Re: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Falls light show?

2024-04-15 Thread sarah fern
My understanding is that all NYS park rangers have degrees in forestry. So I think they should know better about protecting wildlife. (Although I did watch a park ranger carry a mushroom-laden log out of a wildlife preserve and haul it away in his truck.) On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, 1:24 PM Richard

Re: [cayugabirds-l] education barred owl

2024-04-11 Thread sarah fern
Cornell teaches falconry? On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 8:00 PM Suzanne A. Horning wrote: > Hello! > > The Cornell Raptor Program had a barred owl get loose this evening. She > was last seen near the intersection of the East Hill Recreation Trail and > Game Farm Road. She does have gear on including

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds/eclipse

2024-04-09 Thread sarah fern
Early in the darkening before the eclipse proper, I saw a changing of roosting duties by the Mourning Dove pair nesting in a hanging flower pot on my back porch. I'm pretty sure it was mom who demanded the reluctant dad to leave his nap so she could take over. She regurgitated some food for the

[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Doves

2024-03-12 Thread sarah fern
are sitting on eggs in a hanging plant pot on my back porch. Sarah Fern -- (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/

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years

2023-12-13 Thread sarah fern
How does this drop in population compare with N America & other parts of the world? Thanks. On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 5:06 PM Regi Teasley wrote: > Let’s redouble our efforts to save our biosphere. > > >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] A mother's love

2023-07-21 Thread sarah fern
A MD has found an old hanging plant pot on my back porch & is protected from the rain. BTW I've read that the males incubate during the day, switching with the females who take over the night shift. Between broods, the 2 young huddled by themselves in the nest during one heavy rainstorm last week.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology

2023-06-11 Thread sarah fern
Have there been any trials of solar farms located over parking lots? Double benefit: shade for the cars and use of space that otherwise is driving up global warming. On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 12:44 AM Colleen Richards wrote: > Thank you Dave for a clear, concise presentation that helps point out

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology

2023-06-07 Thread sarah fern
About that trip to Mars: How can we justify spending $$ on Mars adventures when we have so much to do to preserve this planet and keep it liveable for generations of all species in the future? People in this country are dying because of misspent funds, plus we are causing extinctions constantly.

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

2023-06-07 Thread sarah fern
The city performed its useless "street cleaning" on my street at 6 am today. The air has been noticeably worse since then. I'm having trouble breathing in the house with my expensive air purifier working very hard. On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 10:16 AM Mary Cronk wrote: > It is a disaster. You can

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology

2023-06-05 Thread sarah fern
Well, there are so many sides to this issue. But no one wants to address the elephant in the room. The most effective thing we can do is limit our reproduction. Period. On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 1:13 PM Mary Cronk wrote: > Hi > I am finding that solar/wind is another topic and maybe this is not

Re: [cayugabirds-l] More bad Avian influenza news

2023-05-16 Thread sarah fern
I think that an Avian flu vaccine would be effective to help Condors, unlike any other species. Maybe also some of the raptors' nests where chicks are banded, too. On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:43 AM Nancy Cusumano wrote: > After a wave of bird flu, more than 20 California Condors Dead in the >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not your typical Canada Goose nest

2023-04-13 Thread sarah fern
- > *From:* bounce-127303629-5851...@list.cornell.edu < > bounce-127303629-5851...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Candace E. > Cornell > *Sent:* Thursday, April 13, 2023 2:01:45 PM > *To:* Barbara Bauer Sadovnic > *Cc:* sarah fern ; Linda Ann Woodard < > l...@

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Not your typical Canada Goose nest

2023-04-13 Thread sarah fern
For a few years there have been 2 or 3 geese who like to roost high on the cliffs near the dam at Treman Lake in upper Buttermilk Park. I never saw any indication that they intended or tried to nest there. Perhaps they enjoyed the view. Sarah On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 2:59 AM Linda Ann Woodard

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Health Alert: Statement Regarding Fall Creek/Newman Golf Course Area Fox Sightings

2023-03-24 Thread sarah fern
My understanding is that this is the main time when there will be daytime sightings of both genders of both of our fox species. Now that the kits have been born, nocturnal hunting alone is insufficient for feeding them. On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 9:43 AM Regi Teasley wrote: > Birders, >Please

[cayugabirds-l] (off-topic) hearing aids for birding

2022-11-04 Thread sarah fern
Hello all, Does anyone use ordinary hearing aids to help hear birdsong? Please ahare your experiences with me. I hope to find a good pair of hearing aids that can have 2 programs; one enhancing speech and one specifically to help me hear the birds again. Please feel free to contact me off-list

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] A ‘Living Shoreline’ Takes Root in New York’s Jamaica Bay - Inside Climate News

2022-06-25 Thread sarah fern
I wonder what is the status of the lost seaweed which formerly grew in Jamaica Bay as well as Great South Bay? Or was it a sea grass? I forget. But I hope there is some effort to restore that as well; I'll bet it would help against strong sea surges. And I think it could thrive again, now that

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Suet question

2022-01-09 Thread sarah fern
I like to use peanut butter & the birds like it. Sarah On Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 12:01 PM Geo Kloppel wrote: > I’m not advocating, but one can buy grass-fed organically produced beef > suet through the mail. One source that I see online sells it for about $7 / > lb., which is not more than one

[cayugabirds-l] GC Kinglet, Pine, B T Green & YR warblers, White Throated Sparrows

2021-04-28 Thread sarah fern
at upper Buttermilk today, late morning Sarah Fern -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black-throated Green Warbler

2021-04-27 Thread sarah fern
Northern Waterthrush at Sapsucker today, singing 1:30-2:30. Sarah Fern On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 1:22 PM Alicia Plotkin wrote: > Just came home from an early morning appt to find my yard (west side of > Ovid) awash in Yellow Rumped Warblers - had only seen 5 warblers of any > kind bef

[cayugabirds-l] N Waterthrush at Sapsucker

2021-04-27 Thread sarah fern
Today at about 1:30, I had wonderful views of a singing N Waterthrush in its usual place, near the boardwalk near the small pkg lot across the street from the main woods. Also present were a Phoebe & a pair of Cowbirds Sarah Fern -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oddly colored red-winged blackbird

2021-04-23 Thread sarah fern
This looks to me like the bird has some Oriole genes. Same family. Sarah Fern On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 6:32 PM Liz Brown wrote: > I had an oddly colored red-winged blackbird at my feeder today. Head, > breast, and back black like an adult male. Red and yellow epaulets. BUT - > the bla

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Birds are mysteriously dying in New Mexico in 'frightening' numbers

2020-09-13 Thread sarah fern
Do the birds migrate at the altitudes in which the western fire smoke is currently moving eastward? I have already experienced fine particulate ash fallout here. Sarah Fern On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 4:05 PM Regi Teasley wrote: > Birders, > A friend of mine in the West sent me this a

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

2020-07-01 Thread sarah fern
f their feathers as they turned in the air. They never missed a mosquito & I was in awe. Sarah Fern On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM Peter Saracino wrote: > Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come > way up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the c