, the snow around Lewiston should be 
pretty minor, though not zero. At some point Thursday evening the snow will 
start to move northward.

Good luck if you try to see this amazing bird!
Willie
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Limpkin - Lewiston, along the Niagara River

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Forwarding this as a separate email, so that it will appear on some of the 
online archives.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Sent from my iPhone



Begin forwarded message:

From: Willie D'Anna 
Date: November 15, 2022 at 19:32:49 EST
To: geneseebirds , Geneseebirds 
, NYSBIRDS-L 
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Limpkin - Lewiston, along the Niagara River


A Limpkin was found by a local fishing guide, Frank Campbell, last Wednesday. 
This is the first NYS record, if accepted by the NYSARC. Frank has seen the 
bird several times since, including today, when he took of a photo of it and 
sent it to Connie Adams of the NYSDEC. Connie sent it to me to ask for an ID. I 
and three others converged on Lewiston Landing [eBird hotspot is called 
Niagara—Lewiston (NY)] and looked for over an hour with no luck. I asked Connie 
Adams if she could find out exactly where it was seen. She got back to me 
pretty soon and said that it had been there a week! She also said that it likes 
to hide in the bushes next to the harbor master building. Pretty strange 
behavior for a Limpkin! As she was telling me this, I was stopped right in 
front of the harbor master building. I looked at the weeds there and almost 
immediately I noticed some movement. It’s probably a squirrel, I thought. No 
way is that a Limpkin. As you probably guessed by now, it was indeed the 
Limpkin!

The Limpkin stayed in this patch of weeds all afternoon, except for brief 
forays onto the grass nearby. There are loads of snails here and it was having 
a feast. It looks quite healthy to me. Frank Campbell told me that he has not 
seen it fly but I think that’s only because it doesn’t need to, not because it 
is injured. Still, we will be keeping a close eye on it and will not hesitate 
to call a wildlife rehabilitator, if it seems to be having difficulty.

WHERE IT IS AND TIPS FOR SEEING IT: This bird should be easy to see if it stays 
in the same spot. If you don’t know the exact spot, it is very easy to miss, 
however, as we did this morning. The coordinates are 43.173805, -79.049374 
Mapped pin: https://goo.gl/maps/CyuEbPmWpmwBt1DL8  This is below the cliff, 
down at river level. You must park above at street level and take the stairs 
down. For those who have difficulty walking, you can be driven down and let off 
at water level. Look for the blue-gray building that says “harbor master” over 
one of the doors. Next to it is a blue-gray shed. The weeds that it was hanging 
out in all day today are between those two buildings, which are only 15 feet 
apart. The bird sometimes moves behind one of the buildings but you can usually 
find it by moving around. It is close, only 30 feet or so away, though usually 
obscured or made invisible by weeds, and does not seem particularly concerned 
about people. However, please do not surround it, as it does sometimes like to 
come out into the open.

Now for the tricky part – the weather. A major lake-effect snowstorm is being 
forecast for Buffalo and points north for Friday through Sunday. Often when 
this happens, Lewiston may not get that much snow. However, if you take the NYS 
Thruway all the way to Buffalo, you could run into some major snow on those 
days. One option would be to take I-490 through Rochester and come along Lake 
Ontario. It’s a few more miles but could save you a lot of time and 
aggravation. So, check the radar on your weather app before you get to the 
Rochester exits. For Wednesday and Thursday, the snow around Lewiston should be 
pretty minor, though not zero. At some point Thursday evening the snow will 
start to move northward.

Good luck if you try to see this amazing bird!
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: The Importance of Sharing Information and Cross-posting Rare Birds

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi everyone,

I’d like to add a some comments, having been a long-time subscriber of 
NYSbirds-L (which was started in ~1993-1994) and as current ADMIN (since 2004).

First, and most importantly: if you hear about a sighting of a presumed rare 
bird through eBird, social media, or another RBA chat group, please cross-post 
to NYSbirds-L immediately if it appears to be a legitimate sighting. A simple 
message like this would be excellent: “I just read about a report of a 
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher at Wave Hill in Riverdale, New York. More details 
should be forthcoming by others…!”

This is the preamble about NYSbirds-L, which is available at the Welcome and 
Basics informational link at Northeastbirding.com:

NYSbirds-L is an email list (the List) focused on the discussion of birds and 
birding in and around New York State.

The primary purpose of the List is to disseminate information about wild bird 
sightings in and around New York State in a timely manner and to provide an 
effective electronic forum for New York State area birders.

Questions and limited discussion on topics such as bird behavior, 
identification, conservation, and distribution, especially as these subjects 
relate to wild birds in and around New York State, are welcomed and encouraged. 
The List is not for the discussion of pet birds.

Ultimately, the determination of what is and is not appropriate to discuss on 
the List, and when a discussion should end, will be made by the Listowner.

Currently, there are nearly 1,500 email addresses subscribed to 
NYSbirds-L—which is the original state-wide New York eList that was created 
well before Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, GroupMe, or any other 
social media platform.

With tech companies constantly developing the next latest and greatest form of 
social media platforms, and with other forms of social media going extinct, 
there will always be this one state-wide electronic mail distribution list for 
New York State birds: NYSbirds-L. While I only enabled message archiving 
starting in 2009 at The Mail Archive 
(https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html), all 
archived email messages are searchable using the advanced search feature (key 
words, from, subject, date range, etc.).

We all recognize the clunkiness and potential time-delays associated with using 
email,  but it is a legitimate form of documentation—of “getting it in 
writing”—and emails only disappear when everyone deletes all of their email 
messages; someone will always have a copy of emailed messages posted here. 
Social media data and reports can disappear from social media accounts or 
become inaccessible the moment a company changes hands, shutters their virtual 
doors, changes their policy, or gets hacked.

Everyone cannot possibly be a member of every single social media platform just 
to stay informed. We all rely on each other to learn about important sightings 
and share those sightings in a timely manner.

Key points:

Is the NYSbirds-L eList a great way to share instantaneous messages, pictures, 
or to chat in back-and-forth banter with nasty opinions? No!

Is the NYSbirds-L eList a good way to share important timely sightings and 
documentation or to respectfully discuss such topics as bird behaviors, 
identification, conservation, and distribution changes? Yes!

Should unusual or rare birds be shared and cross-posted here to NYSbirds-L? 
Yes! (within reason, and using best cautionary judgement for certain sensitive 
or breeding species…)

If you are a subscriber of NYSbirds-L and you hear about a rare bird sighting, 
should you wait until the original finder or someone else gets around to 
posting a message to NYSbirds-L about a recently sighted rare bird? No!

Most Importantly:

If you hear about a sighting of a presumed rare bird through eBird, social 
media, or another RBA chat group, please cross-post to NYSbirds-L immediately 
if it appears to be a legitimate sighting. A simple message like this would be 
excellent: “I just read about a report of a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher at Wave 
Hill in Riverdale, New York. More details should be forthcoming by others…!”

I’ll not forget this quote from Kevin McGowan many years ago, loosely recalled 
as: "I’d rather hear about a possible good bird and chase it to find out it is 
not what it was thought to be, than wait to find out about a positively 
confirmed really good bird, well after the bird is gone."

Thanks to everyone for being respectful and for sharing knowledge and 
information widely and in a timely manner!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
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Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: The Importance of Sharing Information and Cross-posting Rare Birds

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi everyone,

I’d like to add a some comments, having been a long-time subscriber of 
NYSbirds-L (which was started in ~1993-1994) and as current ADMIN (since 2004).

First, and most importantly: if you hear about a sighting of a presumed rare 
bird through eBird, social media, or another RBA chat group, please cross-post 
to NYSbirds-L immediately if it appears to be a legitimate sighting. A simple 
message like this would be excellent: “I just read about a report of a 
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher at Wave Hill in Riverdale, New York. More details 
should be forthcoming by others…!”

This is the preamble about NYSbirds-L, which is available at the Welcome and 
Basics informational link at Northeastbirding.com:

NYSbirds-L is an email list (the List) focused on the discussion of birds and 
birding in and around New York State.

The primary purpose of the List is to disseminate information about wild bird 
sightings in and around New York State in a timely manner and to provide an 
effective electronic forum for New York State area birders.

Questions and limited discussion on topics such as bird behavior, 
identification, conservation, and distribution, especially as these subjects 
relate to wild birds in and around New York State, are welcomed and encouraged. 
The List is not for the discussion of pet birds.

Ultimately, the determination of what is and is not appropriate to discuss on 
the List, and when a discussion should end, will be made by the Listowner.

Currently, there are nearly 1,500 email addresses subscribed to 
NYSbirds-L—which is the original state-wide New York eList that was created 
well before Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, GroupMe, or any other 
social media platform.

With tech companies constantly developing the next latest and greatest form of 
social media platforms, and with other forms of social media going extinct, 
there will always be this one state-wide electronic mail distribution list for 
New York State birds: NYSbirds-L. While I only enabled message archiving 
starting in 2009 at The Mail Archive 
(https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html), all 
archived email messages are searchable using the advanced search feature (key 
words, from, subject, date range, etc.).

We all recognize the clunkiness and potential time-delays associated with using 
email,  but it is a legitimate form of documentation—of “getting it in 
writing”—and emails only disappear when everyone deletes all of their email 
messages; someone will always have a copy of emailed messages posted here. 
Social media data and reports can disappear from social media accounts or 
become inaccessible the moment a company changes hands, shutters their virtual 
doors, changes their policy, or gets hacked.

Everyone cannot possibly be a member of every single social media platform just 
to stay informed. We all rely on each other to learn about important sightings 
and share those sightings in a timely manner.

Key points:

Is the NYSbirds-L eList a great way to share instantaneous messages, pictures, 
or to chat in back-and-forth banter with nasty opinions? No!

Is the NYSbirds-L eList a good way to share important timely sightings and 
documentation or to respectfully discuss such topics as bird behaviors, 
identification, conservation, and distribution changes? Yes!

Should unusual or rare birds be shared and cross-posted here to NYSbirds-L? 
Yes! (within reason, and using best cautionary judgement for certain sensitive 
or breeding species…)

If you are a subscriber of NYSbirds-L and you hear about a rare bird sighting, 
should you wait until the original finder or someone else gets around to 
posting a message to NYSbirds-L about a recently sighted rare bird? No!

Most Importantly:

If you hear about a sighting of a presumed rare bird through eBird, social 
media, or another RBA chat group, please cross-post to NYSbirds-L immediately 
if it appears to be a legitimate sighting. A simple message like this would be 
excellent: “I just read about a report of a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher at Wave 
Hill in Riverdale, New York. More details should be forthcoming by others…!”

I’ll not forget this quote from Kevin McGowan many years ago, loosely recalled 
as: "I’d rather hear about a possible good bird and chase it to find out it is 
not what it was thought to be, than wait to find out about a positively 
confirmed really good bird, well after the bird is gone."

Thanks to everyone for being respectful and for sharing knowledge and 
information widely and in a timely manner!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information

[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Flaming and Offensive Messages

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

NYSbirds-L State-wide Birding Community:

As some of you may have seen, a message was posted to the NYSbirds-L eList on 
Thursday (4/21) that was in flagrant violation of the Rules of NYSbirds-L.

The Rules of NYSbirds-L are accessible here:

http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm.

It is my belief that the individual joined NYSbirds-L (on 4/17/22) for the 
explicit purpose of eventually posting a publicly flaming and offensive message 
to over 1,400 subscribed email addresses, and countless hundreds or thousands 
of non-subscribed birders reading these birding posts at various online sites. 
The violator has been suspended and will be banned following distribution of 
this message.

Regardless of how passionately someone may feel concerning the behaviors of an 
individual or individuals, it is intolerable to use this forum to post any 
publicly flaming or offensive messages directed at individuals.

If anyone has specific personal concerns about other users or topics posted on 
this eList, please do not post these concerns to the entire List. Instead, 
direct concerns to the Listowner, off-list.

As Listowner, I would like to publicly apologize for not responding to this 
sooner, as I have been preoccupied with other commitments.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave


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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Flaming and Offensive Messages

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

NYSbirds-L State-wide Birding Community:

As some of you may have seen, a message was posted to the NYSbirds-L eList on 
Thursday (4/21) that was in flagrant violation of the Rules of NYSbirds-L.

The Rules of NYSbirds-L are accessible here:

http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm.

It is my belief that the individual joined NYSbirds-L (on 4/17/22) for the 
explicit purpose of eventually posting a publicly flaming and offensive message 
to over 1,400 subscribed email addresses, and countless hundreds or thousands 
of non-subscribed birders reading these birding posts at various online sites. 
The violator has been suspended and will be banned following distribution of 
this message.

Regardless of how passionately someone may feel concerning the behaviors of an 
individual or individuals, it is intolerable to use this forum to post any 
publicly flaming or offensive messages directed at individuals.

If anyone has specific personal concerns about other users or topics posted on 
this eList, please do not post these concerns to the entire List. Instead, 
direct concerns to the Listowner, off-list.

As Listowner, I would like to publicly apologize for not responding to this 
sooner, as I have been preoccupied with other commitments.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave


--

NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Disrespectful Emails & ABA Code of Birding Ethics

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Everyone,

Please discontinue this disrespectful conversation, now. I have addressed the 
disrespectful emails in private.

If you have further comments, or other future concerns, please direct them to 
the eList owner—instead of broadcasting it to all 1,250+ subscribed email 
addresses and countless online readership.

As a reminder, here are the general eList rules and the eList welcome and 
information links: http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm and 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm.

I am also copying the American Birding Association’s Code of Birding Ethics 
here (link: https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/):

1. Respect and promote birds and their environment.

(a) Support the conservation of birds and their habitats. Engage in and promote 
bird-friendly practices whenever possible, such as keeping cats and other 
domestic animals indoors or controlled, acting to prevent window strikes, 
maintaining safe feeding stations, landscaping with native plants, drinking 
shade-grown coffee, and advocating for conservation policies. Be mindful of any 
negative environmental impacts of your activities, including contributing to 
climate change. Reduce or offset such impacts as much as you are able.

(b) Avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger. Be particularly cautious 
around active nests and nesting colonies, roosts, display sites, and feeding 
sites. Limit the use of recordings and other audio methods of attracting birds, 
particularly in heavily birded areas, for species that are rare in the area, 
and for species that are threatened or endangered. Always exercise caution and 
restraint when photographing, recording, or otherwise approaching birds.

(c) Always minimize habitat disturbance. Consider the benefits of staying on 
trails, preserving snags, and similar practices.

2. Respect and promote the birding community and its individual members.

(a) Be an exemplary ethical role model by following this Code and leading by 
example. Always bird and report with honesty and integrity.

(b) Respect the interests, rights, and skill levels of fellow birders, as well 
as people participating in other outdoor activities. Freely share your 
knowledge and experience and be especially helpful to beginning birders.

(c) Share bird observations freely, provided such reporting would not violate 
other sections of this Code, as birders, ornithologists, and conservationists 
derive considerable benefit from publicly available bird sightings.

(d) Approach instances of perceived unethical birding behavior with sensitivity 
and respect; try to resolve the matter in a positive manner, keeping in mind 
that perspectives vary. Use the situation as an opportunity to teach by example 
and to introduce more people to this Code.

(e) In group birding situations, promote knowledge by everyone in the group of 
the practices in this Code and ensure that the group does not unduly interfere 
with others using the same area.

3. Respect and promote the law and the rights of others.

(a) Never enter private property without the landowner’s permission. Respect 
the interests of and interact positively with people living in the area where 
you are birding.

(b) Familiarize yourself with and follow all laws, rules, and regulations 
governing activities at your birding location. In particular, be aware of 
regulations related to birds, such as disturbance of protected nesting areas or 
sensitive habitats, and the use of audio or food lures.

Please be respectful of each other online and in the field.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

NYSbirds-L Listowner
Ithaca, NY



--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave


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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Disrespectful Emails & ABA Code of Birding Ethics

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Everyone,

Please discontinue this disrespectful conversation, now. I have addressed the 
disrespectful emails in private.

If you have further comments, or other future concerns, please direct them to 
the eList owner—instead of broadcasting it to all 1,250+ subscribed email 
addresses and countless online readership.

As a reminder, here are the general eList rules and the eList welcome and 
information links: http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm and 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm.

I am also copying the American Birding Association’s Code of Birding Ethics 
here (link: https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/):

1. Respect and promote birds and their environment.

(a) Support the conservation of birds and their habitats. Engage in and promote 
bird-friendly practices whenever possible, such as keeping cats and other 
domestic animals indoors or controlled, acting to prevent window strikes, 
maintaining safe feeding stations, landscaping with native plants, drinking 
shade-grown coffee, and advocating for conservation policies. Be mindful of any 
negative environmental impacts of your activities, including contributing to 
climate change. Reduce or offset such impacts as much as you are able.

(b) Avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger. Be particularly cautious 
around active nests and nesting colonies, roosts, display sites, and feeding 
sites. Limit the use of recordings and other audio methods of attracting birds, 
particularly in heavily birded areas, for species that are rare in the area, 
and for species that are threatened or endangered. Always exercise caution and 
restraint when photographing, recording, or otherwise approaching birds.

(c) Always minimize habitat disturbance. Consider the benefits of staying on 
trails, preserving snags, and similar practices.

2. Respect and promote the birding community and its individual members.

(a) Be an exemplary ethical role model by following this Code and leading by 
example. Always bird and report with honesty and integrity.

(b) Respect the interests, rights, and skill levels of fellow birders, as well 
as people participating in other outdoor activities. Freely share your 
knowledge and experience and be especially helpful to beginning birders.

(c) Share bird observations freely, provided such reporting would not violate 
other sections of this Code, as birders, ornithologists, and conservationists 
derive considerable benefit from publicly available bird sightings.

(d) Approach instances of perceived unethical birding behavior with sensitivity 
and respect; try to resolve the matter in a positive manner, keeping in mind 
that perspectives vary. Use the situation as an opportunity to teach by example 
and to introduce more people to this Code.

(e) In group birding situations, promote knowledge by everyone in the group of 
the practices in this Code and ensure that the group does not unduly interfere 
with others using the same area.

3. Respect and promote the law and the rights of others.

(a) Never enter private property without the landowner’s permission. Respect 
the interests of and interact positively with people living in the area where 
you are birding.

(b) Familiarize yourself with and follow all laws, rules, and regulations 
governing activities at your birding location. In particular, be aware of 
regulations related to birds, such as disturbance of protected nesting areas or 
sensitive habitats, and the use of audio or food lures.

Please be respectful of each other online and in the field.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

NYSbirds-L Listowner
Ithaca, NY



--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave


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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] TEST - Disregard

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

TEST - Disregard
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Ithaca, New York
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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] TEST - Disregard

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

TEST - Disregard
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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: GMAIL - HELD Issues

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

For those who are able to receive this message, please be aware that I am 
working with the Cornell eList Manager to resolve this issue—if at least 
temporarily.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave


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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: GMAIL - HELD Issues

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

For those who are able to receive this message, please be aware that I am 
working with the Cornell eList Manager to resolve this issue—if at least 
temporarily.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
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Information
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Leave


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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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LINKS - Re: [nysbirds-l] News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and cats.

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Further on this topic: someone just passed along a PDF of full text of the 
study.
Reply off list, if a copy would be of interest.
Anne SwaimSaw Mill River Audubonwww.sawmillriveraudubon.org




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Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 
607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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LINKS - Re: [nysbirds-l] News Alert: North America has lost 29% of its birds since 1970, study finds. Experts blame habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and cats.

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Further on this topic: someone just passed along a PDF of full text of the 
study.
Reply off list, if a copy would be of interest.
Anne SwaimSaw Mill River Audubonwww.sawmillriveraudubon.org




--
Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 
607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] Dryden, NY - Hammond Hill State Forest Birding: Few Birds

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am sending this again as a separate message to NYSbirds-L. It appears that by 
sending a message to multiple simultaneous eLists, some messages don’t reach 
the various online archives.

==

Good evening,

This morning I was joined by Bartels Science Illustrator, Jessica French, for a 
birding trip to Hammond Hill State Forest. It was disconcertingly quiet up 
there. I probably should not have had such high expectations, given how quiet 
this spring has been (a handful of very quiet trips to the Hawthorn Orchard) 
and how few night flight calls were recorded over our house in Etna. I’m still 
analyzing my night flight call data, but those data from May 3 through May 24 
are concerning, to say the least. I have also read postings from VINS and 
notable Bicknell’s Thrush researcher, Chris Rimmer, making similar observations 
about his Mount Mansfield, VT, field site this spring (“disquietingly low” 
vocal activity and mist net captures).

Here are two checklists completed from our two, approximate four-mile, 
bushwhack walks this morning. Nice habitat. Few insects. Few birds. No ticks 
(but not complaining).

Loop to SE of Star Stanton and Canaan Rd Intersection:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57605395

Notably absent or low numbers of birds --
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo (very low numbers)
Winter Wren
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager (very low numbers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Loop between Hammond Hill and Canaan Rd:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57605776

Notably absent or low numbers of birds --
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo (very low numbers)
Winter Wren
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager (very low numbers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Concerned,
Chris T-H

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PO Box 488
8 Etna Lane
Etna, NY 13062
607-351-5740





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[nysbirds-l] Dryden, NY - Hammond Hill State Forest Birding: Few Birds

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am sending this again as a separate message to NYSbirds-L. It appears that by 
sending a message to multiple simultaneous eLists, some messages don’t reach 
the various online archives.

==

Good evening,

This morning I was joined by Bartels Science Illustrator, Jessica French, for a 
birding trip to Hammond Hill State Forest. It was disconcertingly quiet up 
there. I probably should not have had such high expectations, given how quiet 
this spring has been (a handful of very quiet trips to the Hawthorn Orchard) 
and how few night flight calls were recorded over our house in Etna. I’m still 
analyzing my night flight call data, but those data from May 3 through May 24 
are concerning, to say the least. I have also read postings from VINS and 
notable Bicknell’s Thrush researcher, Chris Rimmer, making similar observations 
about his Mount Mansfield, VT, field site this spring (“disquietingly low” 
vocal activity and mist net captures).

Here are two checklists completed from our two, approximate four-mile, 
bushwhack walks this morning. Nice habitat. Few insects. Few birds. No ticks 
(but not complaining).

Loop to SE of Star Stanton and Canaan Rd Intersection:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57605395

Notably absent or low numbers of birds --
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo (very low numbers)
Winter Wren
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager (very low numbers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Loop between Hammond Hill and Canaan Rd:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57605776

Notably absent or low numbers of birds --
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo (very low numbers)
Winter Wren
Wood Thrush
Baltimore Oriole
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager (very low numbers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Concerned,
Chris T-H

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PO Box 488
8 Etna Lane
Etna, NY 13062
607-351-5740





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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: List Use and Rules Reminder

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

In light of recent inappropriate messages, I would like to take a moment to 
remind users of the NYSbirds-L eList that there are basic rules to help guide 
what is and is not appropriate content for NYSbirds-L. These rules may be found 
here: http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm.

Please discontinue the conversation about the apparent abuse of a user’s 
Twitter account. The NYSbirds-L eList is not the place for discussion about 
issues occurring on an entirely different social media platform. I have already 
notified the original poster about the inappropriate nature of the post to 
NYSbirds-L.

If you are uncertain about the appropriateness of what you wish to post, please 
don’t hesitate to ask me in private (off list) first.

Likewise, if you feel that a posting which has already been distributed to the 
NYSbirds-L eList may be inflammatory or may be in violation of the basic eList 
Rules, please forward the message in question to me with a brief explanation of 
the concern. In general, it is more effective for an eList Administrator to 
address concerns, because we have access to various mechanisms to help manage 
inappropriate situations occurring on an eList.

Thanks in advance and good birding!

Sincerely,

Chris Tessaglia-Hymes


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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: List Use and Rules Reminder

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

In light of recent inappropriate messages, I would like to take a moment to 
remind users of the NYSbirds-L eList that there are basic rules to help guide 
what is and is not appropriate content for NYSbirds-L. These rules may be found 
here: http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm.

Please discontinue the conversation about the apparent abuse of a user’s 
Twitter account. The NYSbirds-L eList is not the place for discussion about 
issues occurring on an entirely different social media platform. I have already 
notified the original poster about the inappropriate nature of the post to 
NYSbirds-L.

If you are uncertain about the appropriateness of what you wish to post, please 
don’t hesitate to ask me in private (off list) first.

Likewise, if you feel that a posting which has already been distributed to the 
NYSbirds-L eList may be inflammatory or may be in violation of the basic eList 
Rules, please forward the message in question to me with a brief explanation of 
the concern. In general, it is more effective for an eList Administrator to 
address concerns, because we have access to various mechanisms to help manage 
inappropriate situations occurring on an eList.

Thanks in advance and good birding!

Sincerely,

Chris Tessaglia-Hymes


--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
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Information
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList and DMARC Policies

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi Jeanne, et. al.,

It appears that you may not be receiving messages posted by you because of 
Yahoo’s DMARC policy. I’m not sure if you are familiar with DMARC policies 
implemented by email service providers since 2014 (which you can read more 
about here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN24050.html and here: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC), but these policy changes are an attempt 
to curb spam. One downside to DMARC policy implementation is that sometimes a 
legitimate email message will get flagged as spam and won’t get delivered to a 
recipient. One of the DMARC policies used by DMARC-compliant email service 
providers, such as Yahoo, may result in a message getting flagged if, for 
example, it originated from a Yahoo email address, but did not appear to 
originate from the Yahoo email server.

In the case of messages sent to the NYSbirds-L eList, all messages come in to 
Cornell’s Lyris Listmanager server from a sender’s email service provider 
(i.e., domain = @yahoo.com), which then gets redirected out 
from Cornell’s Lyris Listmanager server (domain = 
@list.cornell.edu) to all subscribed email addresses 
(currently 1,255 subscribers). This process makes the original recipient email 
address server and the “sender’s” email address server different. When the 
message is attempted to be delivered to a DMARC-compliant email service 
provider, especially if the recipient has the same email service provider as 
the original sender’s (i.e., Yahoo), then the message gets flagged, rejected, 
and fails delivery.

Here’s a good graphic that visually demonstrates this process: 
https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/pftp-dmarc-blog-healthcare-2.png

One approach to work around this DMARC spam filtering is to arrange with your 
Internet Service Provider to whitelist any messages coming from the 
@list.cornell.edu domain.

Here are some useful links:

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-do-i-whitelist-email-sender-or-a-domain-in-yahoo-mail-3515043

http://onlinegroups.net/blog/2014/02/25/how-to-whitelist-an-email-address/

https://itstillworks.com/add-domain-names-safe-lists-yahoo-20269.html

While I know how frustrating this may be, hopefully this is helpful in 
explaining the root cause and I apologize that some subscribers are having 
these or similar issues.

Sincerely,
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes

NYSbirds-L eList Owner
Ithaca, NY


On Nov 22, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Jeanne 
mailto:dylansmom...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

I posted a lapland long spur yesterday along with snow buntings and horned 
larks. It was never posted!! But they posted my question immediatly? Lmao

Sent from Yahoo Mail on 
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList and DMARC Policies

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi Jeanne, et. al.,

It appears that you may not be receiving messages posted by you because of 
Yahoo’s DMARC policy. I’m not sure if you are familiar with DMARC policies 
implemented by email service providers since 2014 (which you can read more 
about here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN24050.html and here: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC), but these policy changes are an attempt 
to curb spam. One downside to DMARC policy implementation is that sometimes a 
legitimate email message will get flagged as spam and won’t get delivered to a 
recipient. One of the DMARC policies used by DMARC-compliant email service 
providers, such as Yahoo, may result in a message getting flagged if, for 
example, it originated from a Yahoo email address, but did not appear to 
originate from the Yahoo email server.

In the case of messages sent to the NYSbirds-L eList, all messages come in to 
Cornell’s Lyris Listmanager server from a sender’s email service provider 
(i.e., domain = @yahoo.com), which then gets redirected out 
from Cornell’s Lyris Listmanager server (domain = 
@list.cornell.edu) to all subscribed email addresses 
(currently 1,255 subscribers). This process makes the original recipient email 
address server and the “sender’s” email address server different. When the 
message is attempted to be delivered to a DMARC-compliant email service 
provider, especially if the recipient has the same email service provider as 
the original sender’s (i.e., Yahoo), then the message gets flagged, rejected, 
and fails delivery.

Here’s a good graphic that visually demonstrates this process: 
https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/pftp-dmarc-blog-healthcare-2.png

One approach to work around this DMARC spam filtering is to arrange with your 
Internet Service Provider to whitelist any messages coming from the 
@list.cornell.edu domain.

Here are some useful links:

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-do-i-whitelist-email-sender-or-a-domain-in-yahoo-mail-3515043

http://onlinegroups.net/blog/2014/02/25/how-to-whitelist-an-email-address/

https://itstillworks.com/add-domain-names-safe-lists-yahoo-20269.html

While I know how frustrating this may be, hopefully this is helpful in 
explaining the root cause and I apologize that some subscribers are having 
these or similar issues.

Sincerely,
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes

NYSbirds-L eList Owner
Ithaca, NY


On Nov 22, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Jeanne 
mailto:dylansmom...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

I posted a lapland long spur yesterday along with snow buntings and horned 
larks. It was never posted!! But they posted my question immediatly? Lmao

Sent from Yahoo Mail on 
Android
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Messages and Archives

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good afternoon,

Yes, there are issues with subscribers receiving all email messages from 
certain people who have posted messages to NYSbirds-L. It all depends upon your 
email service provider’s email handling and their DMARC policy (you can Google 
it if you want to understand more).

As for archives showing up online, it is very important that you take a moment 
to make sure the messages are being sent out with the "NYSbirds-L@" email 
address in the To: field. If the eList address appears only in the Cc: field, 
the resulting message might be missed on certain archives and may not show up 
online; however, this should not affect subscribers receiving them in email 
form, other than the DMARC issue mentioned above.

For several years now, I’ve had NYSbirds-L established in The Mail Archive. You 
can read all messages online and you can adjust how they are displayed in your 
browser (via thread, versus by date), plus you can conduct either basic or 
advanced searches. The direct link is here: 
https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html and a link is 
also accessible at the main Northeast Birding website, here: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com.

Hope this helps and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Messages and Archives

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good afternoon,

Yes, there are issues with subscribers receiving all email messages from 
certain people who have posted messages to NYSbirds-L. It all depends upon your 
email service provider’s email handling and their DMARC policy (you can Google 
it if you want to understand more).

As for archives showing up online, it is very important that you take a moment 
to make sure the messages are being sent out with the "NYSbirds-L@" email 
address in the To: field. If the eList address appears only in the Cc: field, 
the resulting message might be missed on certain archives and may not show up 
online; however, this should not affect subscribers receiving them in email 
form, other than the DMARC issue mentioned above.

For several years now, I’ve had NYSbirds-L established in The Mail Archive. You 
can read all messages online and you can adjust how they are displayed in your 
browser (via thread, versus by date), plus you can conduct either basic or 
advanced searches. The direct link is here: 
https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html and a link is 
also accessible at the main Northeast Birding website, here: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com.

Hope this helps and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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Archives
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Basics
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Information
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: AGAIN, NYSbirds-L Etiquette

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Folks…come on. Please play nice.

==

Good evening,

This message is for those of you who may be new to the NYSbirds-L eList or who 
may be unaware of eList etiquette, especially for an eList with a substantial 
subscriber base and broad online readership.

NYSbirds-L is comprised of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses, whose email 
addresses receive messages posted to NYSbirds-L. There are countless hundreds 
to thousands of additional persons interested in sightings posted to NYSbirds-L 
who read postings to NYSbirds-L by using other forms of online archives for 
this eList (without being a subscriber).

When you post a message to NYSbirds-L, please make sure your intent is for the 
thousands of people to receive and read your message. If this is not the 
intent, please do not post to the entire eList. Instead, consider directing the 
message only to the person for which the message is intended. Sometimes this 
happens by accident and it can understandably be quite embarrassing – that’s 
okay, it has happened to the best of us.

That being said, if an inappropriate message is posted to the entire eList with 
intent, don’t do it again. You will likely be placed into moderated status, 
often delaying, if not preventing future postings from you.

Please don’t disrespect or lambast people for how the word of a sighting gets 
distributed or negatively criticize people over potential misidentifications, 
especially of good birds. Would you rather hear about a potential good bird 
that may be misidentified and later corrected, or hear about it too late, after 
it’s gone?

Thanks and good birding to those who have time to get out there!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Again, please don’t forget to visit the following very basic site for 
information about NYSbirds-L, including the eList rules: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: AGAIN, NYSbirds-L Etiquette

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Folks…come on. Please play nice.

==

Good evening,

This message is for those of you who may be new to the NYSbirds-L eList or who 
may be unaware of eList etiquette, especially for an eList with a substantial 
subscriber base and broad online readership.

NYSbirds-L is comprised of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses, whose email 
addresses receive messages posted to NYSbirds-L. There are countless hundreds 
to thousands of additional persons interested in sightings posted to NYSbirds-L 
who read postings to NYSbirds-L by using other forms of online archives for 
this eList (without being a subscriber).

When you post a message to NYSbirds-L, please make sure your intent is for the 
thousands of people to receive and read your message. If this is not the 
intent, please do not post to the entire eList. Instead, consider directing the 
message only to the person for which the message is intended. Sometimes this 
happens by accident and it can understandably be quite embarrassing – that’s 
okay, it has happened to the best of us.

That being said, if an inappropriate message is posted to the entire eList with 
intent, don’t do it again. You will likely be placed into moderated status, 
often delaying, if not preventing future postings from you.

Please don’t disrespect or lambast people for how the word of a sighting gets 
distributed or negatively criticize people over potential misidentifications, 
especially of good birds. Would you rather hear about a potential good bird 
that may be misidentified and later corrected, or hear about it too late, after 
it’s gone?

Thanks and good birding to those who have time to get out there!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Again, please don’t forget to visit the following very basic site for 
information about NYSbirds-L, including the eList rules: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com

--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and 
Leave

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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: NYSbirds-L Etiquette

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good evening,

This message is for those of you who may be new to the NYSbirds-L eList or who 
may be unaware of eList etiquette, especially for an eList with a substantial 
subscriber base and broad online readership.

NYSbirds-L is comprised of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses, whose email 
addresses receive messages posted to NYSbirds-L. There are countless hundreds 
to thousands of additional persons interested in sightings posted to NYSbirds-L 
who read postings to NYSbirds-L by using other forms of online archives for 
this eList (without being a subscriber).

When you post a message to NYSbirds-L, please make sure your intent is for the 
thousands of people to receive and read your message. If this is not the 
intent, please do not post to the entire eList. Instead, consider directing the 
message only to the person for which the message is intended. Sometimes this 
happens by accident and it can understandably be quite embarrassing – that’s 
okay, it has happened to the best of us.

That being said, if an inappropriate message is posted to the entire eList with 
intent, don’t do it again. You will likely be placed into moderated status, 
often delaying, if not preventing future postings from you.

As to the misunderstanding about eBird. Many birders throughout the World now 
use eBird as a tool to record their bird sightings for both personal use and 
for the greater good of better understanding bird populations and movements; 
whether simply birding in your backyard, visiting your local community birding 
spot, or while visiting a place completely new to you, eBird can be a great way 
to record what you see while also getting the sighting into a database without 
being connected to any one specific birding social media (eList, Facebook, RBA 
texting community, etc.).

As a result of the use of eBird as a data reporting tool, it may seem rather 
exclusive, but it is not! After subscribing to eBird and establishing your 
account, you can set up personalized eBird alerts to be sent to your email 
address with a county-by-county configuration. New sightings that are deemed 
noteworthy or unusual (by eBird) are automatically sent to those configured 
eBird account email addresses. This is how the recent sighting of a Townsend’s 
Solitaire was reported to NYSbirds-L. An individual unable to post their 
sighting to NYSbirds-L had posted their sighting (with pictures) directly into 
eBird. The eBird alert went out to several people and a fellow NYSbirds-L eList 
subscriber took it upon themselves to alert the rest of the NYSbirds-L eList 
community of the rarity. This is how good word is spread.

Please don’t disrespect or lambast people for how the word of a sighting gets 
distributed. Ask yourself this: would you rather hear about a sighting late, or 
not at all? Without everyone stepping in for the greater good, very few of us 
would hear about great sightings such as this Townsend’s Solitaire.

Thanks and good birding to those who have time to get out there!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

PS – Don’t forget to visit the following site for basic information about 
NYSbirds-L, including the eList rules: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com

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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: NYSbirds-L Etiquette

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good evening,

This message is for those of you who may be new to the NYSbirds-L eList or who 
may be unaware of eList etiquette, especially for an eList with a substantial 
subscriber base and broad online readership.

NYSbirds-L is comprised of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses, whose email 
addresses receive messages posted to NYSbirds-L. There are countless hundreds 
to thousands of additional persons interested in sightings posted to NYSbirds-L 
who read postings to NYSbirds-L by using other forms of online archives for 
this eList (without being a subscriber).

When you post a message to NYSbirds-L, please make sure your intent is for the 
thousands of people to receive and read your message. If this is not the 
intent, please do not post to the entire eList. Instead, consider directing the 
message only to the person for which the message is intended. Sometimes this 
happens by accident and it can understandably be quite embarrassing – that’s 
okay, it has happened to the best of us.

That being said, if an inappropriate message is posted to the entire eList with 
intent, don’t do it again. You will likely be placed into moderated status, 
often delaying, if not preventing future postings from you.

As to the misunderstanding about eBird. Many birders throughout the World now 
use eBird as a tool to record their bird sightings for both personal use and 
for the greater good of better understanding bird populations and movements; 
whether simply birding in your backyard, visiting your local community birding 
spot, or while visiting a place completely new to you, eBird can be a great way 
to record what you see while also getting the sighting into a database without 
being connected to any one specific birding social media (eList, Facebook, RBA 
texting community, etc.).

