[cayugabirds-l] bird feeders and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Hi Diana, Was the note anonymously hand written or was it an official DEC or Ag Dept. notification? I would be very inclined to call Cornell Co-operative Extension or a local AUTHORITY about birds _in winter_. Birds*ARE* known carriers but so is the wind so are small large mammals rodents. I did see one Dept. of AG site that suggested that bird feeders be moved away from hemlocks. No matter what we do, human damaged nature will take it's course. Fritzie -- 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/ --
Fwd: [cayugabirds-l] bird feeders and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
I too enjoy the birds at that feeder. That request is ridiculous considering how far away any hemlocks are. All it would do is be detrimental to the birds, especially this time of year when they depend on feeders to survive. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid are also spread by humans, deer and other mammals… are they to be kept out of that area also? I hope you can convince those people that, even if all they care about is trees and not birds, that this is a fallacious non-solution to their problem. Otherwise, one idea might be to find an expert in this from the School of Forestry to knock some sense into them. On behalf of the birds of Gully Rd, thanks so much for all you do! Sue Phillips http://www.wildbirdy.com/ Begin forwarded message: From: joe Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] bird feeders and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Date: February 7, 2015 at 2:24:40 PM EST To: Cayuga Birds cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Reply-To: joe Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com Hi All, My husband andI have maintained a suet and bird feeder in our local Skaneateles Conservation area for several years. We fill them both daily and the feeder usually just has the same local birds year round with the exception of the Tree Sparrows that settle in for the winter. We enjoy watching them and so do many others that like to sit in their car and get a close up view of the birds. We just found a note on the tree today informing us to remove the feeders due to the fear of the feeders attracting migratory birds that could possibly spread the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid to some hemlocks that are about a five to ten minute walk away. I understand that hemlocks are having problems, but is a single bird feeder with a suet cake really contributing to the risk? I post the birds for this feeder on ebird and the cast of characters rarely change. Any help would be appreciated. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- 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] bird feeders and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
I wonder if birds might some day soon be drafted to spread the biological control agents that will keep hemlock wooly adelgid in check? -Geo -- 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] Slaterville Screech
Screech owl was present at Slaterville Springs gas station this afternoon at 3:30, was absent at 9:30am. No cel reception there, apparently. Yesterday only one person (Eva) joined me on the CBC field trip, which ended up going around the lake. Highlights include Iceland gulls at East Shore amid nice redhead rafts; horned larks foraging close near the triangle diner (just a few snow buntings, no longspurs), goldeneye head throw displays at long point, no snowy at Seneca Falls airport, ring-necked ducks at Sheldrake with an adult bald eagle perched just above the road, and many tundra swans throughout (starting from Ladoga). Late lunch at Glenwood Pines had a flyover accipiter. Fun day of birding in relative warmth. Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- 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] many Longspurs, Tompkins/Cayuga Co border, 1 mi east of NYS-34B
Benjamin Van Dorn just reported a very high count of at least eleven LAPLAND LONGSPURS among over a thousand SNOW BUNTINGS HORNED LARKS around the dairy farm at the intersection of Lansing-Genoa Townline Rd and Davis Mahaney Rds. From Ithaca take East Shore Drive north to the end. Go left onto NYS-34B (Ridge Rd) to the county line and take the right turn onto L-G Townline Rd. The dairy is at the first crossroad, which is Mahaney Rd on the left/north in Cayuga County, and Davis Rd on the right/south in Tompkins County. Although there was no indication in BVD's text, the field birds are typically in the fields NE of the intersection. For those keeping a Tompkins County list it can be a challenge. --Dave Nutter -- 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] many Longspurs, Tompkins/Cayuga Co border, 1 mi east of NYS-34B
?Initially when I saw RBA message from Bob, I thought I don't want to chase the birds. But when Ben reported 11 Lapland Longspurs, I thought I have not seen them in a long time, so I might as well go and look for them. I followed Dave's directions, but I think better road is Fenner ( a road south of Lansing Genoa Townline rd) as it is well ploughed. All the birds were close to the dairy farm and were very skittish on Mahaney. They kept flying all the time and occasionally landed on the wall of the building on the south west side of the road. Often Horned larks sat separately from the snow buntings. I spent almost half an hour waiting for them to land. Finally a few snow buntings landed on the snow and among them was one Lapland Longspur. By then I think workers were leaving the dairy farm so there was so much of traffic, I deiced to leave. In the afternoon, there was a No. Mockingbird in the yard and eating multiflora rose fruits. It chased away a Cardinal which landed on the bush nearby. He ate for quite sometime! Cheers Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf From: bounce-118795419-3493...@list.cornell.edu bounce-118795419-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com Sent: Sunday, February 8, 2015 2:50 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] many Longspurs, Tompkins/Cayuga Co border, 1 mi east of NYS-34B Benjamin Van Dorn just reported a very high count of at least eleven LAPLAND LONGSPURS among over a thousand SNOW BUNTINGS HORNED LARKS around the dairy farm at the intersection of Lansing-Genoa Townline Rd and Davis Mahaney Rds. From Ithaca take East Shore Drive north to the end. Go left onto NYS-34B (Ridge Rd) to the county line and take the right turn onto L-G Townline Rd. The dairy is at the first crossroad, which is Mahaney Rd on the left/north in Cayuga County, and Davis Rd on the right/south in Tompkins County. Although there was no indication in BVD's text, the field birds are typically in the fields NE of the intersection. For those keeping a Tompkins County list it can be a challenge. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] many Longspurs, Tompkins/Cayuga Co border, 1 mi east of NYS-34B
Livia and I were able to count at least 22 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in this flock when many were arrayed in the field on the east side of the road. Many birds were still absent at this point, so the actual count may be much higher. Not too much else of interest today, although I did see continuing Ring-necked x scaup hybrids and an intriguing pale Aythya in the flock at the southwest corner of the lake: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21729908 And good numbers of waterfowl but nothing special at Myers: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21730013 Jay On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote: Benjamin Van Dorn just reported a very high count of at least eleven LAPLAND LONGSPURS among over a thousand SNOW BUNTINGS HORNED LARKS around the dairy farm at the intersection of Lansing-Genoa Townline Rd and Davis Mahaney Rds. From Ithaca take East Shore Drive north to the end. Go left onto NYS-34B (Ridge Rd) to the county line and take the right turn onto L-G Townline Rd. The dairy is at the first crossroad, which is Mahaney Rd on the left/north in Cayuga County, and Davis Rd on the right/south in Tompkins County. Although there was no indication in BVD's text, the field birds are typically in the fields NE of the intersection. For those keeping a Tompkins County list it can be a challenge. --Dave Nutter -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leave http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
