[cayugabirds-l] Maureen Cowen ... Starter grass

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Maureen,

I gather fresh, dried grass clippings in the fall & "cup shape" it in 
the cleaned boxes so winter roosting birds have a warmer place to roost 
than in just a bare box or on a tree limb. We've had bluebirds & downies 
spend nights in the boxes in winter & tree swallows that come too early 
also roost in the boxes. I make the cup a bit deeper & wider than birds 
would for nests. In spring I remove some of it when I see birds showing 
interest in nesting. This sometimes is helpful if we have a cold, wet, 
perhaps snowy spring that delays nesting.

During nesting season we may have a lot of rain. Nesting material gets 
wet or blow fly larvae are so prolific that just lifting the nest to 
scrape out the larvae isn't enough so the nest grasses need to be 
replaced. I keep dry lawn clippings or some pulled dry grass just for 
that purpose.

Since blue birds often/usually nest twice I clean out the old nest, 
sterilize the box & put new grass in. Tree swallows don't ever nest here 
twice but they leave a real mess in their boxes. To encourage bluebirds, 
especially if it's getting well along in summer, if they want a 
different box, it's really important to scrub out swallow fecal matter & 
other mess & put in fresh"starter" grass.

Fritzie

On 3/22/2020 3:35 PM, Maureen Cowen wrote:
> *What is starter grass?*
On Mar 22, 2020  Fritzie Blizzard  wrote :

Bluebirds are checking their dwellings. I have blocked the openings to 
keep male house sparrows from "fixating" on certain boxes & driving away 
other box nesters. Bluebirds won't start nesting here just yet &*I 
already have put new, dry starter grass in the boxes.*

Fritzie B.,

Union Springs


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] first kestrels

[Maureen Cowen]

What is starter grass?

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 22, 2020, at 1:34 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard  
wrote:



Daughter, Becky saw her 1st kestrel on Thurs., back at the barn on Ridge Rd. 
just so. of Spring St. Rd. where they've nested for an unknown no. of yrs.. I 
saw one on a wire on Spring St. near Frontenac Elem. Sch. (Union Springs) back 
in the winter. We also saw one near Half Acre in the winter.

BTW .. the Oregon dark-eyed junco continues here at our feeders & is more 
aggressive than when I first saw it on 1 Dec. 2019. Becky had seen it before 
that, not realizing it was not common here. Bluebirds are checking their 
dwellings. I have blocked the openings to keep male house sparrows from 
"fixating" on certain boxes & driving away other box nesters. Bluebirds won't 
start nesting here just yet & I already have put new, dry starter grass in the 
boxes. No tree swallows yet & they usually nest before bluebirds.

Yesterday we had our 1st large, noisy flock of ring-billed gulls overhead. More 
of the Un. Springs turkey vultures have arrived. Still have not found where 
they roost. Largest yearly no. has been 32 but so far we have only about 7.

Fritzie B.,

Union Springs

On 3/22/2020 12:58 PM, k...@empireaccess.net 
wrote:

Yes, Kestrels are here year round. In fall the young disperse to feeding 
territories which are widely scattered and , of course, the adults get the 
preferred areas.

John Gregoire

On 2020-03-22 16:07, Johnson, Alyssa wrote:

I was under the impression that they were present year round. I noticed one 
back in February at the FL airport.
Alyssa Johnson

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Re: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

[Karel V. Sedlacek]

Yup.  Sitting beautifully in the nest in the sunshine

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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 1:38:00 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Dave Nutter 

Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

Ospreys at the Salt Point nest in Lansing as well!

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:36 PM Candace E. Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all the 
Osprey sighters!
Candace

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Candace E. Cornell 
mailto:cec...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The first two Ospreys seen on Cayuga Lake were reported today in the afternoon, 
one around the Cass Park Rink  and one just north of Salt Point in Lansing. 
(Dave, do you have earlier dates?) I drove up to the end of the Cayuga Lake to 
look around as the Ospreys nesting on Osprey Alley ( Rts. 5/10 as it passes 
through Montezuma NWR property) usually return first, but none were on their 
nests and none were in the Osprey nest along Rt. 90 heading south.

Keep your eyes to the sky and please report Osprey sitings in their nests. Many 
thanks!

Candace

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

[Candace E. Cornell]

Ospreys at the Salt Point nest in Lansing as well!

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:36 PM Candace E. Cornell  wrote:

> Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all
> the Osprey sighters!
> Candace
>
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Candace E. Cornell 
> wrote:
>
>> The first two Ospreys seen on Cayuga Lake were reported today in the
>> afternoon, one around the Cass Park Rink  and one just north of Salt Point
>> in Lansing. (Dave, do you have earlier dates?) I drove up to the end of the
>> Cayuga Lake to look around as the Ospreys nesting on Osprey Alley ( Rts.
>> 5/10 as it passes through Montezuma NWR property) usually return first, but
>> none were on their nests and none were in the Osprey nest along Rt. 90
>> heading south.
>>
>> Keep your eyes to the sky and please report Osprey sitings in their
>> nests. Many thanks!
>>
>> Candace
>>
>> Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail:
>>
>> https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=fb09815967204bfc9386fe2d4d78f1b0
>>
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ospreys seen on Cayuga

[Candace E. Cornell]

Ospreys have returned to the Myers' Hill nest in Lansing! Thank you to all
the Osprey sighters!
Candace

On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:47 PM Candace E. Cornell  wrote:

> The first two Ospreys seen on Cayuga Lake were reported today in the
> afternoon, one around the Cass Park Rink  and one just north of Salt Point
> in Lansing. (Dave, do you have earlier dates?) I drove up to the end of the
> Cayuga Lake to look around as the Ospreys nesting on Osprey Alley ( Rts.
> 5/10 as it passes through Montezuma NWR property) usually return first, but
> none were on their nests and none were in the Osprey nest along Rt. 90
> heading south.
>
> Keep your eyes to the sky and please report Osprey sitings in their nests.
> Many thanks!
>
> Candace
>
> Cayuga Lake Osprey Trail:
>
> https://ft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=fb09815967204bfc9386fe2d4d78f1b0
>

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[cayugabirds-l] first kestrels

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Daughter, Becky saw her 1st kestrel on Thurs., back at the barn on Ridge 
Rd. just so. of Spring St. Rd. where they've nested for an unknown no. 
of yrs.. I saw one on a wire on Spring St. near Frontenac Elem. Sch. 
(Union Springs) back in the winter. We also saw one near Half Acre in 
the winter.

BTW .. the Oregon dark-eyed junco continues here at our feeders & is 
more aggressive than when I first saw it on 1 Dec. 2019. Becky had seen 
it before that, not realizing it was not common here. Bluebirds are 
checking their dwellings. I have blocked the openings to keep male house 
sparrows from "fixating" on certain boxes & driving away other box 
nesters. Bluebirds won't start nesting here just yet & I already have 
put new, dry starter grass in the boxes. No tree swallows yet & they 
usually nest before bluebirds.

Yesterday we had our 1st large, noisy flock of ring-billed gulls 
overhead. More of the Un. Springs turkey vultures have arrived. Still 
have not found where they roost. Largest yearly no. has been 32 but so 
far we have only about 7.

Fritzie B.,

Union Springs

On 3/22/2020 12:58 PM, k...@empireaccess.net wrote:
>
> Yes, Kestrels are here year round. In fall the young disperse to 
> feeding territories which are widely scattered and , of course, the 
> adults get the preferred areas.
>
> John Gregoire
>
> On 2020-03-22 16:07, Johnson, Alyssa wrote:
>
> I was under the impression that they were present year round. I 
> noticed one back in February at the FL airport.
Alyssa Johnson
> 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[Eveline V. Ferretti]

Thanks John. We had seen so many of them at the Mount Pleasant fields in the 
fall, and then didn’t spot one all winter long, it was a joyous relief to spy 
the one again this morning.


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From: k...@empireaccess.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 12:58 PM
To: Johnson, Alyssa 
Cc: Tim Gallagher ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
; Eveline V. Ferretti 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season


Yes Kestrels are here year round. In fall the young disperse to feeding 
territories which are widely scattered and , of course, the adults get the 
preferred areas. As a result some AMKE do migrate within the continent and what 
is happening now is a mixture of both. Of interest one short study observed 
Makes migration coincidentally with Anax junius (Common Green Darner) 
dragonflies for fast food on the run. We should start seeing pair 
formation/reunion. Here, we have seen more of each sex in the last few weeks. 
During winter the females were on the better territories and the males on areas 
more removed.
John

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On 2020-03-22 16:07, Johnson, Alyssa wrote:

I was under the impression that they were present year round. I noticed one 
back in February at the FL airport.

Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

From: bounce-124483370-79436...@list.cornell.edu 
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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:43:36 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Eveline V. Ferretti 

Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

That's great, Eveline. I saw my first kestrel of year (a male) yesterday on the 
road between Freeville and Dryden. And also a Merlin later in the day. Nice to 
see them coming back.



From: bounce-124483352-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Eveline V. Ferretti 

Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:38 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
fields. Yay!

