I was at Stewart Park the same time Dave was across the inlet. I saw two
Nighthawks over the golf course that flew south. My suspicion was they picked
up from Renwick Woods to continue their journey, but reading Dave's post makes
me think they spent some time feeding the flats as my sighting
It's worth noting that the bases of the red body feathers are blackish too.
Actually, they're about half black, so when a bird is in heavy body molt it can
appear blackish.
Kevin
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Not much sign of fall migration at Lindsay Parsons this morning, with the
notable exception of Eastern Kingbirds. Around 60 were in a loose flock
feeding on fruit (mostly dogwood berries) in the NW section of the
preserve. Very cool to see these birds making the transition from asocial
Around 9:30 am Friday I found yet another large Bobolink flock in the
switchgrass field opposite and east (downhill) of the observatory on Mt
Pleasant Rd. I'm estimating about 60 birds. I say another because I have not
noticed any in that field for at least a week, when there was a big flock
See article about nuisance of CANADA GEESE in the mowed lawn areas at
Lansing's Myers Park.
http://www.lansingstar.com/around-town/10960-goose-poop-threatens-myers-park-attendance
Members of the informal group Friends of Salt Point (FOSP) discussed this issue
a little at yesterday's regular
The large airports have learned to stop cutting the grass so short. I believe
over 9 inches discourages them. But that goes contrary to the American
ideal, eh?
Paul Schmitt
From: Meena Madhav Haribal
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:41 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Donna Lee Scott
Subject: RE:
The public users of Myers Park (and the Lansing Highway Dept.) would balk at
leaving the grass 9 inches long! We may not like it, but the culture is such
that Myers Park grass has to be mowed short.
I think they will have to go with 15-18 inch high goose fences and Border
Collies.
But then
Border collies, coyote effigies, etc can indeed move them, but temporarily to
somewhere else local. This effort looks ready to replicate the eternal cycle
of geese in Binghamton that move/ are moved from Otsiningo Park to BCC to
Binghamton University playing fields and back. At least we
