Hello!
The first seminar after Spring Break will feature Jim Rising from the
University of Toronto, speaking about speciation. Hope to see you there!
April 5, 2010
Jim Rising
Senior Professor, Ecology Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
Speciation, hybridization, and geographic
At 10:45 this A.M., John I observed the Union Springs Center St. Extension,
Number One Road OSPREYS copulating atop the pole attached to the side of the
nest platform. This is the first time we have even seen the birds at the
platform this spring. No new building sticks were observed when I
Hi,
Tonight, I saw a lone Great White Egret at Marcellus Knox. The
Osprey pair whose nest was removed on Rt 89, were looking quite
confused and a bit sad as they tried to figure out what happened to
their platform. There was another pair on Rt. 20 and a single on
another nest near by.
My wife and I took a trip up to Armitage road this afternoon. We saw 9 pectoral
sandpipers
and a lone dunlin that have been found by others. The shorebirds were found
on the north side of the road very close to the dike, initially,where they were
tough to see from Armitage. Eventually they
I was at the Goetchius Preserve between 7 and 8 this evening. Highlights
for me were two WOODCOCK and one WILSON'S SNIPE.
Dozens of ducks came flying in as the light faded. Most of them arrived
after it was too dark for me to be able to identify them reliably,
though I suspect that most of
