[cayugabirds-l] Grassland Conservation Reserve Program

2021-07-21 Thread Marty Schlabach 
Today I participated in a webinar on the federal Grassland Conservation Reserve 
Program.  The session was recorded and is available via the link below.

The purpose of program is multifold, but the bottom line is to maintain 
grasslands.  The program has an option for maintaining grassland for wildlife 
and another option for grazing farm animals.  There are various requirements, 
but if you are accepted into the program and meet the requirements, the 
landowner is paid a minimum of $15/acre and up to $50/acre to maintain the land 
in grasslands.  There are also funds for cost sharing certain improvements.

I thought some others would be interested, given our discussion of maintaining 
grasslands for grassland birds.

Marty


A Message from USDA Farm Service Agency - New York:
Thank you for registering for today's webinar on the Grassland Conservation 
Reserve Program.
Here is a link to the recording of the webinar: 
https://nrcs.box.com/s/fw447gbmmqf5luv4cg979e7mfkmrn8v1
In addition, here are a few more helpful links:
Office Locator: 
https://www.farmers.gov/service_center_locator
Overview of Grassland CRP: 
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/conservation-reserve-program/crp-grasslands-signup-overview/index
Fact Sheet: 
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/fsa_crpgrasslands_workinglandsfactsheet_21.pdf
Explantation of Ranking Factors: 
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/202106_fsa_crp_grasslands_203_ranking_factors_3.pdf
 If you need anything else, please let me know!
Take care,
Lynnette Wright
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315-477-6309
USDA Farm Service Agency
NY State Outreach Coordinator

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[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma/ Bank Swallows

2021-07-21 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
The Wood Stork at East Rd/knox-Marcellus Marsh showed itself to many birders 
today, along with 2 Sandhill Cranes. Some of us also saw an Indigo Bunting & 
some Wood Ducks, Pied billed Grebes, a mature Bald Eagle & the usual Great Blue 
herons , Great egrets & Mallards.

Later at Guy Baldasarre Marsh (NYS DEC- Van Dyne Spoor Rd) I saw over 50 Common 
Gallinule, 2 Trumpeter Swans, Barn Swallows & lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, 
Crows & Starlings. A few Common Yellowthroats hid in the bushes.
This is a nice walk on rough-cut grass around a neat marsh. Has a new wooden 
multi-level observation deck part-way round.

Now at the dirt part of Van Dyne Spoor Rd I am seeing over 100 Bank Swallows 
with a few Trees & N. Rough-winged sitting on wires with the Banks!
Then I spotted a Spotted Sandpiper working the rain puddles in the road.

A mature Bald Eagle is perched in a dead tree on Howland’s Island & there is an 
immature B Eagle perched in another dead tree a few hundred feet away.

It has been a beautiful birdy day!

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins

2021-07-21 Thread Karen 
We actually banded four nestlings. It would be great to know if ther were four 
banded birds still flying.
John


-Original Message-
From: Kevin C Packard 
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Sandy Podulka 

Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2021 12:07 pm
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins

#yiv2512016714 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I visited Allen H Treman this 
morning and the merlins were perched in trees and flying around the boat launch 
area calling many times. I didn't notice the banding but there were 4 merlins 
present, so at least one of the adults is nearby.
 Kevin


Kevin Packard


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 on behalf of Sandy Podulka 

Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 1:08 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins This evening during the thunderstorm I stopped 
by Cass Park to check on the Merlin nest by the Dog Park and saw three banded 
fledglings hanging around the trees in the area of the boat launch. They were 
definitely working on their landing, perching, and flying skills, and being 
seriously challenged by the wind. Sometimes they called repeatedly, but I never 
saw a parent nearby. Looks like they will be around for a while, as they did 
not move far.
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[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Lab of Ornithology Upcoming Webinar

2021-07-21 Thread Katherine Elizabeth Welch 
Who's Singing? How to Use Merlin Bird ID to Identify Bird Calls[A bird on a 
branch  Description automatically generated with medium 
confidence]
Tuesday, July 27, 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Register to view live on 
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Have you ever been mystified when hearing a bird you can't see? Our Merlin Bird 
ID app now features amazing Sound ID-join our experts to discover how to use 
this powerful new tool. During this free webinar, the Merlin team will share 
how citizen science and machine learning combined to create Sound ID. They'll 
also provide practical advice for how to bird by ear. Come join the 
conversation and learn how Merlin can help you better recognize birds by sound. 
Register to attend: 
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Northern Parula by Brad Imhoff/Macaulay Library




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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins

2021-07-21 Thread Kevin C Packard 
I visited Allen H Treman this morning and the merlins were perched in trees and 
flying around the boat launch area calling many times. I didn't notice the 
banding but there were 4 merlins present, so at least one of the adults is 
nearby.

 Kevin


Kevin Packard




From: bounce-125784652-86653...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Sandy Podulka 

Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 1:08 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Merlins

This evening during the thunderstorm I stopped by Cass Park to check on the 
Merlin nest by the Dog Park and saw three banded fledglings hanging around the 
trees in the area of the boat launch. They were definitely working on their 
landing, perching, and flying skills, and being seriously challenged by the 
wind. Sometimes they called repeatedly, but I never saw a parent nearby. Looks 
like they will be around for a while, as they did not move far.

--Sandy Podulka
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Re: Re:[nysbirds-l] [cayugabirds-l] Wood stork at Knox Marcellus

2021-07-21 Thread Robert Lewis 
Great find!

I'm thinking of spending a day or so up at Montezuma looking for these.  Any 
hints about the most likely viewing spots, time of day, etc would be most 
appreciated.

Bob Lewis
Sleepy Hollow NY





On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 7:08:34 AM EDT, Jay McGowan  
wrote: 



The immature WOOD STORK found last night continues at Knox-Marsellus Marsh from 
East Road, Montezuma NWR in Seneca County this morning. Surprisingly hard to 
see behind cattails most of the time, currently in the southwest section of the 
marsh. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is also still present from the Rt. 89 bridges 
nearby. 

Jay

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 8:05 PM Laura Stenzler  wrote:
> From the rare bird alert hotline;
> 
> Tim Lenz: WOOD STORK found by Les Preston continuing at Knox Marcellus 
> Montezuma. Close shoreline from East Rd.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wood stork at Knox Marcellus

2021-07-21 Thread Jay McGowan 
The immature WOOD STORK found last night continues at Knox-Marsellus Marsh
from East Road, Montezuma NWR in Seneca County this morning. Surprisingly
hard to see behind cattails most of the time, currently in the southwest
section of the marsh. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL is also still present from the
Rt. 89 bridges nearby.

Jay

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> From the rare bird alert hotline;
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> Tim Lenz: WOOD STORK found by Les Preston continuing at Knox Marcellus
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Another Tompkins Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

2021-07-21 Thread Lea LSF 
My husband Danila and I saw a yellow crowned night heron about a month ago
on Mill St. in Freeville as well. Unfortunately, I did not make an ebird
report. It's impressive how the bird is not as easily spooked as our more
regular herons are. Danila and I were the ones who spotted one in 2018 as
we kayaked down Fall Creek.  I remember being confused when the heron did
not fly away.  In fact, we were nearly hanging out together, having parked
our canoe right by the low overhanging willow tree our new friend was
perched on. Maybe these birds are sticking around, having developed a taste
for our ever abundant crayfish. Next time I'll be sure to file an ebird
report. Thanks everyone for sharing your findings and thoughts.
Best,
Lea

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 11:47 PM Dave Nutter  wrote:

> I celebrated Sandy Podulka’s find of a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
> at Taughannock Falls State Park that so many of us saw. I still do.
>
> I said one of the previous Tompkins sightings of the species was an adult
> along Fall Creek in Freeville. That was in 2018. Today Tom Schulenberg
> noticed something in eBird that I had overlooked (Thank-you, Tom!). There
> was a second similar sighting of an adult along Fall Creek in Freeville,
> this time specifically in Mill Dam Park, THIS YEAR, on May 31 by Gwen
> Gallagher and a second person not named in the eBird report. Each of those
> reports has a photo of a beautiful calm bird watching the person. So that’s
> the newly corrected 2021 Cayuga Lake Basin First Record for the species.
> This is also cool, because the earlier record was not a single fluke event.
> Maybe it’s annual, or a pair, or breeding, or the source of the juvenile(s)
> downstream at Cayuga Lake.
>
> Meanwhile, this evening Sandy relocated the juvenile Yellow-crowned
> Night-Heron in Cass Park in a Willow along the lower reaches of Linderman
> Creek near where it crosses NYS-89 opposite Cove Lane. Maybe there’s better
> hunting there than in the soccer field floodles!
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