Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly

I’ve found that they prefer organic jelly over conventional…. So at least no fillers and colors… On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 6:52 AM wrote: > And chunks of papaya if it isn’t up to your human standards. Or even if it > is. > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 3, 2024, at 8:15 PM, Marie P. Read wrote: >

[cayugabirds-l] Owls

Two Who-Cooks-for-You hooting in my back yard this evening! -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Question about air quality and birds

none of the wildlife can get away from it. i am sure they are suffering (though i am no expert). On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 12:25 PM Regi Teasley wrote: > Does anyone know how this very bad air quality affects birds? > > Regi > > > Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. > Terry

[cayugabirds-l] dead bluebird cont.

I wonder if the cold freeze killed them inside the bluebird box? -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] dead blue birds

Parents have been feeding constantly. Today I didn't see them so I looked in the nest to see if they had all fledged. They are all dead! I quickly closed the door, so I am not sure if they are all babies or include parents. What shall I do with the dead birds? -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Birding in New Orleans

I will be in the French Quarter in New Orleans the first week or two of April. If you know of any great spots in the area to see birds then and there, please let me know. Thank you! Poppy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flying with the birds (literally!)

how about over zoom? On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 10:01 AM Donna Lee Scott wrote: > Might be a pretty pricey travel fee to get him here! > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 11, 2023, at 8:48 AM, Poppy Singer > wrote: > >  > Wow! Can

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flying with the birds (literally!)

Wow! Can we get him to speak at one of our monthly meetings? On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 8:40 AM Peter Saracino wrote: > Enjoy. > Sar > https://youtu.be/5QAjfH05IUE > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black bear killed on Refuge

this is sad. why is the guy in the photo smiling? On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 8:05 AM Peter Saracino wrote: > > https://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/2022/12/08/black-bear-shot-and-killed-at-the-montezuma-national-wildlife-refuge/ > > Pete Sar > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow billed cuckoo

I haven’t yet seen it, but I’ve been hearing a yellow billed cuckoo around my house. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] bluebirds and territory

I have bluebird houses hanging on my garden fence. I also hang a container of mealworms on the fence right by the houses to attract the bluebirds. I just watched a bluejay landing at the mealworm container and then the bluebird pair dive-bombed it and chased it away. I wonder if the bluebirds are

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Perfect poem for today

What a fabulous poem. Thank you for sharing it! On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:03 AM Peter Saracino wrote: > From one of our finest. And with birds too! > > To the Thawing Wind > https://poets.org/poem/thawing-wind?mbd=1 > Sar > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics

[cayugabirds-l] RWBB

Female Red Winged Blackbirds here at my feeder. I feel sorry for them, with the pond being frozen! -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Song Sparrow and Tree Sparrow

Is it possible that both a Song Sparrow and a Tree Sparrow are at my feeder now? I'm not an expert at sparrows, but I think so. Also, a Grackle, like Donna mentioned. Plus the regulars. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Book to give away

Does anyone want to read Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid? I want to give the hardcover copy away to anyone who does. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re: [cayugabirds-l] "Crabs" and knots

Thank you for sharing this. The film was made 4 years ago. I wonder what is happening now with the Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs? On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 9:24 AM Peter Saracino wrote: > Folks: > Everything in Nature is relational. The iron in our blood, the calcium in > our bones, each formed

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Are the Snowy Owls still hanging out at the Seneca Falls airport?

We saw 3 today. The airport is the place to go. There are even signs inside the airport about them! On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 10:55 AM madonna stallmann < madonnaoftheprai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm writing this late Saturday morning. We'd would like to head up there > if we are pretty sure of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] A great read for birders to consider by Bryan Pfeiffer

It would be fun to learn about insects as well! On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 9:02 AM Poppy Singer wrote: > I appreciated the author saying that he has shifted his focus to learning > more of the local flora and fauna. Along this line, perhaps we could > combine bird walks with plant walks? &

Re: [cayugabirds-l] A great read for birders to consider by Bryan Pfeiffer

I appreciated the author saying that he has shifted his focus to learning more of the local flora and fauna. Along this line, perhaps we could combine bird walks with plant walks? On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 8:31 AM Stephanie P. Herrick wrote: > I like this idea Bob, for two reasons: > > 1. It

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bell Station Auction canceled!

I heard this on the news. Such celebration! On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:13 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > Governor Secures Agreement with NYSEG to Cancel Planned Auction of > 470-Acre Bell Station Landing Parcel > > >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Migration alert

Thank you, Laura. That was a cool first for me. I just went out with binoculars for about 5 minutes and saw 3 birds passing in front of the moon! On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 4:11 PM Laura Stenzler wrote: > Birdcast has a migration alert for tonight and tomorrow night for Ithaca. > Check it out

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Muckrace 2021 & early deer season

John, I’d like to see the link, but don’t see it attached….? On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 5:02 PM John VanNiel wrote: > Just for clarification, this change is being implemented over 13 Wildlife > Management Units (WMUs) not just on Howland's Island and the Refuge. WMUs > do not follow political

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Follow-up communication to Cornell re mowing of hay at peak nesting time

