[cayugabirds-l] Posting and Cedar Waxwings
We also enjoy the posts, don't use ebird so depend on our daily digest of goodies from you all. Thank you! One request and then a waxwing story. When we receive the digest, it becomes very unwieldy and hard to read when posters forget to delete the long tail of previous posts. Please help. Sue and I study the emergence of two species of dragonfly. One, Celethemis elisa (Calico Pennant) emerges in pretty good numbers. When we do our daily transect of our study pond, the tenerals (newly emerged) take flight from their natal perches and head for cover in the grass. We try our best to count them. That's when we noticed that we had helpers -or maybe we were the helpers. Cedar Waxwings hunt these delectable morsels and use us as beaters, often coming close to landing on our shoulders! We've also witnessed cooperative hunting among the waxwings where one or two will do the beating while others in the flock dine. Pretty cool experience to walk among the waxwings as they treat us as useful, but temporary, members of their flock. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Posting and Cedar Waxwings
John Sue . THANKS!!! WHAT AN AMAZING WONDERFUL REPORT ABOUT THE WAXWINGS THIS SUNDAY MORNING! And I agree about the long tails. Only a few seconds is required to delete the previous post or part of it as well as the Cayugabirds info at the bottom. Fritzie -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Feels...and sounds...like fall
A decidedly fall-like feel this morning, with the chilly temperature...and the yard is full of autumnal sounds: young Blue Jays trying out their new squeaky voices, lots of calling robins and waxwings around (including obvious young of each), and finally a female Black-throated Green Warbler perching on the awning of the deck! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] possible Summer Tanagers
I was told about possible Summer Tanagers (2) in Lansing. It was supposed to have been posted on ebird but I don't know how to find it there. Can anyone tell me how to get more information about them on ebird? -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma, etc
RE: Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Knox-Marsellus. I would like to offer Dave full half-credit for the Buff-breasted. Not only was it his suggestion that we try east road one more time at the end of a long day, but it was also he who kept whispering in my ear No Bob, that's not a Mourning Dove. Apparently I had confused the two birds some time in the past. I had forgotten. Unfortunately, he had not. The Buff-breasted was actually an easy find. It was foraging exactly where it would be expected: along the grassy edge of receding mudflats. Since the water had recently receded, the grass was short, and the bird stood out clearly. Plus, it was the only bird of that color: decidedly buffy on head and breast. With a dark-and-golden patterning on the back. Unfortunately, it's a long way from the road down to the flats, and a scope is necessary to get one on it. Best of luck to those who try for it today. Bob McGuire On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:16 PM, nutter.d...@me.com nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Bob McGuire, Ann Mitchell I spent today birding from Stewart Park to Montezuma. Stewart Park had the usual suspects for this time of year, including BARN SWALLOWS, BANK SWALLOWS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, CASPIAN TERNS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, BELTED KINGFISHERS, ten COMMON MERGANSERS on a log (the other 4 wouldn't fit), and 3 species of gulls. I had heard a PILEATED WOODPECKER as I biked from home, and we all heard a CAROLINA WREN. We walked around the Swan Pond and found a few passerines, including a quiet WARBLING VIREO, a singing RED-EYED VIREO, a YELLOW WARBLER, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, a WHITE- BREASTED NUTHATCH, HOUSE FINCHES and (non-passerine) DOWNY WOODPECKER. I also glimpsed a possible GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. We met Stuart Krasnoff at Salt Point, he having told us he'd found the spit at Myers to be empty. We saw the 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS hee'd found in Salmon Creek, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, an EASTERN WOOD- PEWEE, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, several CEDAR WAXWINGS, a BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, HAIRY and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, NORTHERN FLICKER, and other stuff. Additional entertainment was provided by guys across the creek at Myers using a home-made shoulder-fired device to fire a tethered tennis ball into the canopy of a large shade tree. This may have had something to do with a sign advertising an amateur radio club. Other people's hobbies sure are weird! On our way north we saw a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, an AMERICAN KESTREL, an EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and an AMERICAN COOT (inside the breakwater of the former Castelli's Marina in Union Springs). At Mud Lock we saw juvenile BALD EAGLES, both adult and juvenile OSPREYS, 2 GREEN HERONS, 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and the famous GREATER SCAUP (resting on the other side of the river and facing us so we could see the minimum detail and add nothing to the debate). We also had a singing EASTERN PHOEBE fly to a dead branch atop a nearby tree. At Montezuma NWR, the Visitor Center pond has water and a some shorebirds, including plenty of KILLDEER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a few LEAST SANDPIPERS, and four adult DOWITCHERS resting close together. Three of them were molting their back feathers, but the fourth seemed to be pretty much in breeding plumage still. As with most Dowitchers, I found them (and the field guide) confusing. The Wildlife Drive was pretty quiet: Larue's is plowed but dry, there is lots of empty water in the main pool just waiting for ducks to join the single WOOD DUCK, the shorebird area has lots of tall vegetation but a few LESSER YELLOWLEGS and KILLDEER in the more open areas, plus one lovely WILSON'S SNIPE which made Bob very happy as he and the snipe had been avoiding each other all year until now. Benning's Marsh had BLUE-WINGED TEAL and NORTHERN SHOVELER, as well as all the other shorebirds listed above, plus SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Tschache Pool had GREAT EGRETS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, The bonanza was at Knox-Marsellus Marsh, but as is often the case, viewing was challenging due to distance and heat shimmer. Dave Nicosia who was there with a club from Binghamton, pointed out 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS in various states of molt. We had 4 in view by the time I sent out a text, but eventually we saw a total of 6. There was also an immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON intermittently in view along witha some immature COMMON GALLINULES. A pair of SANDHILL CRANE strolled regally about and bugles occasionally. Ducks included GREEN-WINGED TEAL and doubtless others I wasn't paying attention to. Through intense study, Bob, Ann I concluded that one juvenile DOWITCHER was a SHORT-BILLED and another was a LONG- BILLED. Although it was Bob who actually found a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER walking around in the short, vivid green, new growth out on
[cayugabirds-l] Buff-breasted Sandpiper
RE: Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Knox-Marsellus. I would like to offer Dave full half-credit for the Buff-breasted. Not only was it his suggestion that we try east road one more time at the end of a long day, but it was also he who kept whispering in my ear No Bob, that's not a Mourning Dove. Apparently I had confused the two birds some time in the past. I had forgotten. Unfortunately, he had not. The Buff-breasted was actually an easy find. It was foraging exactly where it would be expected: along the grassy edge of receding mudflats. Since the water had recently receded, the grass was short, and the bird stood out clearly. Plus, it was the only bird of that color: decidedly buffy on head and breast. With a dark-and-golden patterning on the back. Unfortunately, it's a long way from the road down to the flats, and a scope is necessary to get one on it. Best of luck to those who try for it today. Bob McGuire -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Myers and Hog Hole this morning, plus the hazards of discarded fishing line
Below are my eBird reports for Myers Point and Hog Hole - nothing too surprising in either location. However, at Myers in a tree by the creek a Kingfisher had gotten trapped in fishing line with predictable and tragic results. Don't look if you are easily upset... https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VB5Pmc14LEr9HVGdHnGVhdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink -Paul Myers Point, Tompkins, US-NY Aug 19, 2012 8:30 AM - 9:18 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.1 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog for Android v1.6 22 species Canada Goose 1 Mallard 21 Common Merganser 2 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Osprey 1 Ring-billed Gull 190 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow X Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow X Barn Swallow X Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling X Cedar Waxwing X Yellow Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 Common Grackle 1 Hog Hole Ithaca, Tompkins, US-NY Aug 19, 2012 9:49 AM - 10:18 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog for Android v1.6 16 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 3 Mallard 29 Double-crested Cormorant 39 Green Heron 1 Osprey 2 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Ring-billed Gull 26 Herring Gull (American) 8 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Caspian Tern 5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 American Crow X swallow sp. X Gray Catbird 1 Song Sparrow 12 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
I wonder whether the Bird CLub should take up a new project: a sign, using a photo such as Paul's (I couldn't actually bring myself to look at it), the sign to include something like Dispose of your used line wisely, to be placed near fishing areas, would make people pay more attention to this awful issue. It would be controversial and upsetting to some peoplebut then, so what?? STuff happens that way. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-63372156-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-63372156-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul Anderson [p...@grammatech.com] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:56 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Myers and Hog Hole this morning, plus the hazards of discarded fishing line Below are my eBird reports for Myers Point and Hog Hole - nothing too surprising in either location. However, at Myers in a tree by the creek a Kingfisher had gotten trapped in fishing line with predictable and tragic results. Don't look if you are easily upset... https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VB5Pmc14LEr9HVGdHnGVhdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink -Paul -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
I think that's a good idea Marie has. I also think it would be good if some kind of project could clean up the accumulated fishing debris that's already out there, not just at Myers but also Stewart Park. I'd be happy to do what I can from my kayak when I go out but not sure it would be safe or that I would have the proper tools. Whom can we contact to share this photo, encourage this kind of clean up, and perhaps volunteer to help with the process? I've noticed a lot of tangled fishing wire and other trash along the inlet shore at Stewart Park when I am out in my kayak. Perhaps there are already regularly scheduled clean ups in place by park personnel but just thought I'd ask. Melissa Melissa Groo Fine Art Photography http://melissagroo.com From: m...@cornell.edu To: p...@grammatech.com; cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:11:06 + I wonder whether the Bird CLub should take up a new project: a sign, using a photo such as Paul's (I couldn't actually bring myself to look at it), the sign to include something like Dispose of your used line wisely, to be placed near fishing areas, would make people pay more attention to this awful issue. It would be controversial and upsetting to some peoplebut then, so what?? STuff happens that way. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[PMX:#] Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
On 8/19/2012 12:11 PM, Marie P Read wrote: I wonder whether the Bird CLub should take up a new project: a sign, using a photo such as Paul's (I couldn't actually bring myself to look at it), the sign to include something like Dispose of your used line wisely, to be placed near fishing areas, would make people pay more attention to this awful issue. It would be controversial and upsetting to some peoplebut then, so what?? STuff happens that way. Marie Personally I think it would be a lot more effective for us to just go around to all of the fishing sites we can and remove any line we find. Even making it a point that we make the extra effort when we are birding to watch for things like this and take action on the spot. With as many of us who go out regularly it would only take a little more effort on out part to seek out and remove these hazards as we bird. Besides the fact that while making signs one would have to look at the photos, I don't think I would care to do so. Carl Steckler For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know Unknown Marine Khe Sahn, Vietnam -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New yard bird this year
Hi, We had a Rose-breasted Nuthatch at the feeder this afternoon. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] FISH LINE
At Fair Haven, at the end of one of the piers and just off the beach, there is, or was, a 6 dia. piece of PVC pipe secured to a tree with a small sign. It was mostly full of used line when we were there last fall. Everybody used it. Steve -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
As far as contacting the people in charge (and with the hope that they will initiate some solutions to the problem of left-behind fish line), I suggest the following: Steve Colt, director of parks and recreation, Town of Lansing. The Town manages the park at Myers AND the area of Salt Point. Fishermen use the Town marina and fish from the shore at SP. Both the fisheries biologist and head of the DEC region office in Cortland (names I don't have at the moment). The State of NY actually owns Salt Point even though the Town of Lansing manages it. A letter containing Paul's photo should go to each of them. There are two problems here: fish line that is no longer wanted (tangles, broken line, etc) and line that became snagged in trees or underwater and cut. I have seen the PVC pipe that Steve Fast mentions in fishing spots all over the country, especially at marinas and boat launches. I wouldn't be surprised if the DEC has a stock of them and could supply one for the Myers marina. Dealing with snagged line - and the hazards it can cause - is more difficult. An education campaign, such as a copy of Paul's photo with a caption noting the problem, would be a place to start. Post the photo around the park and at Salt Point. Bob McGuire On Aug 19, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Melissa Groo wrote: I think that's a good idea Marie has. I also think it would be good if some kind of project could clean up the accumulated fishing debris that's already out there, not just at Myers but also Stewart Park. I'd be happy to do what I can from my kayak when I go out but not sure it would be safe or that I would have the proper tools. Whom can we contact to share this photo, encourage this kind of clean up, and perhaps volunteer to help with the process? I've noticed a lot of tangled fishing wire and other trash along the inlet shore at Stewart Park when I am out in my kayak. Perhaps there are already regularly scheduled clean ups in place by park personnel but just thought I'd ask. Melissa Melissa Groo Fine Art Photography http://melissagroo.com From: m...@cornell.edu To: p...@grammatech.com; cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project? Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:11:06 + I wonder whether the Bird CLub should take up a new project: a sign, using a photo such as Paul's (I couldn't actually bring myself to look at it), the sign to include something like Dispose of your used line wisely, to be placed near fishing areas, would make people pay more attention to this awful issue. It would be controversial and upsetting to some peoplebut then, so what?? STuff happens that way. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
