[cayugabirds-l] Great Blue Heron breakfast

2014-07-17 Thread Judith Thurber
While checking Bluebird boxes on a golf course that runs next to a small stream, I saw a Great Blue standing with something dark hanging from its mouth that caught my eye. The Heron was shaking a rodent. It would put it on the ground and pick it up to shake it again. He repeated this about

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR field trips

2014-07-17 Thread Dave Nutter
This is the second year that the management of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is allowing a limited number of birding field trips onto dikes around Knox-Marsellus and Puddler Marshes, where the refuge otherwise prohibits public access. These are the scheduled trips and leaders of which

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR field trips

2014-07-17 Thread Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm
This sounds great! Can anyone provide info about paddling around MNWR? Is it even allowed or perhaps just at certain times? I remember an organized trip last year. Thanks. On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: This is the second year that the management of the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma NWR paddling

2014-07-17 Thread Donna Scott
Last summer Paul Anderson of the Cayuga Bird Club organized a kayak paddle in the vicinity of Howland Island and into the Seneca River. A kayak rental company rented us the kayaks and provided a bus ride from cars to launch site. Then we paddled to where cars were. I am not aware of any allowed