[cayugabirds-l] Working Lands For Wildlife - grants for farmers, ranchers, forest owners

2012-10-01 Thread Jacalyn C Spoon
NRCS and FWS Reach Historic Agreement to Extend Wildlife Conservation Efforts on Working Agricultural Lands Regulatory Predictability Will Help New York Farmers Improve Wildlife Habitat Syracuse, N. Y., September 27, 2012- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White and U.S.

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Nelson's Sparrows, etc.

2012-10-01 Thread bob mcguire
Begin forwarded message: From: Shaibal Mitra shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu Date: October 1, 2012 9:13:18 AM EDT To: bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com Subject: Nelson's Sparrows, etc. Hi Bob, It was nice to see you the other day--if only briefly. I saw on the Cayuga

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins - Ringwood Rd

2012-10-01 Thread Marie P Read
Hi all, A flock of Pine Siskins landed briefly at the top of a tall willow in my yard a few moments ago, wheezy calls and all, but then they flew off. I'd estimate a dozen or so. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail

[cayugabirds-l] Rufous hummy

2012-10-01 Thread Susan Fast
At noon, we spied what appears to be a juv. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at our backyard feeder. The bill was very long and curved. It had a rufous area on the side under the wing. It has been seen 2x since noon. We will be home this afternoon-799 Valley Rd., Brooktondale. S. S. Fast --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mundy Red-Tail

2012-10-01 Thread David Weber
I also saw the Pied-billed Grebe today, and thought it quite odd as well. It was my first campus grebe! It was also nice enough to stay close to the edge of Beebe, for some semi-decent pictures. The Common Merganser seems to have found a friend also, as there will two of them today. Also, it's

[cayugabirds-l] Sysacuse RBA

2012-10-01 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * October 01, 2012 *  NYSY  10.01.12   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 24, 2012 - October 01, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands