[cayugabirds-l] Black-bellied Whistling Duck has returned

This afternoon (23 Jun) I found the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck right where I saw it on the afternoon of the day it was first found, the 17th. As far as I know it was not relocated during the intervening days. It was resting on the lawn near the west bank of Fall Creek on the edge of Newman

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

Chris, Fortunately, I have found the opposite for the most part I did two trips this past week one to Triangle State Forest and Hawkins Pond State Forest in Broome County and neotropical migrants were quite common especially Red-Eyed Vireos, Ovenbirds. see: Triangle State Forest:

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

Humans are not designed to deal with this news. Scientists understand this; why aren’t they out in the streets raising hell? They clearly have nothing to loose at this point. They seem so silently complicit. Sorry if this is not appropriate for the list serve, but what do we have to loose at

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

Chris, We have noted a continuous decrease in numbers banded, seen and heard over the last 33 years. What species do come in and sing do so for a shorter and shorter period. We believe it is a factor of ever lower number of migrants with the concomitant decrease in territorial marking and defense.