[cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes

Hello, I am a planner with Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency and I'm researching migratory bird (or otherwise) regulatory requirements and/or recommended practices for proposed and existing towers. Can anyone recommend a definitive guide for NYS? Thanks. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes

Lisa, Unlike for commercial wind energy, there are no specific NY guidelines for minimizing avian impacts of communcations towers (i.e., nothing from NYDEC). The Federal guidelines put forth by the USFWS are pertinent for NY and can be found at the following link:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes

Thanks Bill, Wouldn't this be true of other recognized migratory routes, wildlife refugees, or IBA, etc, for example, Montezuma? From: Bill Evans wrev...@clarityconnect.com To: Lisa Welch welch_m_l...@yahoo.com; cayugabirds cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes

I would think you should look at IBAs on a case-by-case basis, giving consideration to the cited reasons for each listing. Some IBAs are certainly in the inventory because they represent significant migration routes (for example, all of Cayuga Lake is a designated IBA). But other IBAs were

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Communication Towers and Migratory Bird Routes

Lisa, There are no other migratory concentration zones as well recognized in NY as shoreline regions. There are other geographic dynamics that cause migratory bird concentrations, such as long ridgelines (for migratory raptors especially) and box canyons (for night migrants especially) but

[cayugabirds-l] help to ID gray and white bird

Could someone help to identify the bird we saw this morning on the ground and in the bushes near our feeders? See the three links below. We're wondering if it could be a leucistic junco. It was significantly larger than the goldfinches hopping around near it. Marsha and Fred Kardon

Re: [cayugabirds-l] help to ID gray and white bird

Considering the belly color and where it begins on the flanks, and the dark eye, I think your guess is a good one. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:58 AM, M Kardon mk2...@pol.net wrote: Could someone help to identify the bird we saw this morning on the

[cayugabirds-l] Bufflehead in Brooktondale

We were thrilled to have a completely new yard bird, a male and female Bufflehead, on our small pond in Brooktondale this morning, along with the regulars: Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, and Canada Geese. (And a Common Merganser on a nearby pond.) Finally, some good weather for ducks

[cayugabirds-l] New Heron Cam in Sapsucker Woods!

Hello all, Many of you may have watched as we installed the two cameras that now sit on the snag in the middle of Sapsucker Woods pond. Given how active the herons have been over the last few days, we're excited to launch the cams to the local birding community so you can begin enjoying the

[cayugabirds-l] Wind Map

http://hint.fm/wind/ New, nearly real time map of wind patterns over the USA mainland. Thought some would find it useful for predicting migration patterns/speeds. Plus it's just plain cool. ChrisP __ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab

[cayugabirds-l] Dryden Lake day

I don't check Dryden Lake the way I used to, but today seemed like a good day for it. This evening I had 4 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 1 HORNED GREBE, 3 Greater Scaup, 26 Lesser Scaup, 2 Buffleheads, 5 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 male RUDDY DUCK, a couple of Canada Geese, and a

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Wind Map

Wow that is cool! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-43799786-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-43799786-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Chris Pelkie [chris.pel...@cornell.edu] Sent: