[cayugabirds-l] FOY hummer!

2024-04-30 Thread Nita L. Irby
Feeders put out yesterday and male hummer just seen at the test tubes. Twelve white crowned sparrows under feeders with an eastern towhee pair; RB grosbeak male on one feeder. Brown thrasher lurking nearby. Baby bluebirds in two nest boxes, tree swallows nesting in another two. Love spring….

[cayugabirds-l] Merlin the App

2022-05-25 Thread Nita L. Irby
Sorry to clutter the list but I have to get this off my chest: Merlin’s sound ID function is the absolute bees knees! Thank you so very much to its developers. Merlin has engaged my friends and family in ways I have not seen before. My husband, for example, “likes“ birds but won’t even pick up

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dryden Conservation Board Resolution Recommending Preservation of Dryden Lake Dam

2021-01-10 Thread Nita L. Irby
Hi all: It is my understanding that the posted resolution is from the Dryden Conservation Board and was sent to the Dryden Town Board. Our support is still needed. Per an inquiry to the Conservation Board last Fall, letters or petitions supporting the preservation of Dryden Lake should be sent

Re: [cayugabirds-l] hummingbirds

2013-09-17 Thread Nita L. Irby
this AM there were 4 female / immature types visible at once from my kitchen window - one sitting and shivering on each of my 3 feeders and one perched next to a pineapple sage plant (which was covered with a sheet because of the frost). I have been seeing 1-2 at a time almost every day the las

[cayugabirds-l] Scarlet tanager pair

2013-06-26 Thread Nita L. Irby
at the Bee Lab (the one WEST of Freese Road): Male and female scarlet tanagers in trees, just as you leave the parking lot heading west on trail towards Equine Research Park, before you reach big fields Everyone may have them around but this was exciting for my "kids"! Best regards - Nita Irby

[cayugabirds-l] Testing your ticks

2012-05-17 Thread Nita L. Irby DVM
Thanks to Chris T-H for: 1) reminding me how to post to the list (after my two failed attempts) and 2) for then reminding me to actually try to send again! See my original message about tick testing here: > Just in case this is helpful to anyone: > > The Animal Health Diagnosti