As a result of the use of eBird as a data reporting tool, it may seem rather 
exclusive, but it is not! After subscribing to eBird and establishing your 
account, you can set up personalized eBird alerts to be sent to your email 
address with a county-by-county configuration. New sightings that are deemed 
noteworthy or unusual (by eBird) are automatically sent to those configured 
eBird account email addresses. This is how the recent sighting of a Townsend’s 
Solitaire was reported to NYSbirds-L. An individual unable to post their 
sighting to NYSbirds-L had posted their sighting (with pictures) directly into 
eBird. The eBird alert went out to several people and a fellow NYSbirds-L eList 
subscriber took it upon themselves to alert the rest of the NYSbirds-L eList 
community of the rarity. This is how good word is spread.

Please don’t disrespect or lambast people for how the word of a sighting gets 
distributed. Ask yourself this: would you rather hear about a sighting late, or 
not at all? Without everyone stepping in for the greater good, very few of us 
would hear about great sightings such as this Townsend’s Solitaire.

Thanks and good birding to those who have time to get out there!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

PS – Don’t forget to visit the following site for basic information about 
NYSbirds-L, including the eList rules: 
http://www.NortheastBirding.com

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
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Information
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Update

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

As many of you are aware, this eList service experienced an unplanned outage 
from early on 13 November until just this morning. This resulted from a major 
outage caused by a failure in a storage array in the server farm housing many 
Cornell University services. Cornell Information Technology (CIT) has been 
working around the clock to bring everything back online again. Several 
University services are still offline.

Details and updates about this unplanned outage may be monitored here: 
https://itservicealerts.hosting.cornell.edu/view/4982

As far as I understand, older submissions to this eList remain in the queue and 
should be sent out as soon as the eList comes completely back online.

If you don’t see your previously submitted message posted here 
https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html (Google: The 
Mail Archive, NYSbirds-L), and if you feel it is still relevant today, please 
feel free to re-send to the eList once again and verify that it appears at The 
Mail Archive.

We have grown so accustomed to having certain internet services at our 
fingertips, that when these relied-upon services disappear, it can be quite a 
shock.

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Update

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

As many of you are aware, this eList service experienced an unplanned outage 
from early on 13 November until just this morning. This resulted from a major 
outage caused by a failure in a storage array in the server farm housing many 
Cornell University services. Cornell Information Technology (CIT) has been 
working around the clock to bring everything back online again. Several 
University services are still offline.

Details and updates about this unplanned outage may be monitored here: 
https://itservicealerts.hosting.cornell.edu/view/4982

As far as I understand, older submissions to this eList remain in the queue and 
should be sent out as soon as the eList comes completely back online.

If you don’t see your previously submitted message posted here 
https://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html (Google: The 
Mail Archive, NYSbirds-L), and if you feel it is still relevant today, please 
feel free to re-send to the eList once again and verify that it appears at The 
Mail Archive.

We have grown so accustomed to having certain internet services at our 
fingertips, that when these relied-upon services disappear, it can be quite a 
shock.

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

--
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes
Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and 
Basics
NYSbirds-L – Rules and 
Information
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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DECEASED - Re: [nysbirds-l] Corn Crake at Cedar Beach (Suffolk Co.)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is unfortunate news for such a phenomenal bird – and for birders traveling 
to see this individual.

Thought I’d make this topic more obvious in the subject.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Nov 9, 2017, at 6:29 AM, Scott Gilbert 
> wrote:

Unfortunately, I am sad to report Corn Crake found deceased in same location 
this A.M. 6:25 by other birders.

On Nov 7, 2017 11:44 AM, 
> wrote:
A Corn Crake (this is no joke) is currently feeding on the north shoulder of 
the Ocean Parkway east of the Cedar Beach marina. The bird is staying close to 
the shrubline. From the west bound lane line up the Cedar Overlook cell tower 
to your left. Also, there is a south facing “Emergency Stopping Only” sign on 
the north side of the parkway. Sue and I are watching the bird with Shai Mitra 
and Pat Lindsay. Photos later on my Flickr site.

Ken @ Sue Feustel

Sent from my iPhone

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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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DECEASED - Re: [nysbirds-l] Corn Crake at Cedar Beach (Suffolk Co.)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is unfortunate news for such a phenomenal bird – and for birders traveling 
to see this individual.

Thought I’d make this topic more obvious in the subject.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Nov 9, 2017, at 6:29 AM, Scott Gilbert 
mailto:scottgilber...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Unfortunately, I am sad to report Corn Crake found deceased in same location 
this A.M. 6:25 by other birders.

On Nov 7, 2017 11:44 AM, 
mailto:suefeus...@optonline.net>> wrote:
A Corn Crake (this is no joke) is currently feeding on the north shoulder of 
the Ocean Parkway east of the Cedar Beach marina. The bird is staying close to 
the shrubline. From the west bound lane line up the Cedar Overlook cell tower 
to your left. Also, there is a south facing “Emergency Stopping Only” sign on 
the north side of the parkway. Sue and I are watching the bird with Shai Mitra 
and Pat Lindsay. Photos later on my Flickr site.

Ken @ Sue Feustel

Sent from my iPhone

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ARCHIVES:
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: PLEASE READ: Bird Nomenclature

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

It has been brought to my attention that birders have been repeatedly slipping 
into a pattern of using coded bird names (and locations) instead of spelling 
them out.

Please discontinue using abbreviated bird names (or locations) in code, unless 
it is clearly spelled out somewhere in the start of each posting.

This has a place and method for use. This is not the place to use them, and 
proper guidelines for use has not been followed.

Abbreviations are acceptable in writing, following certain style guidelines 
(nicely explained here: 
http://www.aje.com/en/arc/editing-tip-when-use-abbreviations/) or within very 
tight circles of people communicating for brevity where the coded word is 
completely understood by all.

A majority of the 1,250+ subscribers and the broader base of online readership 
are not bird banders, and therefore will not understand the four-letter 
acronyms of bird names being used (if even used correctly). Using coded names 
may come across as elitist and is certainly exclusionary.

Most recently, Yellow-headed Blackbird has been repeatedly abbreviated 
incorrectly as YHBB instead of YHBL. This can cause great confusion and alarm, 
and could be clarified in totality by simply spelling out the full bird name. 
Otherwise, readers are being asked to read banding code reference guides to 
decipher the abbreviation.

The only acceptable and clear way to use an abbreviation is if it is made 
following abbreviation standards and guidelines.

For example (hypothetically!):

Today, a Yellow-headed Blackbird (YHBL) was seen at the South end of Cayuga 
Lake in Tompkins County, among a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds. Initially the 
YHBL was lost in the cattails in the area known as Hog Hole, located at the 
very Southwest corner of Cayuga Lake, but the bird was eventually relocated and 
photographed at the Northeast edge of the cattails. Thanks to John Doe for 
finding the YHBL and getting the word out so quickly. Hopefully, this stunning 
YHBL were stick around for at least a few days for others to see and enjoy.

In this hypothetical example, the bird name is spelled out in entirety, with 
the abbreviation immediately following. Only after giving the name-abbreviation 
association, should you use the abbreviation. Also, note that the location was 
made clear for anyone seeking to visit the location.

I believe this point has been made clear and further discussion about it is not 
necessary. If you have questions or comments, please direct them to me 
(NYSbirds-L eList Owner) at c...@cornell.edu.

Thank you and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: PLEASE READ: Bird Nomenclature

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

It has been brought to my attention that birders have been repeatedly slipping 
into a pattern of using coded bird names (and locations) instead of spelling 
them out.

Please discontinue using abbreviated bird names (or locations) in code, unless 
it is clearly spelled out somewhere in the start of each posting.

This has a place and method for use. This is not the place to use them, and 
proper guidelines for use has not been followed.

Abbreviations are acceptable in writing, following certain style guidelines 
(nicely explained here: 
http://www.aje.com/en/arc/editing-tip-when-use-abbreviations/) or within very 
tight circles of people communicating for brevity where the coded word is 
completely understood by all.

A majority of the 1,250+ subscribers and the broader base of online readership 
are not bird banders, and therefore will not understand the four-letter 
acronyms of bird names being used (if even used correctly). Using coded names 
may come across as elitist and is certainly exclusionary.

Most recently, Yellow-headed Blackbird has been repeatedly abbreviated 
incorrectly as YHBB instead of YHBL. This can cause great confusion and alarm, 
and could be clarified in totality by simply spelling out the full bird name. 
Otherwise, readers are being asked to read banding code reference guides to 
decipher the abbreviation.

The only acceptable and clear way to use an abbreviation is if it is made 
following abbreviation standards and guidelines.

For example (hypothetically!):

Today, a Yellow-headed Blackbird (YHBL) was seen at the South end of Cayuga 
Lake in Tompkins County, among a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds. Initially the 
YHBL was lost in the cattails in the area known as Hog Hole, located at the 
very Southwest corner of Cayuga Lake, but the bird was eventually relocated and 
photographed at the Northeast edge of the cattails. Thanks to John Doe for 
finding the YHBL and getting the word out so quickly. Hopefully, this stunning 
YHBL were stick around for at least a few days for others to see and enjoy.

In this hypothetical example, the bird name is spelled out in entirety, with 
the abbreviation immediately following. Only after giving the name-abbreviation 
association, should you use the abbreviation. Also, note that the location was 
made clear for anyone seeking to visit the location.

I believe this point has been made clear and further discussion about it is not 
necessary. If you have questions or comments, please direct them to me 
(NYSbirds-L eList Owner) at c...@cornell.edu.

Thank you and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Sands Point Bickering

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please discontinue with the various snide comments which are inappropriate for 
this birding forum.

Do not use “reply all” on messages unless you intend for comments to go to the 
entire birding community of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses – in addition 
to the even broader community of online readership.

Please be nice to each other.

Thank you

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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Sands Point Bickering

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please discontinue with the various snide comments which are inappropriate for 
this birding forum.

Do not use “reply all” on messages unless you intend for comments to go to the 
entire birding community of over 1,250 subscribed email addresses – in addition 
to the even broader community of online readership.

Please be nice to each other.

Thank you

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: DMARC Alert!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

It appears that Gmail has joined the ranks of Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, and others 
with respect to their DMARC policy: 
https://sendgrid.com/blog/gmail-dmarc-update-2016/.

The key is that when certain email hosts follow DMARC policy, any time a 
message is claimed to have been sent from that identical host’s email server 
(i.e., a message posted by a subscriber with a Gmail email address, being read 
by a recipient with a Gmail email address) but which does not originate *from* 
the host’s servers (eList messages are distributed from Cornell’s servers), 
that email host (recipients with a Gmail account) will reject the message and 
mark it as spam or junk mail. Because all messages sent to NYSbirds-L are sent 
*from* the sender’s email address and then ultimately distributed *from* 
Cornell’s eList servers, they no longer follow DMARC guidelines and may be 
filtered undesirably by the recipient’s host server, depending upon your host 
(i.e., Yahoo to Yahoo, Hotmail to Hotmail, AOL to AOL, Gmail to Gmail, etc.). 
This is a primary issue with hosts following DMARC policy and is ultimately 
because of free email accounts being hacked or used to distribute junk mail and 
malware.

Please take care to check your spam folder or turn off spam filtering 
altogether, should you find lots of NYSbirds-L eList messages going into your 
junk/spam folder.

You can also check some of the archive sites to make sure your aren’t missing 
anything.

Here are some archive websites:

http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Hope this helps...somewhat!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: DMARC Alert!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

It appears that Gmail has joined the ranks of Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, and others 
with respect to their DMARC policy: 
https://sendgrid.com/blog/gmail-dmarc-update-2016/.

The key is that when certain email hosts follow DMARC policy, any time a 
message is claimed to have been sent from that identical host’s email server 
(i.e., a message posted by a subscriber with a Gmail email address, being read 
by a recipient with a Gmail email address) but which does not originate *from* 
the host’s servers (eList messages are distributed from Cornell’s servers), 
that email host (recipients with a Gmail account) will reject the message and 
mark it as spam or junk mail. Because all messages sent to NYSbirds-L are sent 
*from* the sender’s email address and then ultimately distributed *from* 
Cornell’s eList servers, they no longer follow DMARC guidelines and may be 
filtered undesirably by the recipient’s host server, depending upon your host 
(i.e., Yahoo to Yahoo, Hotmail to Hotmail, AOL to AOL, Gmail to Gmail, etc.). 
This is a primary issue with hosts following DMARC policy and is ultimately 
because of free email accounts being hacked or used to distribute junk mail and 
malware.

Please take care to check your spam folder or turn off spam filtering 
altogether, should you find lots of NYSbirds-L eList messages going into your 
junk/spam folder.

You can also check some of the archive sites to make sure your aren’t missing 
anything.

Here are some archive websites:

http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

Hope this helps...somewhat!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: WARNING! eList Etiquette and Owls

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please take a moment to read what you post and to whom you are distributing 
your posting prior to clicking “send”.

READERSHIP:

There are over 1,200 recipients of messages posted to NYSbirds-L – those are 
just the subscribed email addresses which receive these messages directly to 
their email. There are likely countless thousands of others who, in 
combination, read messages as visible on ABA, Sialia, or the Mail Archive.

PROFANTIY:

While some of us may causally drop F-bombs while out birding, when we get 
really excited or annoyed, or in our personal social media outlets, it is 
unacceptable and unnecessary to use profanity on NYSbirds-L.

POLITICS:

Likewise, unless it has direct impact upon a birding locale or a species of 
concern, keep political commentary out of postings – anything politically 
charged will offend many on this eList and result in unacceptable heated 
exchanges on this eList.

RULES:

Please read the eList rules here and contact me privately with questions:

http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

REPERCUSSIONS:

If postings of concern happen and they are brought to my attention, said 
offenders will either be placed under moderation for posting or banned from 
this eList altogether. Except in extreme cases, this will not happen without at 
least one warning.

OWLS:

Although, not an official rule (yet), posting of certain specific owl roosting 
locales to the entire eList is not acceptable, especially in metropolitan 
areas. There are many people who do not understand how to behave around owls, 
and intentionally or otherwise, harass the owls in order to get a “better” look 
or “the” shot. If we don’t post locations, we can help reduce stress upon 
already stressed birds.

Please go birding and have fun doing it. Not all of us have the free time for 
birding, so enjoy it for the rest of us, and please be nice.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: WARNING! eList Etiquette and Owls

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please take a moment to read what you post and to whom you are distributing 
your posting prior to clicking “send”.

READERSHIP:

There are over 1,200 recipients of messages posted to NYSbirds-L – those are 
just the subscribed email addresses which receive these messages directly to 
their email. There are likely countless thousands of others who, in 
combination, read messages as visible on ABA, Sialia, or the Mail Archive.

PROFANTIY:

While some of us may causally drop F-bombs while out birding, when we get 
really excited or annoyed, or in our personal social media outlets, it is 
unacceptable and unnecessary to use profanity on NYSbirds-L.

POLITICS:

Likewise, unless it has direct impact upon a birding locale or a species of 
concern, keep political commentary out of postings – anything politically 
charged will offend many on this eList and result in unacceptable heated 
exchanges on this eList.

RULES:

Please read the eList rules here and contact me privately with questions:

http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

REPERCUSSIONS:

If postings of concern happen and they are brought to my attention, said 
offenders will either be placed under moderation for posting or banned from 
this eList altogether. Except in extreme cases, this will not happen without at 
least one warning.

OWLS:

Although, not an official rule (yet), posting of certain specific owl roosting 
locales to the entire eList is not acceptable, especially in metropolitan 
areas. There are many people who do not understand how to behave around owls, 
and intentionally or otherwise, harass the owls in order to get a “better” look 
or “the” shot. If we don’t post locations, we can help reduce stress upon 
already stressed birds.

Please go birding and have fun doing it. Not all of us have the free time for 
birding, so enjoy it for the rest of us, and please be nice.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01

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ADMIN: DO NOT CLICK LINK - Re: [nysbirds-l] Urgent quotation!!!!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please DO NOT click on the link in the message below. This is likely a result 
of malware and was sent from the user’s email without their knowledge. I’ve 
temporarily placed this email on moderated status.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Oct 5, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Peter Doherty 
> wrote:

Hello
Please view the financial quotation I uploaded for you,Look  IN 
HERE for  the Quotation  it is very  prime. and let me 
know if you are able to view it accordingly.
Thanks

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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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ADMIN: DO NOT CLICK LINK - Re: [nysbirds-l] Urgent quotation!!!!

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please DO NOT click on the link in the message below. This is likely a result 
of malware and was sent from the user’s email without their knowledge. I’ve 
temporarily placed this email on moderated status.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Oct 5, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Peter Doherty 
mailto:leastt...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

Hello
Please view the financial quotation I uploaded for you,Look  IN 
HERE for  the Quotation  it is very  prime. and let me 
know if you are able to view it accordingly.
Thanks

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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Personal and Inflammatory Comments

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good afternoon,

Please do not use the “reply all” function to send personal messages to an 
individual, as these will go to the entire NYSbirds-L eList of over 1,200 
subscribed email addresses.

Also, please do not post inflammatory comments to the entire eList, as this is 
an inappropriate use of the eList and are grounds for subscription suspension 
or removal.

Thank you for being respectful of others and adhering to the rules of 
NYSbirds-L provided here: http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
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[nysbirds-l] GYRFALCON - Livonia, NY (2/21/2016)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Dianne McCullough found a Gyrfalcon on Decker Road in South Livonia, NY 
yesterday (Sunday), 21 February 2016 at 1:10pm and took the pictures provided 
at the link below:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACYyHpMkICpH5a0=51DAE34C5E9053B0=51DAE34C5E9053B0%211078=51DAE34C5E9053B0%211076=OneUp

Please contact Dianne directly for any other specifics required. Dianne is not 
currently a subscriber to any of the eLists.

Great find, Dianne!!!

Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Dianne McCullough <diann...@frontier.com<mailto:diann...@frontier.com>>
Subject: Re: GYRFALCON
Date: February 22, 2016 at 6:58:02 PM EST
To: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>

I saw it on Decker Rd. in South Livonia near Backus Rd. at 1:10 pm on 21, 
February 2016.
I would love to have you post on my behalf.
Would you be able to copy me in on it or where I can see it?
It’s pretty exciting.
Thank you again,
Dianne

From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 5:02 PM
To: Dianne McCullough<mailto:diann...@frontier.com>
Subject: Re: GYRFALCON

Dianne,

Do you have more specifics on where, precisely it was seen and when?

Once I have this information, may I post to the birding eLists on your behalf?

Thanks!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:53 PM, Dianne McCullough 
<diann...@frontier.com<mailto:diann...@frontier.com>> wrote:


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GYRFALCON<https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=browse=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=51DAE34C5E9053B0!105=5=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0=Photomail=SDX.Photos>
VIEW SLIDE 
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  DOWNLOAD 
ALL<https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=downloadphotos=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=51DAE34C5E9053B0!105=5=Photomail=SDX.Photos=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0>
This album has 3 photos and will be available on SkyDrive until 5/22/2016.

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Here you go Chris.
Dianne

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Field Applications Engineer
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


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Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 
607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] GYRFALCON - Livonia, NY (2/21/2016)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Dianne McCullough found a Gyrfalcon on Decker Road in South Livonia, NY 
yesterday (Sunday), 21 February 2016 at 1:10pm and took the pictures provided 
at the link below:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACYyHpMkICpH5a0=51DAE34C5E9053B0=51DAE34C5E9053B0%211078=51DAE34C5E9053B0%211076=OneUp

Please contact Dianne directly for any other specifics required. Dianne is not 
currently a subscriber to any of the eLists.

Great find, Dianne!!!

Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Dianne McCullough mailto:diann...@frontier.com>>
Subject: Re: GYRFALCON
Date: February 22, 2016 at 6:58:02 PM EST
To: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>

I saw it on Decker Rd. in South Livonia near Backus Rd. at 1:10 pm on 21, 
February 2016.
I would love to have you post on my behalf.
Would you be able to copy me in on it or where I can see it?
It’s pretty exciting.
Thank you again,
Dianne

From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 5:02 PM
To: Dianne McCullough<mailto:diann...@frontier.com>
Subject: Re: GYRFALCON

Dianne,

Do you have more specifics on where, precisely it was seen and when?

Once I have this information, may I post to the birding eLists on your behalf?

Thanks!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Feb 22, 2016, at 4:53 PM, Dianne McCullough 
mailto:diann...@frontier.com>> wrote:


<-146254221AEDF1D.png><https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=play=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1077=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=1=Photomail=SDX.Photos=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0>
GYRFALCON<https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=browse=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=51DAE34C5E9053B0!105=5=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0=Photomail=SDX.Photos>
VIEW SLIDE 
SHOW<https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=play=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=51DAE34C5E9053B0!105=5=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0=Photomail=SDX.Photos>
  DOWNLOAD 
ALL<https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=51dae34c5e9053b0=downloadphotos=51DAE34C5E9053B0!1076=51DAE34C5E9053B0!105=5=Photomail=SDX.Photos=!ACYyHpMkICpH5a0>
This album has 3 photos and will be available on SkyDrive until 5/22/2016.

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Here you go Chris.
Dianne

--
Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


--
Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
Field Applications Engineer
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
W: 607-254-2418   M: 607-351-5740   F: 
607-254-1132
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp


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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN - Posting Test

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Please disregard. This is only a test.



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Re: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls - Weather Maps

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

 today on the south shore of Nassau County, 
I was at Tobay Beach (JFK Bird Sactuary) when I came across 4 Leeser 
Black-backed Gulls  resting in the Parking lot. - Not sure if these have any 
relation to the recent unprecidented influx of Franklin's Gulls in our area, or 
if these are lingering birds which I had at this location on Oct. 3. Perhaps 
these came from points to the north, migrating slowly under mild conditions 
with prolonged SW winds?  - One of the birds was a full adult, 2 1st year 
birds, and one in between. Only 23 other Gulls were with the LBBG's: 15 
Herring, 5 GBBG, and 3 RB Gulls. The only Laughing Gulls I had today were in 
the Field 6 Lot at Jones Beach, whereas hundreds, and beyond have been in 
Hempstead Harbor in recent days, apparently feeding on baitfish getting pushed 
up to the surface by larger fish - also probably slow to migrate I would think. 
Interesting stuff all around..

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Re: [nysbirds-l] More Gulls - Weather Maps

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

the tail end of my travels today on the south shore of Nassau County, 
I was at Tobay Beach (JFK Bird Sactuary) when I came across 4 Leeser 
Black-backed Gulls  resting in the Parking lot. - Not sure if these have any 
relation to the recent unprecidented influx of Franklin's Gulls in our area, or 
if these are lingering birds which I had at this location on Oct. 3. Perhaps 
these came from points to the north, migrating slowly under mild conditions 
with prolonged SW winds?  - One of the birds was a full adult, 2 1st year 
birds, and one in between. Only 23 other Gulls were with the LBBG's: 15 
Herring, 5 GBBG, and 3 RB Gulls. The only Laughing Gulls I had today were in 
the Field 6 Lot at Jones Beach, whereas hundreds, and beyond have been in 
Hempstead Harbor in recent days, apparently feeding on baitfish getting pushed 
up to the surface by larger fish - also probably slow to migrate I would think. 
Interesting stuff all around..

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Issues

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Issues

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Issues

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good afternoon,

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Issues

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good afternoon,

As many of you are aware, NYSbirds-L has been experiencing deliverability 
issues for the past few days. Unfortunately, Cornell operations were closed for 
the long holiday weekend and they have only now been able to start addressing 
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!!

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I know how easy it is to fire off an email from smartphones, but **PLEASE** 
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This eList has a subscribership of 1,194 email addresses from areas all over 
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**hundreds** of additional readers who glean information from various online 
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Say's Phoebe - Randolph

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

FYI

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bird observations from western New York 
mailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu>>
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Say's Phoebe - Randolph
Date: April 12, 2015 at 10:30:33 PM EDT
To: Genesee Birds 
mailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu>>
Reply-To: mailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu>>

Just after noon today there was a Say's Phoebe on Swamp Rd. in the Town of 
Randolph, Cattaraugus County. The bird was initially seen along the roadside 
near the parking area toward the south end of the road (there are two parking 
areas on the road, each about a half mile from the north and south ends of the 
road, respectively) before moving to an area of dead snags in the flooded 
section on the east side of the road. It stayed in this spot for at least the 
next two hours, sallying out to catch insects and perching on the snags, 
without ever leaving about a 50 foot radius. Between 3:00-3:30pm it relocated 
about 100 yards to the north and was subsequently viewed from the dike that 
runs east from Swamp Rd. and splits the flooded section in half. Again, it 
followed the same pattern of catching insects and using several different 
perches in a fairly well defined area. Other birders continued to observe the 
bird after I left at 5:00pm though one person I talked to said that they 
arrived at around 6:00pm and failed to locate the phoebe.