Superb letter! On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:42 PM Jody Enck wrote: > Hello birders, > > After receiving lots of input, ideas, and resources from many of you, I put > together the letter below and sent it to the President and one of the Vice > Presidents at Cornell (as noted in the letter). Thanks

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fields being mowed - state land, too

I feel so sad about this. On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 4:39 PM Alicia Plotkin wrote: > More generally, another problem are policies by NYS Parks and the Wildlife > Management areas. Grassland areas under their control increasingly seem to > be rented out for farming. For example, part of Willard

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow geese and bald Eagles

What is the chance of them being there come late morning tomorrow? On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM Elaina M. McCartney < elaina.mccart...@cornell.edu> wrote: > It was worth the drive—astonishing numbers close to shore at Cayuga Lake > State Park! > > Elaina > > > > *From: * on behalf of Deb >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

I meant the freese rd ones On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 2:45 PM Susan Stevens Suarez wrote: > There are now about 400 snow geese on the ground in a cornfield on the > west side of Freese Rd just south of Hanshaw Rd. > Susan Suarez > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flock of snow geese on ground

Thank you. I rushed over in time to see them on the ground and then fly away all together. Beautiful. On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 2:56 PM Suzanne A. Horning wrote: > There are at least 1000 in the corn field behind Finger Lakes Dermatology > off 13 heading into Village of Dryden. > > Suzanne

Re: [cayugabirds-l] 50 Robins

Hi Suan, My daughter just called me to report hundreds in her yard on Turkey Hill! On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 2:02 PM Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > Just had at least 50 American Robins fly into the trees outside my > window here in Commonland on East Hill / Six-Mile Creek. They hung out > in the trees

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rechargeable hand warmers?

My son uses a pair of rechargable battery heated gloves. On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 2:56 PM Betsy Darlington wrote: > Have any of you tried rechargeable hand warmers (foot warmers, too)? I use > the disposable type (Yak-Trax) which is good for about 7 hours, and hate > being so wasteful. Any

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

Great letter! On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM Regi Teasley wrote: > I would love to see birders, as birders, taking an active role in > supporting local environmental protection. > Regi > > > *“The future of the world is nuts.” Philip Rutter, founder of the > American Chestnut

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Clear cutting under powerlines

Same thing happened here in Ellis Hollow last summer. On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Karen Edelstein wrote: > I was dismayed to see that NYSEG has been clearcutting/brush-hogging > vegetation down to bare ground under the powerlines on Salmon Creek Rd. > With the nesting season still well in

[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds in Garden

I put up a bluebird box on my garden fence early this spring. A pair of bluebirds moved in right away, which was wonderful! I believe they are currently raising/feeding their second clutch of babies. During the raising of the first clutch, I was rarely in the garden and there were no problems.

[cayugabirds-l] Hot Spots between Ithaca and Syracuse?

Hi, I will be going to Syracuse and back to Ithaca tomorrow. Does anyone know of great birding spots between here and there? Thank you, Poppy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Yellow rumps

Yellow Rumped Warblers abound around the Swan Pond at Stewart Park this evening. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pine Warbler at suet

I saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet on the suet at my house this morning when the sun was out. On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:09 PM, Randolph Ross wrote: > Pine Warbler briefly at suet and then seed feeder this afternoon. Strange > spring indeed > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018,

[cayugabirds-l] Gratitude

*I want to express great gratitude for the Spring Field Ornithology field trips and their leaders! * I took it the first time last year and am taking it again this year. I am delighted and surprised to find myself able to identify more and more birds just in my own out back! Thank you!!! Poppy --

[cayugabirds-l] Snow Geese

I saw thousands of snow geese today in a field on the right as I was heading south on route 34 from auburn towards Ithaca. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] what bird was this?

7:30 this morning I was driving on Stevenson Road. A large raptor was perched in a tree by the pheasant fencing. It was facing me, but I was without binoculars, so this is all I could see It had a dark head and wings and a white puffed out belly. For those who know birds well enough to not

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey and Blue Heron

Twice this week I've been at Salt Point and witnessed an Osprey repeatedly attacking a Great Blue Heron in the water and in the air. The Heron squawks loudly each attack. It is distressing to see. Does anyone know what this is about? (Mr. White-winged Scoter was still there as well) --

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Scoter

Thank you, Jay, for the photos that's definitely him! And thanks for the info about mixed groups as well. On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:55 PM Jay McGowan wrote: > I did find a male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER in the Salt Point bay yesterday > morning. An uncommon species in migration,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ducks by Salt Point

y iPhone > > On Jul 9, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Poppy Singer <poppysinger.ith...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > He's a diving duck > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:29 PM Poppy Singer <poppysinger.ith...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm at salt point on boat. There is a male bl

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ribbon cutting for refurbished Fuertes overlook at Stewart Park

He's a diving duck On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:29 PM Poppy Singer <poppysinger.ith...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm at salt point on boat. There is a male black headed duck with white > around the eye and white on the wing and orange beak and his mate and > ducklings. Merlin shows no su

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ribbon cutting for refurbished Fuertes overlook at Stewart Park

I'm at salt point on boat. There is a male black headed duck with white around the eye and white on the wing and orange beak and his mate and ducklings. Merlin shows no such duck. Anyone know what this is? Poppy -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME