[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip this Sunday

I will lead a trip up the lake Sunday. Meet at the Lab of O at 8 am. Plan to return by mid-afternoon. Bring a lunch. All are welcome - bird club members and the public. Duck hunting ends Friday, and I noticed today that ducks are beginning to congregate again at the south end of the lake. And,

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls

>From the Long Point Winery on Lake Road, Steve Fast and I saw three Short-eared Owls, the first one seen at 4:45 (that was when we arrived there) flying north of the road. We saw two on the south side. The owner of the winery told me he has recently seen 5 or 6 there. It was t cold to sear

[cayugabirds-l] Possible Peregrine outside my window

I happened to be reading about Gyr Falcon on Genesee list and when I looked up there was a falcon flying in front of my window and by the size I think it was a Peregrine, may be the same one which was reported by Marty today morning. It headed straight towards the Vet Tower along Tower road in

[cayugabirds-l] Iceland Gull at compost

A first-year ICELAND GULL was with about 400 Herring Gulls at the Cornell compost piles along Stevenson Road this morning. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edu

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine on Cornell campus

About 8:15am this morning a peregrine was perched about ¾ up the east side of Bradfield Hall. I heard it call before I looked up to see it. Marty -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.Northeas

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl hunting regulation

In 2005 the Ithaca City Court ruled that only the State of New York can regulations activities in or on Cayuga Lake because the State has retained its rights to regulate the lake. The court cited a Court of Appeals case that ruled on jurisdiction over activity in Canandaigua Lake. (The Court

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl hunting regulation

I guess the courts have the final say on the validity of Ithaca's ordinance. Concern about the cost and risks associated with jurisdictional disputes may be explanation enough for the lack of enforcement heretofore. But if the city begins to enforce its "No Hunting" ordinance, then DEC will have