[cayugabirds-l] another one

Hi, Sorry about two posts, but I think there were two Yellow- headed Blackbirds, quite close together. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] yellow headed blackbird

Hi All, What another beautiful day. There were thousands of blackbirds this afternoon on East Road. I was photographing them until the neighbor's plane repeatedly flew in circles around the fields, eventually scattering them. I have been interrupted in a lot of ways, but that is a new one. Ma

[cayugabirds-l] Stevenson compost birds

I've been gone a week, but went out to the Cornell compost today to census crows and had a few noteworthy birds. In addition to the American and Fish crows I was seeking, I saw a single adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and an unexpected first-cycle ICELAND GULL. The Iceland was very pale and quite

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

I went up the west side of the lake today shortly after Jay’s email. As yesterday, no luck finding the Franklin’s Gull, but the number of Loons on the lake is quite impressive. Most of the feeding activity is north of Sheldrake, both gulls and loons, and most of the birdlife is far from either s

[cayugabirds-l] Flycatchers at Lansing Center Trail

I just heard a flycatcher call and saw three sparrow-sized birds fly away from me. I was Slow to find my bins buried under stuff. Did see yellow on sides as wings were flapping. Many bugs on the trail today. Call I heard matched the call of great crested flycatcher have they been seen here? Se

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

Hi Carl, you wrote: > Just keep in mind that if we push too hard we could be the looser here. Yes indeed! There are already a number of exemptions to the firearms prohibition in Stewart Park. One of the possibilities is that the city might choose to revise the code by adding yet another exempti

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loon watch and foy here

This is interesting. Taking another look at the map, I see that birds diverging from the west shore of Cayuga above Taughannock would pass by Connecticut Hill on a straight course toward the Chesapeake, and would converge with the Susquehanna at Sayre, Pa, at its confluence with the Chemung

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

No luck trying to refind the Franklin's from Long Point and Aurora, but we can see a large feeding flock of gulls on the water off Deans Cove on the west side, so if you are in that area it might be worth stopping in to take a look. Jay On Nov 15, 2015 8:15 AM, "Jay McGowan" wrote: > A few minut

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

I think that this (below) is the part of the law that can be enforced at Stewart Park, it surely falls under the definition of a playground. However be very aware of possible consequences. It may surprise you that less than 12% of the DEC's budget comes from taxes. That leaves a whopping 88% f

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park boundaries

It seems to me that ideally the city would take the lead in petitioning DEC for a remedy. Other entities, groups and individuals might sign-on as joint petitioners. The first hurdle would be to convince the city that enforcing its existing firearms ban on the grounds of Stewart Park, while certa

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park boundaries

The state has the authority to restrict or ban hunting in any area it designates, for any of a variety of reasons, including public safety. And the state already has the resources in place to communicate and enforce such restrictions. If the city or its citizens want a ban in the waters off Stew

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park boundaries

Missing from this exchange is the fact that it was DEC's top waterfowl biologist, in consultation with the DEC office in Cortland, who recommended that the easiest way to resolve the human conflicts was to enforce the already existing ordinance passed by the City of Ithaca, but not recently enfo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park boundaries

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Loon watch and foy here

John, Meena, I was joking about following Rte 15 southbound! The majority of birds yesterday were indeed flying on a line that would have taken them to Watkins Glen. Did they turn? Where? Why? These birds were at sufficient althitude to bring the rivers in view quickly and the Bay within a very

[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point, apparently from the south, and landed on the north side of the spit, out of sight for us at the lighthouse. We tried to reposition to get a look but it flew before any other birds and quickly headed off to the north with some Ring-b

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park boundaries

Afraid not. That's just where the well-established supremacy of the state's sole authority to regulate hunting comes in. This is not an issue where home rule rights might plausibly be asserted. State-wide regulation of hunting is clearly a preemptive "general law" as defined in Article IX of the