Say's Phoebe photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmitchell81/16940862548/

Swamp Rd. runs between Rte. 241 to the north and Rte. 394 to the south and is 
just northwest of the village of Randolph in southern Cattaraugus County. 
Anyone who might plan on looking for this bird tomorrow can feel free to call 
me (716-604-7701) if they want more information about where exactly the bird 
was being seen or contact me by email 
(josephcmitch...@gmail.com<mailto:josephcmitch...@gmail.com>) and I can send 
along a map with the specific locations marked.

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Say's Phoebe - Randolph

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

FYI

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bird observations from western New York 
geneseebird...@geneseo.edumailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Say's Phoebe - Randolph
Date: April 12, 2015 at 10:30:33 PM EDT
To: Genesee Birds 
geneseebird...@geneseo.edumailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
Reply-To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edumailto:geneseebird...@geneseo.edu

Just after noon today there was a Say's Phoebe on Swamp Rd. in the Town of 
Randolph, Cattaraugus County. The bird was initially seen along the roadside 
near the parking area toward the south end of the road (there are two parking 
areas on the road, each about a half mile from the north and south ends of the 
road, respectively) before moving to an area of dead snags in the flooded 
section on the east side of the road. It stayed in this spot for at least the 
next two hours, sallying out to catch insects and perching on the snags, 
without ever leaving about a 50 foot radius. Between 3:00-3:30pm it relocated 
about 100 yards to the north and was subsequently viewed from the dike that 
runs east from Swamp Rd. and splits the flooded section in half. Again, it 
followed the same pattern of catching insects and using several different 
perches in a fairly well defined area. Other birders continued to observe the 
bird after I left at 5:00pm though one person I talked to said that they 
arrived at around 6:00pm and failed to locate the phoebe.

Say's Phoebe photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmitchell81/16940862548/

Swamp Rd. runs between Rte. 241 to the north and Rte. 394 to the south and is 
just northwest of the village of Randolph in southern Cattaraugus County. 
Anyone who might plan on looking for this bird tomorrow can feel free to call 
me (716-604-7701) if they want more information about where exactly the bird 
was being seen or contact me by email 
(josephcmitch...@gmail.commailto:josephcmitch...@gmail.com) and I can send 
along a map with the specific locations marked.

Joe Mitchell


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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Photos and Attachments

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Just a friendly reminder:

Please do NOT send attachments to NYSbirds-L. Doing so can cause delays in 
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malware. If you are ever unsure, consider responding to the sender and ask them 
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Thanks and good birding!

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Photos and Attachments

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Just a friendly reminder:

Please do NOT send attachments to NYSbirds-L. Doing so can cause delays in 
delivery of additional messages to all subscribers, because of the additional 
unnecessary workload placed upon servers. As an example, an attachment of file 
size 225kb may seem quite reasonably small to send to a friend, family member, 
or colleague; however, sending that to the eList via servers to all subscribers 
of NYSbirds-L results in more than a quarter of a gigabyte of data being pushed 
through the servers for that single message.

Attachments are also an effective means of sharing viruses or other malware.

Please take the additional time to upload attachments and pictures somewhere 
else (i.e., Flickr, Picasa, etc.) and then post the URL, along with a clear 
explanation of what the link is for. If you receive an email with a link in the 
body, but without a clear explanation, don’t click on the link – that could be 
malware. If you are ever unsure, consider responding to the sender and ask them 
what the link is for.

Everyone would like timely reports of birds sightings (and clean computers), so 
let’s all try to do our best to minimize unnecessary attachments that could 
slow down the responsiveness of the eList servers.

Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H



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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Location, location, location

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is a friendly reminder, as we enter into spring migration: please provide 
your general location when specifying a bird sighting **with the exception of 
owl sightings**.

Do not assume that all 1,100+ people on this eList, or the countless thousands 
who anonymously read the postings on the various web archives, know where your 
named birding patch is. If you do not wish to identify the specific location of 
your sighting, make that clear in your message and at least provide city and/or 
town. Please also be sure you have signed any posting with your name – most 
email programs make it possible to include an email signature, automatically.

Remember, this is a state-wide eList.

Thank you and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Location, location, location

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is a friendly reminder, as we enter into spring migration: please provide 
your general location when specifying a bird sighting **with the exception of 
owl sightings**.

Do not assume that all 1,100+ people on this eList, or the countless thousands 
who anonymously read the postings on the various web archives, know where your 
named birding patch is. If you do not wish to identify the specific location of 
your sighting, make that clear in your message and at least provide city and/or 
town. Please also be sure you have signed any posting with your name – most 
email programs make it possible to include an email signature, automatically.

Remember, this is a state-wide eList.

Thank you and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am re-sending this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially as 
it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Please avoid posting metropolitan-area owl sighting locations to this eList.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
of Birding Ethics!*

Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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c...@cornell.edu
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am re-sending this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially as 
it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Please avoid posting metropolitan-area owl sighting locations to this eList.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
of Birding Ethics!*

Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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Ithaca, New York
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Golden Eagle Sighting w/ Gyrfalcon

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

The following is a sighting I received word of via email, today.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Balabhadra Das mailto:cryptoleu...@hotmail.com>>
Subject: Golden Eagle Sighting w/ Gyrfalcon
Date: February 16, 2015 at 7:06:49 PM EST
To: "c...@cornell.edu" 
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>

My name is Blake Geryk and I do not belong to the NY list serve but thought 
that the follow observations would be appreciated by the people who follow the 
sightings on your page. Feel free to post it as a second hand sighting if you 
like. If you have any questions on this sighting please just reply to this 
email.

Best Regards,

Blake
- follows:

I am from out of state but thought local birders would appreciate the following 
information.

There was an immature Golden Eagle soaring above the same field as the 
Gyrfalcon in Wallkill today around 1:30pm. This bird was high and I followed 
it, for about 10 mins, with a 28x scope - after initially IDing it with my 
binoculars.

If you are Northbound, this location was on Hoagerburgh Road just before Old 
Fort Road (before the crest in the road). There is a fairly close tree in the 
hoarse field on your right where the Falcon apparently was yesterday and most 
of the day today. It also spend significant time perched on the fencing that 
runs behind the hoarse building in the field there - easy to miss if you are 
not carefully looking with glass.

The Golden Eagle was spotted soaring over the tree of the Falcon and gradually 
worked its way over head and headed North/West. Field observations that were 
confirmed by two other birders are:
1. Soaring smoothly with a noticeable dihedral wing pattern.2. Defined white 
patches by the primaries on the underside.3. White at the base of the bird's 
tail on the underside.

As the bird turned, in a 28x scope, I could see light golden brown on its nape 
and scapulars.

Around the same time, much lower and flying in a different direction than the 
Golden Eagle was an Adult Bald Eagle.

Happy Birding

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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: Golden Eagle Sighting w/ Gyrfalcon

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

The following is a sighting I received word of via email, today.

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Balabhadra Das cryptoleu...@hotmail.commailto:cryptoleu...@hotmail.com
Subject: Golden Eagle Sighting w/ Gyrfalcon
Date: February 16, 2015 at 7:06:49 PM EST
To: c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu 
c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu

My name is Blake Geryk and I do not belong to the NY list serve but thought 
that the follow observations would be appreciated by the people who follow the 
sightings on your page. Feel free to post it as a second hand sighting if you 
like. If you have any questions on this sighting please just reply to this 
email.

Best Regards,

Blake
- follows:

I am from out of state but thought local birders would appreciate the following 
information.

There was an immature Golden Eagle soaring above the same field as the 
Gyrfalcon in Wallkill today around 1:30pm. This bird was high and I followed 
it, for about 10 mins, with a 28x scope - after initially IDing it with my 
binoculars.

If you are Northbound, this location was on Hoagerburgh Road just before Old 
Fort Road (before the crest in the road). There is a fairly close tree in the 
hoarse field on your right where the Falcon apparently was yesterday and most 
of the day today. It also spend significant time perched on the fencing that 
runs behind the hoarse building in the field there - easy to miss if you are 
not carefully looking with glass.

The Golden Eagle was spotted soaring over the tree of the Falcon and gradually 
worked its way over head and headed North/West. Field observations that were 
confirmed by two other birders are:
1. Soaring smoothly with a noticeable dihedral wing pattern.2. Defined white 
patches by the primaries on the underside.3. White at the base of the bird's 
tail on the underside.

As the bird turned, in a 28x scope, I could see light golden brown on its nape 
and scapulars.

Around the same time, much lower and flying in a different direction than the 
Golden Eagle was an Adult Bald Eagle.

Happy Birding

--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am re-sending this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially as 
it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
of Birding Ethics!*

Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


--
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
c...@cornell.edu
NYSbirds-L – 
Archives
NYSbirds-L – Welcome and Basics
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am re-sending this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially as 
it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
of Birding Ethics!*

Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, New York
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Downtime Sunday AM

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: eList Downtime Sunday AM

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

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[nysbirds-l] Blog Post: Night Flight Calls

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

A fellow bioacoustics friend of mine posted a Night Flight Call explainer and 
interview to her blogroll, for those interested.

The target audience is high school and undergrad level.

http://bioacousticsprocrastinator.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-terror-that-quacks-in-night-night.html

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Blog Post: Night Flight Calls

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

A fellow bioacoustics friend of mine posted a Night Flight Call explainer and 
interview to her blogroll, for those interested.

The target audience is high school and undergrad level.

http://bioacousticsprocrastinator.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-terror-that-quacks-in-night-night.html

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Northeast Night Migration

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Just a heads-up:

Tonight and tomorrow night look to be really good nights to listen for or 
record night migrants that are departing points North and headed into the 
Northeast destined for points South. If you have an opportunity to get out and 
listen, by all means, do it. If you are an early morning person, try to catch 
the descent of thrushes just prior to the start of civil twilight. I know I’ll 
be recording and others may be as well.

Good night listening!!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] Northeast Night Migration

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Just a heads-up:

Tonight and tomorrow night look to be really good nights to listen for or 
record night migrants that are departing points North and headed into the 
Northeast destined for points South. If you have an opportunity to get out and 
listen, by all means, do it. If you are an early morning person, try to catch 
the descent of thrushes just prior to the start of civil twilight. I know I’ll 
be recording and others may be as well.

Good night listening!!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: from: Sean Camillieri

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please do not click on the link in the original message automatically generated 
from Sean Camillieri's email account. The browser or computer was likely 
compromised by malware which automatically generated the phishing email message.

I have placed that subscribed email account to moderated status to prevent 
future automated messages.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Chris Tessaglia-Hymes

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On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Sean Camillieri 
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Greetings NYSbirds


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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: from: Sean Camillieri

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

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from Sean Camillieri's email account. The browser or computer was likely 
compromised by malware which automatically generated the phishing email message.

I have placed that subscribed email account to moderated status to prevent 
future automated messages.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
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Listowner, NYSbirds-L
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [VTBIRD] ANCIENT MURRELET in Shelburne Vermont! (April report)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is remarkable footage documenting an Ancient Murrelet in Shelburne, VT 
from earlier this spring.

Wow!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Steve Mirick mailto:smir...@comcast.net>>
Subject: [VTBIRD] ANCIENT MURRELET in Shelburne Vermont! (April report)
Date: June 22, 2014 5:38:48 PM EDT
To: mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu>>
Reply-To: Vermont Birds mailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu>>

Brandon Frank and Emily Hall were out fishing on Shelburne Pond on April 17, 
2014 when an "odd duck" swam by them along the shoreline. Thankfully, they had 
enough curiosity to take a video of it with their cell phone.  After a couple 
of months, the video has finally surfaced and it turns out the "duck" is a 
breeding plumage ANCIENT MURRELET!  Thanks to Len Medlock for sending the video 
along to me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40298884@N06/14296435258/

And thanks to Rob Muessel and Brandon Frank for allowing me to share this 
remarkable video with other birders in the region.  Just goes to show.you 
just never know!

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [VTBIRD] ANCIENT MURRELET in Shelburne Vermont! (April report)

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

This is remarkable footage documenting an Ancient Murrelet in Shelburne, VT 
from earlier this spring.

Wow!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Steve Mirick smir...@comcast.netmailto:smir...@comcast.net
Subject: [VTBIRD] ANCIENT MURRELET in Shelburne Vermont! (April report)
Date: June 22, 2014 5:38:48 PM EDT
To: vtb...@list.uvm.edumailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu
Reply-To: Vermont Birds vtb...@list.uvm.edumailto:vtb...@list.uvm.edu

Brandon Frank and Emily Hall were out fishing on Shelburne Pond on April 17, 
2014 when an odd duck swam by them along the shoreline. Thankfully, they had 
enough curiosity to take a video of it with their cell phone.  After a couple 
of months, the video has finally surfaced and it turns out the duck is a 
breeding plumage ANCIENT MURRELET!  Thanks to Len Medlock for sending the video 
along to me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40298884@N06/14296435258/

And thanks to Rob Muessel and Brandon Frank for allowing me to share this 
remarkable video with other birders in the region.  Just goes to show.you 
just never know!

