(As I was saying) ... so there's no magic date by which you can be sure the
nesting is done, and still have time to make good hay. At some point you have
to say OK, time to mow!
-Geo
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First brood is probably fledged, but Eastern Meadowlarks may raise two broods,
and in New York State Meadowlark eggs have been seen as late as August 1st
(BBA). So there's no magic date by which
-Geo
On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Alicia Plotkin t...@zoom-dsl.com wrote:
A meadowlark was
I would agree on the first broods being out and fly-worthy by now, most likely.
And second or later broods are probably generally less successful, at least in
such birds as Red-winged Blackbirds that actually do NOT raise two broods
around here, although they may try-try-again as many as 4
Imagine my surprise to find a shiny green mini lobster (crayfish) dead but
intact on my garden path. I assume a green heron dropped it en route from
Taughannock Creek to the nest in our spruce trees. Imagine their disappointment!
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I often find pieces of crayfish and even shellfish under the trees in my yard,
here by the lake, no doubt from birds eating them in the trees and dropping the
parts.
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Donna Scott
On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Nancy W. Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote:
Imagine my surprise
The NY breeding season table in the BBA handbook says 1-2 broods for Eastern
Meadowlark, but gives no indication of how common second broods might be.
I suppose you could watch the field closely for evidence of a second nesting,
but if your goal is to win the cooperation of farmers, then it
Cayugabirders:
The team working on the Merlin project at the Lab is still in need of some
images of a few common bird species for our collaboration with the
Visipedia project on computer vision technology as it applies to bird photo
ID. If you're unfamiliar with Merlin, or need more details on
