I’ve been musing along a different line, wondering if a preemptive approach is
possible.
It takes time to mow the big fields that grassland nesters favor, and the hay
farmer can’t mow all of them simultaneously. The work of haying season has to
begin somewhere, and start early enough that the
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 6:38 PM Nancy Cusumano
wrote:
> I have been thinking about this too. And to me the issue is, what is in it
> for the farmer? If we are going to ask them to cut their fields up to go
> around nesting sites, is the bird conservation issue enough for them? What
> is the
I have been thinking about this too. And to me the issue is, what is in it
for the farmer? If we are going to ask them to cut their fields up to go
around nesting sites, is the bird conservation issue enough for them? What
is the carrot, I guess is my question. I don't know the answer.
Also, if
Thanks, Dave.
As Cayuga Bird Club I've been wondering what, if anything, we could do
about the situation. One dimension would be outreach and education and
increasing general awareness, for which CAC chair Jody has stepped up to
solicit volunteers, thanks! But I'd also toyed with a pipedream idea
Two Thursdays ago (June 10) I happened to be up in T'burg, so stopped by to
check out the Taughannock Peregrines. I found three nestlings in their
eyrie playing with their food and flapping their wings as if ready to
fledge. Two days later, on Saturday June 12, I ran across Mark Chao and
Miyoku in