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

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 You will hear Bridget’s voice on our film trailer. Bridget wrote the highly 
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awards in Canada. Bridget’s book was where our filmmaking journey began. 
Currently she is using ground-breaking geo-locator tracking devices to map bird 
migration routes across the globe. Read our blog 
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: Hunting Thread - Cease

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please discontinue the conversation about hunters. If someone would like to 
make periodic single postings to update the status on the Crow Hunt 
legislation, that's fine. But, when we start delving into blame-games and 
pitting hunters against non-hunters, the conversation metaphorically derails. 
It has gotten to that point. Please take further threads of this nature offline.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Listowner, NYSbirds-L
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[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please discontinue the conversation about hunters. If someone would like to 
make periodic single postings to update the status on the Crow Hunt 
legislation, that's fine. But, when we start delving into blame-games and 
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It has gotten to that point. Please take further threads of this nature offline.

Thank you!

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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Message from Bill Evans with more information!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Evans mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 12:59:20 PM EST
To: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>

The EIS reports are buried in the website I sent previously. Here is a more 
direct link:
http://amherstislandwindproject.com/public-information.html?folderid=link0



From: Bill Evans mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 10:39:46 AM EST
To: Cayuga Birds mailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: Bill Evans 
mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>

Cayugabirders,
The public comment period for the proposed Amherst Island Wind Farm is now 
open.  The message below was posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook 
page last night.
**
Birders and Naturalists:

Opposition to wind turbines on Amherst Island has entered the next phase and we 
need your help. This is a plea to join Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Dr. Roberta 
Bondar, and birders worldwide to oppose wind turbines on the Island and in 
particular adjacent to Owl Woods, world famous as a birding destination and a 
favourite for life owls.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has invited public comments on a 
Renewable Energy Approval application by Windlectric/Algonquin Power to build 
up to 36 industrial wind turbines on Amherst Island. Comments must be received 
by March 8, 2014.

The posting is here on the Environmental Registry (or visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca 
and enter the number 012-0774 in the search line.)

You are asked to send one email to oppose the industrialization of Amherst 
Island by writing to Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (with 
EBR 012-0774 in the subject line) by March 8, 2014.

To: susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca<mailto:susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca>, with copies 
to prem...@ontario.ca<mailto:prem...@ontario.ca>, minister@ontario.ca, 
ian.parr...@ontario.ca<mailto:ian.parr...@ontario.ca> and 
protec...@kos.net<mailto:protec...@kos.net>

Please tell the Ministry in your words why it is important to preserve Amherst 
Island. Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:
• All of Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the 
Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk including 
Blanding’s Turtle. Habitat will be fragmented and lost.
• The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering 
hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl 
Woods, where it is possible to see up to 11 species of owls.
• Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario 
Islands –
Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal 
Wetland.
• Amherst Island is one of Nature’s jewels in Lake Ontario — of similar 
significance to
Point Pelee for migratory birds

Named one of the Top Ten Endangered Places in Canada by the Heritage Canada 
Foundation (now known as Heritage Canada The National Trust) due to the threat 
of wind turbines on its rich cultural and natural heritage, Amherst Island is 
simply the wrong place for wind turbines.

You can learn more about Amherst Island at: Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland .
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Re: [nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Please visit the Environmental Registry URL in the message from the Kingston 
Field Naturalists, below, for more information.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

On Jan 17, 2014, at 11:18 AM, gochfeld...@aol.com<mailto:gochfeld...@aol.com> 
wrote:

Has an Environmental Impact Statement been prepared?
If so, is it available so that one might cite to it?

Bob G.



-Original Message-
From: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>
To: NYSBIRDS-L mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Sent: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 11:13 am
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

I know many of you know about or have birded Amherst Island in Lake Ontario. 
Please see the message below, forwarded by Bill Evans to Cayugabirds-L, 
originally posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook page.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Evans mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 10:39:46 AM EST
To: Cayuga Birds mailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: Bill Evans 
mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>

Cayugabirders,
The public comment period for the proposed Amherst Island Wind Farm is now 
open.  The message below was posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook 
page last night.
**
Birders and Naturalists:

Opposition to wind turbines on Amherst Island has entered the next phase and we 
need your help. This is a plea to join Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Dr. Roberta 
Bondar, and birders worldwide to oppose wind turbines on the Island and in 
particular adjacent to Owl Woods, world famous as a birding destination and a 
favourite for life owls.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has invited public comments on a 
Renewable Energy Approval application by Windlectric/Algonquin Power to build 
up to 36 industrial wind turbines on Amherst Island. Comments must be received 
by March 8, 2014.

The posting is here on the Environmental Registry (or visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca 
and enter the number 012-0774 in the search line.)

You are asked to send one email to oppose the industrialization of Amherst 
Island by writing to Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (with 
EBR 012-0774 in the subject line) by March 8, 2014.

To: susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca<mailto:susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca>, with copies 
to prem...@ontario.ca<mailto:prem...@ontario.ca>, minister@ontario.ca, 
ian.parr...@ontario.ca<mailto:ian.parr...@ontario.ca> and 
protec...@kos.net<mailto:protec...@kos.net>

Please tell the Ministry in your words why it is important to preserve Amherst 
Island. Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:
• All of Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the 
Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk including 
Blanding’s Turtle. Habitat will be fragmented and lost.
• The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering 
hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl 
Woods, where it is possible to see up to 11 species of owls.
• Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario 
Islands –
Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal 
Wetland.
• Amherst Island is one of Nature’s jewels in Lake Ontario — of similar 
significance to
Point Pelee for migratory birds

Named one of the Top Ten Endangered Places in Canada by the Heritage Canada 
Foundation (now known as Heritage Canada The National Trust) due to the threat 
of wind turbines on its rich cultural and natural heritage, Amherst Island is 
simply the wrong place for wind turbines.

You can learn more about Amherst Island at: Facebook: 
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I know many of you know about or have birded Amherst Island in Lake Ontario. 
Please see the message below, forwarded by Bill Evans to Cayugabirds-L, 
originally posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook page.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Evans mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 10:39:46 AM EST
To: Cayuga Birds mailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: Bill Evans 
mailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com>>

Cayugabirders,
The public comment period for the proposed Amherst Island Wind Farm is now 
open.  The message below was posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook 
page last night.
**
Birders and Naturalists:

Opposition to wind turbines on Amherst Island has entered the next phase and we 
need your help. This is a plea to join Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Dr. Roberta 
Bondar, and birders worldwide to oppose wind turbines on the Island and in 
particular adjacent to Owl Woods, world famous as a birding destination and a 
favourite for life owls.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has invited public comments on a 
Renewable Energy Approval application by Windlectric/Algonquin Power to build 
up to 36 industrial wind turbines on Amherst Island. Comments must be received 
by March 8, 2014.

The posting is here on the Environmental Registry (or visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca 
and enter the number 012-0774 in the search line.)

You are asked to send one email to oppose the industrialization of Amherst 
Island by writing to Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (with 
EBR 012-0774 in the subject line) by March 8, 2014.

To: susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca<mailto:susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca>, with copies 
to prem...@ontario.ca<mailto:prem...@ontario.ca>, minister@ontario.ca, 
ian.parr...@ontario.ca<mailto:ian.parr...@ontario.ca> and 
protec...@kos.net<mailto:protec...@kos.net>

Please tell the Ministry in your words why it is important to preserve Amherst 
Island. Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:
• All of Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the 
Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk including 
Blanding’s Turtle. Habitat will be fragmented and lost.
• The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering 
hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl 
Woods, where it is possible to see up to 11 species of owls.
• Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario 
Islands –
Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal 
Wetland.
• Amherst Island is one of Nature’s jewels in Lake Ontario — of similar 
significance to
Point Pelee for migratory birds

Named one of the Top Ten Endangered Places in Canada by the Heritage Canada 
Foundation (now known as Heritage Canada The National Trust) due to the threat 
of wind turbines on its rich cultural and natural heritage, Amherst Island is 
simply the wrong place for wind turbines.

You can learn more about Amherst Island at: Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland .
Web: protectamherstisland.com<http://protectamherstisland.com>
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I know many of you know about or have birded Amherst Island in Lake Ontario. 
Please see the message below, forwarded by Bill Evans to Cayugabirds-L, 
originally posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook page.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 10:39:46 AM EST
To: Cayuga Birds cayugabird...@cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu
Reply-To: Bill Evans 
wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com

Cayugabirders,
The public comment period for the proposed Amherst Island Wind Farm is now 
open.  The message below was posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook 
page last night.
**
Birders and Naturalists:

Opposition to wind turbines on Amherst Island has entered the next phase and we 
need your help. This is a plea to join Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Dr. Roberta 
Bondar, and birders worldwide to oppose wind turbines on the Island and in 
particular adjacent to Owl Woods, world famous as a birding destination and a 
favourite for life owls.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has invited public comments on a 
Renewable Energy Approval application by Windlectric/Algonquin Power to build 
up to 36 industrial wind turbines on Amherst Island. Comments must be received 
by March 8, 2014.

The posting is here on the Environmental Registry (or visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca 
and enter the number 012-0774 in the search line.)

You are asked to send one email to oppose the industrialization of Amherst 
Island by writing to Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (with 
EBR 012-0774 in the subject line) by March 8, 2014.

To: susanne.edwa...@ontario.camailto:susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca, with copies 
to prem...@ontario.camailto:prem...@ontario.ca, minister@ontario.ca, 
ian.parr...@ontario.camailto:ian.parr...@ontario.ca and 
protec...@kos.netmailto:protec...@kos.net

Please tell the Ministry in your words why it is important to preserve Amherst 
Island. Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:
• All of Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the 
Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk including 
Blanding’s Turtle. Habitat will be fragmented and lost.
• The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering 
hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl 
Woods, where it is possible to see up to 11 species of owls.
• Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario 
Islands –
Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal 
Wetland.
• Amherst Island is one of Nature’s jewels in Lake Ontario — of similar 
significance to
Point Pelee for migratory birds

Named one of the Top Ten Endangered Places in Canada by the Heritage Canada 
Foundation (now known as Heritage Canada The National Trust) due to the threat 
of wind turbines on its rich cultural and natural heritage, Amherst Island is 
simply the wrong place for wind turbines.

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www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland .
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Fwd: [nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Message from Bill Evans with more information!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 12:59:20 PM EST
To: Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes c...@cornell.edumailto:c...@cornell.edu

The EIS reports are buried in the website I sent previously. Here is a more 
direct link:
http://amherstislandwindproject.com/public-information.html?folderid=link0



From: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Amherst Island Wind Project
Date: January 17, 2014 10:39:46 AM EST
To: Cayuga Birds cayugabird...@cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@cornell.edu
Reply-To: Bill Evans 
wrev...@clarityconnect.commailto:wrev...@clarityconnect.com

Cayugabirders,
The public comment period for the proposed Amherst Island Wind Farm is now 
open.  The message below was posted to the Kingston Field Naturalists Facebook 
page last night.
**
Birders and Naturalists:

Opposition to wind turbines on Amherst Island has entered the next phase and we 
need your help. This is a plea to join Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway, Dr. Roberta 
Bondar, and birders worldwide to oppose wind turbines on the Island and in 
particular adjacent to Owl Woods, world famous as a birding destination and a 
favourite for life owls.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has invited public comments on a 
Renewable Energy Approval application by Windlectric/Algonquin Power to build 
up to 36 industrial wind turbines on Amherst Island. Comments must be received 
by March 8, 2014.

The posting is here on the Environmental Registry (or visit www.ebr.gov.on.ca 
and enter the number 012-0774 in the search line.)

You are asked to send one email to oppose the industrialization of Amherst 
Island by writing to Susanne Edwards, Ontario Ministry of the Environment (with 
EBR 012-0774 in the subject line) by March 8, 2014.

To: susanne.edwa...@ontario.camailto:susanne.edwa...@ontario.ca, with copies 
to prem...@ontario.camailto:prem...@ontario.ca, minister@ontario.ca, 
ian.parr...@ontario.camailto:ian.parr...@ontario.ca and 
protec...@kos.netmailto:protec...@kos.net

Please tell the Ministry in your words why it is important to preserve Amherst 
Island. Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:
• All of Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the 
Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk including 
Blanding’s Turtle. Habitat will be fragmented and lost.
• The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering 
hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl 
Woods, where it is possible to see up to 11 species of owls.
• Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario 
Islands –
Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal 
Wetland.
• Amherst Island is one of Nature’s jewels in Lake Ontario — of similar 
significance to
Point Pelee for migratory birds

Named one of the Top Ten Endangered Places in Canada by the Heritage Canada 
Foundation (now known as Heritage Canada The National Trust) due to the threat 
of wind turbines on its rich cultural and natural heritage, Amherst Island is 
simply the wrong place for wind turbines.

