[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: 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] 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: http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/communicationtowers.html Generally, towers should be kept as far away from the shores of Lake Ontario as possible, due to occasional large migratory bird concentrations there. Towers located within ~3 miles of the shoreline should be free-standing (no guy wires) and as short as possible. Towers should not be built near sources of bright permanent light (sports stadiums, convenient stores, etc.), which may lead to dense bird aggregations of disoriented birds on cloudy nights. Towers should use flashing (not steady-burning) aviation obstruction lighting if possible. Bill Evans www.towerkill.com - Original Message - From: Lisa Welch To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:39 AM Subject: [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: 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] 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: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: 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: http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/communicationtowers.html Generally, towers should be kept as far away from the shores of Lake Ontario as possible, due to occasional large migratory bird concentrations there. Towers located within ~3 miles of the shoreline should be free-standing (no guy wires) and as short as possible. Towers should not be built near sources of bright permanent light (sports stadiums, convenient stores, etc.), which may lead to dense bird aggregations of disoriented birds on cloudy nights. Towers should use flashing (not steady-burning) aviation obstruction lighting if possible. Bill Evans www.towerkill.com - Original Message - From: Lisa Welch To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:39 AM Subject: [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: 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: 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] 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 listed for different reasons, and not primarily for their potential to concentrate migrating birds. Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 On Mar 29, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Lisa Welch welch_m_l...@yahoo.com wrote: 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: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: 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: http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/communicationtowers.html Generally, towers should be kept as far away from the shores of Lake Ontario as possible, due to occasional large migratory bird concentrations there. Towers located within ~3 miles of the shoreline should be free-standing (no guy wires) and as short as possible. Towers should not be built near sources of bright permanent light (sports stadiums, convenient stores, etc.), which may lead to dense bird aggregations of disoriented birds on cloudy nights. Towers should use flashing (not steady-burning) aviation obstruction lighting if possible. Bill Evans www.towerkill.com - Original Message - From: Lisa Welch To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:39 AM Subject: [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: 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: 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: 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] 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 there are no documented sites I am aware of for these other concentration dynamics in the Syracuse-Onondaga region. The concentrations of waterfowl at Montezuma would not be considered actively migrating as much as staging (migratory birds taking a pit stop). The FCC has Environmental Assessment rules that may limit tower construction within MNWR boundaries but I think there is a gray area for building towers in proximity to such preserves. Ideally there should be a buffer zone for tower construction around NWRs (depending on tower height). However, the scientific grounding for such a zone is scant and would be more a precautionary gesture. From what I've seen, communications towers and wind farms are being built with little regard for many IBAs (e.g. new wind farm on Wolfe Island Ontario). It seems human infrastructure can trump previously recognized wildlife zones in many cases. A lot depends on public awareness/support for the IBA and the nature of the intrusion, for example whether it is a 200-ft cell tower or 1000-ft TV tower. So, to answer your question, yes it is true in some cases and it should ideally be true in many other cases. Bill - Original Message - From: Lisa Welch To: Bill Evans ; cayugabirds Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:51 AM Subject: 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: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: 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: http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/communicationtowers.html Generally, towers should be kept as far away from the shores of Lake Ontario as possible, due to occasional large migratory bird concentrations there. Towers located within ~3 miles of the shoreline should be free-standing (no guy wires) and as short as possible. Towers should not be built near sources of bright permanent light (sports stadiums, convenient stores, etc.), which may lead to dense bird aggregations of disoriented birds on cloudy nights. Towers should use flashing (not steady-burning) aviation obstruction lighting if possible. Bill Evans www.towerkill.com - Original Message - From: Lisa Welch To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:39 AM Subject: [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: 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: 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: 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/ --
[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 http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/6880885472/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/7026987519/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/6880886888/ -- 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] 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 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 http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/6880885472/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/7026987519/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/46520182@N04/6880886888/ -- 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] 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 as well as plants! Sandy Podulka -- 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 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 unique perspective afforded by the two snag-mounted cams. The female just laid her first egg last night, and if past years are any indication, could lay as many as three more! We'll be running two channels devoted to the heron's nesting attempt that will both be featured at http://www.allaboutbirds.org/cornellherons The first channel will feature the upper-mounted camera during the day in HD and with the ability to pan, tilt, and zoom if needed to see the action. During the night it will feature the video from the lower wide-angle/lowlight cam. The second channel will feature the view from the lower wide-angle camera during daylight hours to provide a different perspective on the herons' activities. Hope you enjoy the sights and sounds as much as we have over the past few days, and we apologize in advance for the lost productivity :) charles. -- Charles Eldermire BirdCams Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 607-254-1131 -- 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] 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 of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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] 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 single Herring Gull. Kevin -- 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] 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: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:36 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [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 of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