Thanks for the contact info Bob. Yes, I was wondering how one would deal with the snagged line, since that's usually inaccessible (one of the reasons it is cut and left!). One way would be to remove the offending branch(es) to which it's caught...I have a long tree trimmer that could be used. But one would probably need to alert the authorities before doing this. I would be willing to start the ball rolling on this issue, although knowing what else I have to do, it will be a slow process. Let me gather all the information and thoughts from other postings today, and compile, and maybe present a suggested plan of action at the next CBC directors meeting. I could also present something at the business section of an upcoming club meeting...but not the September one because I have knee surgery that day and will be not in the best frame of mind...if even conscious! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bob mcguire [bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 1:50 PM To: Melissa Groo Cc: Marie P Read; p...@grammatech.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project? As far as contacting the people in charge (and with the hope that they will initiate some solutions to the problem of left-behind fish line), I suggest the following: Steve Colt, director of parks and recreation, Town of Lansing. The Town manages the park at Myers AND the area of Salt Point. Fishermen use the Town marina and fish from the shore at SP. Both the fisheries biologist and head of the DEC region office in Cortland (names I don't have at the moment). The State of NY actually owns Salt Point even though the Town of Lansing manages it. A letter containing Paul's photo should go to each of them. There are two problems here: fish line that is no longer wanted (tangles, broken line, etc) and line that became snagged in trees or underwater and cut. I have seen the PVC pipe that Steve Fast mentions in fishing spots all over the country, especially at marinas and boat launches. I wouldn't be surprised if the DEC has a stock of them and could supply one for the Myers marina. Dealing with snagged line - and the hazards it can cause - is more difficult. An education campaign, such as a copy of Paul's photo with a caption noting the problem, would be a place to start. Post the photo around the park and at Salt Point. Bob McGuire On Aug 19, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Melissa Groo wrote: I think that's a good idea Marie has. I also think it would be good if some kind of project could clean up the accumulated fishing debris that's already out there, not just at Myers but also Stewart Park. I'd be happy to do what I can from my kayak when I go out but not sure it would be safe or that I would have the proper tools. Whom can we contact to share this photo, encourage this kind of clean up, and perhaps volunteer to help with the process? I've noticed a lot of tangled fishing wire and other trash along the inlet shore at Stewart Park when I am out in my kayak. Perhaps there are already regularly scheduled clean ups in place by park personnel but just thought I'd ask. Melissa Melissa Groo Fine Art Photography http://melissagroo.com -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
Carl makes some good points here Personally I think it would be a lot more effective for us to just go around to all of the fishing sites we can and remove any line we find. Even making it a point that we make the extra effort when we are birding to watch for things like this and take action on the spot. With as many of us who go out regularly it would only take a little more effort on out part to seek out and remove these hazards as we bird. Certainly we could clean up as we go. But, unless I'm mistaken, the most egregious line is that which is inaccessibly high and snagged on branches, which is why it is cut and abandoned in the first place. To remove that would probably require more effort and more tools that most of us carry around birding with us. I am totally ignorant about fishing...so a question to those who know, is there a better way for an angler to deal with snagged line than to cut and leave it? Of course the obvious answer is to make more of an effort to reach it and untangle. I am not trying to set anyone up, simply wanting more information. It strikes me that we should be tackling the problem at its outset, not merely cleaning up afterwards. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 From: bounce-63376103-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-63376103-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Carl Steckler [c...@cornell.edu] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:39 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [PMX:#] Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project? -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] plus the hazards of discarded fishing line - a new club project?