You can learn more about Amherst Island at: Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland .
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Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Forwarding with permission of Betsy.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Betsy Russell mailto:betsywruss...@aol.com>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK
Date: December 9, 2013 12:30:46 PM EST
To: mailto:caven...@gmail.com>>, 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: Betsy Russell mailto:betsywruss...@aol.com>>

I did call the NYC phone # given this morning in order to register my 
sentiments re: Snowy Owls being shot at JFK.  The call was routed to Albany 
where is was kindly and carefully explained to me that this issue needs to be 
addressed by the public in writing, hard copy, snail mail if it is ever going 
to reach the agency (DEC) that will most likely address it.  The woman said 
that one should also request a reply with contact info. so that you can follow 
up if you want to.

I asked about e-mailing and the woman said the way the system worked in Albany 
it should only be hard copy. They scan them into their system and then send all 
letters regarding a particular issue on the the agency that will most likely 
address it. She explained if it is not done by hard copy your complaints will 
enter a big black hole.  For what it's worththis is 
the address I was given.

New York State Govenor's Correspondence Unit
1 Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12231

Betsy Russell



-Original Message-
From: Glenn Wilson mailto:caven...@gmail.com>>
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Sent: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK


Speaking of bird control, it is going to the dogs. grin
(And this is probably the wrong forum to talk about goose for the holiday.)

www.birdstrikecontrol.com/bcs.html<http://www.birdstrikecontrol.com/bcs.html> - 
Border Collies are now the fastest-growing
and most popular form of bird control on airports, military airbases, golf
courses and other venues across the country.

Links to a pdf - 
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014=icwdm_wdmconfproc<http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014=icwdm_wdmconfproc>

www.canadageese.org/bcis.html<http://www.canadageese.org/bcis.html> - Coalition 
to Prevent the Destruction of Canada
Geese

I trimmed off the previous stuff. Nigel

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Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Forwarding with permission of Betsy.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Begin forwarded message:

From: Betsy Russell betsywruss...@aol.commailto:betsywruss...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK
Date: December 9, 2013 12:30:46 PM EST
To: caven...@gmail.commailto:caven...@gmail.com, 
cayugabird...@list.cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
Reply-To: Betsy Russell betsywruss...@aol.commailto:betsywruss...@aol.com

I did call the NYC phone # given this morning in order to register my 
sentiments re: Snowy Owls being shot at JFK.  The call was routed to Albany 
where is was kindly and carefully explained to me that this issue needs to be 
addressed by the public in writing, hard copy, snail mail if it is ever going 
to reach the agency (DEC) that will most likely address it.  The woman said 
that one should also request a reply with contact info. so that you can follow 
up if you want to.

I asked about e-mailing and the woman said the way the system worked in Albany 
it should only be hard copy. They scan them into their system and then send all 
letters regarding a particular issue on the the agency that will most likely 
address it. She explained if it is not done by hard copy your complaints will 
enter a big black hole.  For what it's worththis is 
the address I was given.

New York State Govenor's Correspondence Unit
1 Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12231

Betsy Russell



-Original Message-
From: Glenn Wilson caven...@gmail.commailto:caven...@gmail.com
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
cayugabird...@list.cornell.edumailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu
Sent: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Snowy Owls being shot at JFK


Speaking of bird control, it is going to the dogs. grin
(And this is probably the wrong forum to talk about goose for the holiday.)

www.birdstrikecontrol.com/bcs.htmlhttp://www.birdstrikecontrol.com/bcs.html - 
Border Collies are now the fastest-growing
and most popular form of bird control on airports, military airbases, golf
courses and other venues across the country.

Links to a pdf - 
digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014context=icwdm_wdmconfprochttp://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014context=icwdm_wdmconfproc

www.canadageese.org/bcis.htmlhttp://www.canadageese.org/bcis.html - Coalition 
to Prevent the Destruction of Canada
Geese

I trimmed off the previous stuff. Nigel

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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am sending out this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially 
as it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
of Birding Ethics!*

Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
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[nysbirds-l] ADMIN: OWLS and Ethical Birding

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I am sending out this message as a reminder about ethical birding, especially 
as it pertains to owls during this winter season.

Although the content of this message is on owls, this message may apply to 
almost any unusual species.

In the past, birders have witnessed other birders and bird photographers acting 
in a way that does not conform to the American Bird Association’s (ABA) 
Principles of Birding Ethics (link: http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html).

Several of these behaviors have included, but not been limited to:


· Getting too close to a resting owl or causing a disruption that 
forces an owl to flush from its resting location – this causes wasted 
expenditure of much-needed energy

· Using powerful flash photography – this may disrupt the normal 
activity of an owl (sleeping, foraging, etc.)

· Releasing unnatural food resources (cage mice) into the environment – 
this may cause an owl to associate humans with an unnatural food source which 
may also contain unknown chemicals or antibiotics

· Loud talking, pishing or squeaking to attract the attention of an owl 
– this may further disrupt the normal activity of an owl

The discovery of owls or other rare birds may cause larger-than-normal numbers 
of people to gather near a rare or unusual bird. This may lead to undue stress 
to an already stressed bird.

*
In an effort to help minimize the negative impacts that we, as birders, may 
have upon recently discovered owls, please refrain from openly disclosing the 
exact location of any owl on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please keep any postings 
that mention owl sightings, as general as possible.
*

As Listowner of the NYSbirds-L eList, I have little control over how people 
behave around these birds; however, I do have control over who is subscribed to 
this eList.

If, while observing an unusual or rare bird, anyone witnesses birder behavior 
which severely contradicts the ABA Principles of Birding Ethics, please 
document this unethical behavior and find out the name of the individual or 
individuals in question. If it is clear and blatant harassment of a bird, 
please document this. Report this unethical or illegal behavior to me and 
report this to the appropriate Office representing your region at the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation (link: 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html). If this person is a subscriber of the 
NYSbirds-L eList, their subscription status will be brought into question by me.

Please note, I cannot prevent someone who has documented unethical birding 
behavior from posting that information to YouTube or any public forums outside 
of NYSbirds-L. If this is documented and publicized, your reputation may be at 
stake. Bear in mind that it is *not* okay to openly lambast specific violators 
on the NYSbirds-L eList. Please read the NYSbirds-L eList rules at this link: 
http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

*It is in your own best interest to read, understand, and follow the Principles 
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Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me off List with your questions or 
concerns.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


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ADMIN: Re: [nysbirds-l] Request

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I just wanted to advise everyone that nobody needs to wire Mark any money, 
because I have already done that. Just kidding.

This is obviously spam as a result of malware that has distributed this message 
to everyone in or select addresses from Mark's email address book.

It is good practice to periodically clear out your browser's cache, cookies and 
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version.

By keeping your computer and browser clean, you can help prevent the spread of 
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Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Listowner, NYSbirds-L
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On Oct 28, 2013, at 2:14 AM, Mark Forsyth 
mailto:forsythnat...@aol.com>>
 wrote:

Hello,

Sorry to bother you with this but i had a sudden trip out of the country to 
Greece. Am here to see my ill cousin she is suffering from Kidney disease and 
must undergo Kidney transplant to save her life. Kidney transplant is very 
expensive,so i want to transfer her back home to have the surgery implemented. 
I really need to take care of this now but i traveled with little money due to 
the short time i prepare for this trip and never expected things to be the way 
it is right now. I need a loan of $1,500 from you and I'll refund you at my 
return. I will really appreciate whatever amount you can come up with,if not 
all get back to me. I'll advise on how to transfer it.

Thanks
Mark Forsyth


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ADMIN: Re: [nysbirds-l] Request

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

I just wanted to advise everyone that nobody needs to wire Mark any money, 
because I have already done that. Just kidding.

This is obviously spam as a result of malware that has distributed this message 
to everyone in or select addresses from Mark's email address book.

It is good practice to periodically clear out your browser's cache, cookies and 
browsing history (http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache). If you 
own a computer running Windows, it is also strongly encouraged to keep 
antivirus and/or anti-malware software up-to-date. If you don't have anything 
installed, I strongly recommend the free version of Avast! Internet Security 
(http://www.avast.com/index). Avast! ranks among the highest of free 
anti-malware and antivirus software, and has a paid upgrade option for the full 
version.

By keeping your computer and browser clean, you can help prevent the spread of 
malware and viruses.

Thanks and good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

Listowner, NYSbirds-L
Ithaca, NY



On Oct 28, 2013, at 2:14 AM, Mark Forsyth 
forsythnat...@aol.commailto:forsythnat...@aol.com
 wrote:

Hello,

Sorry to bother you with this but i had a sudden trip out of the country to 
Greece. Am here to see my ill cousin she is suffering from Kidney disease and 
must undergo Kidney transplant to save her life. Kidney transplant is very 
expensive,so i want to transfer her back home to have the surgery implemented. 
I really need to take care of this now but i traveled with little money due to 
the short time i prepare for this trip and never expected things to be the way 
it is right now. I need a loan of $1,500 from you and I'll refund you at my 
return. I will really appreciate whatever amount you can come up with,if not 
all get back to me. I'll advise on how to transfer it.

Thanks
Mark Forsyth


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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Government Shutdown; Montezuma NWR CLOSED

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Montezuma NWR has been CLOSED, due to the government shut down.

I presume this affects other National Wildlife Refuges in NYS as well.

Please notify of other birding sites that have been closed due to the shutdown.

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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From: "Liisa S. Mobley" mailto:ls...@cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Government Shutdown; Montezuma NWR CLOSED
Date: October 1, 2013 11:36:05 AM EDT
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: "Liisa S. Mobley" mailto:ls...@cornell.edu>>

Apologies for cross-posting.  I also get the digest of Cayuga birds, so I hope 
this hasn’t been posted by 10 people already, but I’m not seeing it on the mail 
archive webpage.
-Liisa

Liisa Mobley
Electronic Resources Coordinator, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone (607) 255-3241, fax (607) 255-6110

From: Van Beusichem, Andrea [mailto:andrea_vanbeusic...@fws.gov<http://fws.gov>]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 9:19 AM
To: Andrea Van Beusichem
Cc: Tom Jasikoff; Linda Ziemba
Subject: Government Shutdown; Montezuma NWR CLOSED

Dear Refuge Patrons and Friends,

As you may know, the federal government has shut down.  This means that 
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is CLOSED until further notice, when the 
government resumes regular business.  No timeline has been told to us.  Here is 
our official statement:

“Due to a lapse in appropriations, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands, 
including National Wildlife Refuges, are closed for the duration of the federal 
government shutdown.  All programs and activities are cancelled.  For more 
information, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown<http://www.doi.gov/shutdown>.”
What that means for you is:

VISITOR CENTER VOLUNTEERS - The entrance road and access to all viewing areas 
and trails are closed.  The Visitor Center and the Lodge are closed.  Please do 
not report to work until further notice.  Lodge Store Manager, please do not 
report to work on-site until further notice.

MARSH! VOLUNTEERS - The Wednesday, Oct. 2 MARSH! work day will go on at Seneca 
Meadows, and will be hosted by the DEC.  The Saturday, Oct. 5 MARSH! work day 
is cancelled.

PHOTOGRAPHERS - All areas of the refuge are closed; you may not operate under 
your special use permit until further notice.

WATERFOWL HUNTERS - Unless we are back in business on Thursday, Oct. 3, we will 
NOT be taking reservations for the YOUTH HUNT, and if we are still closed Oct. 
12, we will not have a youth hunt.  If we are not back in business by Oct. 17, 
we will not be taking reservations for OPENING DAY.  Upon my return to work 
once we re-open, I will let you know how we will handle reservations and the 
hunts.

DEER HUNTERS - Archery on the refuge opens Nov. 1.  Let's hope we're re-opened 
by then!!!  Stay tuned.

DEER HUNT CONSULT MEETING PARTICIPANTS - If we are not re-opened by October 15, 
our 6:00 PM meeting will be postponed.  I will let you know how we will handle 
this upon my return to the office once we re-open.

SCHOOL GROUPS - Your scheduled field trips to Montezuma will be cancelled if we 
are not open by your scheduled date.  Consider visiting the Montezuma Audubon 
Center or Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center as a Plan B.

If you attempt to go on our website, it will be redirected to a general 
shutdown message.  Our emails and voicemail will give you the same message.  No 
one will answer the check station phone and there will be no message because 
the phone line is not working properly.

Wish us luck, etc.!
Andrea

Andrea VanBeusichem
Visitor Services Manager
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
3395 U.S. Route 20 East
Seneca Falls, New York 13148
315/568-5987, extension 228
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