Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap

[Paul Anderson]

All:

The Freese Road gardens situation isn't as dire as it sounds. I have a 
plot there so I have received emails about it from the organizers. 
Here's a snippet from one:

> Dear Gardening Friends,
>
> I’m very sorry to tell you that there will be a major change at 
> Cornell Garden Plots next year (2016).
>
> The Cornell Agriculture department, who allows us to use the land on 
> which we garden, told us that we need to move out of the gardens in 
> 2016 so the land can be cover cropped.  Apparently we have been using 
> the same soil for so long that disease spores have built up and are 
> blowing around, which negatively effects nearby research plots. By not 
> growing vegetables and by cover cropping instead, we can greatly 
> reduce the diseases in our soil.  They have agreed to allow us to stay 
> at the Freese Road location and garden this year while they look for a 
> new location to move us to in 2016.
>
> Once they move us in 2016 we will stay in the new location for a 
> couple of years while they cover crop our Freese Road gardens.  Then 
> we would move back to Freese Road, but we would continue to rotate 
> between the two locations every couple of years so that diseases don’t 
> build up again.
>
> I’m letting you know about this now since you may be considering 
> installing structures or buying perennial plants for your “permanent 
> plot”.  Unfortunately it will no longer be permanent.
>
> The people in charge of these decisions want us to continue to garden, 
> they also need to protect the research projects going on nearby.  They 
> have been nothing but encouraging and positive in our interactions. 
> Overall this will make the gardens better, it will unfortunately mean 
> the end of the permanent plots.
>
Unfortunately there has been no success at finding an alternative spot 
for us gardeners. A location on Dodge Road was identified, but it needs 
work for drainage and a road and there is no money to pay for it, so 
until we can return to Freese Road, the club will be on hiatus.

As a birder and a gardener, I am doubly saddened by the loss of this 
spot, but I am hopeful that we might get it back in a couple of years. 
And who knows? Maybe it will continue to be a good spot for fall 
sparrows regardless.

Paul

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[cayugabirds-l] Dickcissel - Freese Rd

[Dave Nutter]

Tom Schulenberg reported a Dickcissel in the NE corner of the Freese Rd 
Community Gardens a few minutes ago. Town of Dryden a quarter mile south of 
Hanshaw Rd, east side.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point

[Jay McGowan]

The bird is still present this morning along the southern shore of Salt
Point, working up and down near the creek but often hard to see.
On Oct 9, 2015 5:34 PM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:

> A bright and absurdly late, not to mention just plain rare, PROTHONOTARY
> WARBLER is currently foraging along Salmon Creek at Myers Point and just
> flying across to Salt Point.
>
> Jay
>

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