[cayugabirds-l] Tues. @ 10:30 a.m.

2010-11-23 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard 
Screechie is sitting in the Factory St. box this a.m..

Thanks to Violet Hayes who reported that she  her husband got to see our 
adorable little creature. Hope others can.

And thanks to John  Sue Gregoire for the great pix of the Saw-whets  the 
sleepy Screechie. What an amazing number of Saw-whets to band. 76!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

Fritzie
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[cayugabirds-l] Bluebird Nest Box Results

2010-11-23 Thread Kurt Falvey 
Bluebird nest box with ¼” wire 4” above bottom results… 

 

I had mentioned in the Spring, that I had replaced all my bluebird boxes
with a new box that had ¼” mesh wire approximately 4” above the floor of the
box and I am extremely happy to report that for the first time we did not
lose one bird to blow flies, including tree swallows.  

 

The nests themselves seemed to stay much dryer and the only maintenance I
had to do was to remove some of the nesting materials that fell or was
pushed beneath the wire mesh. 

 

Having said that I don’t know if it was a bad year for blow flies or if
there were some other factors that I did not account for but it is extremely
encouraging.

 

I have posted the dimensions and pictures of the boxes at
www.BrokenRoadFarms.com for those who may be interested in building your own
nest boxes.

 

One other note…one of the pairs of bluebirds nested about 50 yard from our
house and would come to our deck for meal worm on a regular basis…we would
whistle every time we fed them and eventually they would come when we
whistled.  Our friends and neighbors enjoyed seeing them up close.  And when
the young fledged the parents brought them to the feeder…It was a fun year.

 

I will report next fall as well.

 

Happy Birding!

 

 

 

 

 

Julie  Kurt

Broken Road Farms

Dundee, NY 14837

 

Email: k...@brokenroadfarms.com

 

www.BrokenRoadFarms.com

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10

2010-11-23 Thread Chris Tessaglia-Hymes 
Message from Bob Spahn, posted to Geneseebirds-L:


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From: ROBERT SPAHN rsp...@prodigy.net
Date: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Cave Swallow ALERT for 11/24/10
To: geneseebirds geneseebird...@geneseo.edu


This afternoon after the front passed at Hamlin Beach SP, Dave Tetlow
decided to go west and see what might happen. It cleared up again after a
bit and he found a Cave Swallow in the creek gorge at Oak Orchard Creek near
Point Breeze. On the way back he had a number of passing Cave Swallows at
several points. Then late afternoon he started to see flocks gathering and
milling around near some of the bridges and finally going to roost under
them. Numbers were in the 25 plus or minus range at each place - total 150.
Finding that driving near spooked them, he then only observed from back a
ways and could see birds huddled together on the south facing ledges of the
I-beams. Birds appeared to be headed to roost under all of the Lake Ontario
Parkway bridges from West Kendall Rd to at least Buttonwood Creek at the
east side of Braddock Bay. Dave is trying to line up people to be at each
bridge before first light tomorrow to wait for first light and count the
swallows under or exiting each site.
Join people at a bridge. It will be important to approach from the south
side where the sun will warm things first and where there is shelter from
the N to NW winds. Arrive be 6:30 AM, park back a bit,then watch and
listenas first light approaches (about 6:43 AM). Last time talking with
Dave, the Salmon Creek Bridge (west side of Braddock Bay) was not yet
covered as he was sure of 19 birds going under there late enough to be sure
they were roosting. One could park at the lot on Manitou Beach Rd where you
park for the owl woods and walk to that bridge before first light to see
those. Several years ago I did that and heard them awake and start calling
and moving about before flying out.
Good Luck to all who try!!
Bob Spahn

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