In response to Geo's note - I caught a fishing line in a tree on my first cast once, so I know how easily it happens. Luckily for me and any unsuspecting wildlife, the line was retrievable! Ann Mitchell On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:28 PM, geoklop...@gmail.com wrote: In my experience (having been raised among anglers), snags in trees are should have known better events, i.e. the result of careless or inept casting. Experienced anglers can avoid this problem. More difficult to avoid are the underwater snags, and I suspect the latter exact a greater cost on wildlife, though the submerged tackle and the victims may remain out of sight. -Geo -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants
I spent a couple hours birding along Towpath Rd from 6-9:30am. Early on there was fog moving in and out, but I found a Red-necked Phalarope and 1 (and possibly a second) Wilson's Phalarope among the more numerous shorebird species. I was unable to refind the previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper or American Golden-Plovers from East Rd. There were a number of passerine migrants as well. Warblers included- American Redstart - 3 Cerulean Warbler - 3 (including one adult male) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 There was a good northward movement of Bobolinks, particularly in the first couple hours I was there. Full checklist link below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11396248 -- Drew Weber -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sorry!
Hi, if I could turn back time, I would! Diana Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Re
Let's just say I got excited about the bird. I always have to remember whether it is red or rose. I googled rose-breasted nuthatch and only looked at the first one that came up. I was baby wrangling a three year old , so made a hasty post. Apologies again. Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] 2 COMMON TERNS on red lighthouse breakwater. --Dav...
2 COMMON TERNS on red lighthouse breakwater. --Dave Nutter -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants
I spent time on East Road today, but later than Drew's report. Around noon I had 2 Black-bellied Plovers and 2 Wilson's Phalaropes but no Buff-breasted or A. Golden-Plovers. The second trip back in the late afternoon had me scanning with Dominic Sherony. We eventually found 6 A. Golden-Plover and 3 Black-bellied Plover. I missed seeing Red-necked Phalarope and Buff-breasted again, but did see a Eurasian Wigeon. The viewing is so distant and unpredictable that I wouldn't be surprised if the Buff-breasted is still there somewhere. Gary On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Drew Weber wrote: I spent a couple hours birding along Towpath Rd from 6-9:30am. Early on there was fog moving in and out, but I found a Red-necked Phalarope and 1 (and possibly a second) Wilson's Phalarope among the more numerous shorebird species. I was unable to refind the previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper or American Golden-Plovers from East Rd. There were a number of passerine migrants as well. Warblers included- American Redstart - 3 Cerulean Warbler - 3 (including one adult male) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 There was a good northward movement of Bobolinks, particularly in the first couple hours I was there. Full checklist link below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11396248 -- Drew Weber -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] new species
Hi, Just for laughs, My new species is for sale as a lovely ornament on Amazon. If it's on the internet, it must be real, right? lol http://www.amazon.com/Cobane-Studio-Breasted-Nuthatch-COBANEC392/dp/B005VI42UU Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