Eveline Ferretti
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[khmo]

Yes Kestrels are here year round. In fall the young disperse to feeding
territories which are widely scattered and , of course, the adults get
the preferred areas. As a result some AMKE do migrate within the
continent and what is happening now is a mixture of both. Of interest
one short study observed Makes migration coincidentally with Anax junius
(Common Green Darner) dragonflies for fast food on the run. We should
start seeing pair formation/reunion. Here, we have seen more of each sex
in the last few weeks. During winter the females were on the better
territories and the males on areas more removed.
John

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On 2020-03-22 16:07, Johnson, Alyssa wrote:

>> I was under the impression that they were present year round. I noticed one 
>> back in February at the FL airport. 
>> 
>> Alyssa Johnson 
>> Environmental Educator 
>> 315.365.3588 
>> 
>> Montezuma Audubon Center 
>> PO Box 187 
>> 2295 State Route 89 
>> Savannah, New York 13146 
>> montezuma.audubon.org 
>> -
>> 
>> From: bounce-124483370-79436...@list.cornell.edu 
>>  on behalf of Tim Gallagher 
>> 
>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:43:36 AM
>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Eveline V. Ferretti 
>> 
>> Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

> That's great, Eveline. I saw my first kestrel of year (a male) yesterday on 
> the road between Freeville and Dryden. And also a Merlin later in the day. 
> Nice to see them coming back. 
> 
> -
> 
> From: bounce-124483352-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
>  on behalf of Eveline V. Ferretti 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:38 AM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season 
> 
> Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
> fields. Yay! 
> 
> Eveline Ferretti 
> Public Programs & Communication Administrator 
> Mann Library / Cornell University Library 
> e...@cornell.edu  
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[cayugabirds-l] Glaucous gull at Stewart Park

[Paul Anderson]

The birding at Stewart Park this morning was enormously satisfying. It was 
chilly but beautifully clear, and very still. Among the usual suspects were a 
Glaucous Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Bonaparte's Gulls, Red-breasted 
Mergansers, Ruddy Ducks, Green-winged Teal. And I got my FOY Tree Swallow. See 
ebird for the full list.

Then in Renwick Woods, the crows alerted me to the resident Great-horned Owl.

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[Johnson, Alyssa]

I was under the impression that they were present year round. I noticed one 
back in February at the FL airport.

Alyssa Johnson
Environmental Educator
315.365.3588

Montezuma Audubon Center
PO Box 187
2295 State Route 89
Savannah, New York 13146
montezuma.audubon.org

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To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Eveline V. Ferretti 

Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

That's great, Eveline. I saw my first kestrel of year (a male) yesterday on the 
road between Freeville and Dryden. And also a Merlin later in the day. Nice to 
see them coming back.


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Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:38 AM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
fields. Yay!

Eveline Ferretti
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[Donna Lee Scott]

I saw a kestral on Black Rd near NY Rt. 34 south of Fleming yesterday.

 I think it was female, but of course as I tried to get anywhere near it to be 
sure of gender, it zoomed off into the field! (I was in car, it was on overhead 
wire.)

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

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Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
fields. Yay!

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Re:[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[Tim Gallagher]

That's great, Eveline. I saw my first kestrel of year (a male) yesterday on the 
road between Freeville and Dryden. And also a Merlin later in the day. Nice to 
see them coming back.


From: bounce-124483352-10557...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of Eveline V. Ferretti 

Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 11:38 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
fields. Yay!

Eveline Ferretti
Public Programs & Communication Administrator
Mann Library / Cornell University Library
e...@cornell.edu
607-254-4993
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[cayugabirds-l] My first kestrel of the season

[Eveline V. Ferretti]

Just glimpsed my first American kestrel of the year on the Mount Pleasant 
fields. Yay!

Eveline Ferretti
Public Programs & Communication Administrator
Mann Library / Cornell University Library
e...@cornell.edu
607-254-4993

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] poem to share

[Judith Thurber]

Lovely — 



Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 21, 2020, at 9:49 PM, Peter Saracino  wrote:
> 
> Nice.
> Thank you for sharing.
> Pete Sar
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 10:23 PM Karin Suskin  wrote:
>> THE VISITORS
>> 
>> For six months, I have been waiting
>> The barren bones of trees
>> Showing soft hues of buds
>> The strength of daffodils to push
>> Upward through hardened earth
>> The anticipated sweetening of the air
>> As blooms with audacious colors
>> Open and release perfumed scents
>> And yet, I am walking alone
>> Amidst a new absence of sounds
>> Hoping that as someone passes
>> They will not release viral
>> Droplets from their mouths
>> To be downwind of another
>> Is to find me holding my breath
>> My head averted in opposite direction
>> We are alone in a collective waiting
>> Not for the gift we had hoped for
>> But for visitor Covid  19
>> To come and to go.
>> 
>> The migrants are coming
>> It starts in small numbers
>> They are crossing borders
>> They will not heed the warnings
>> They gather on wires and branches
>> Their numbers are swelling
>> They know that to be downwind
>> Is to have others ease their journey
>> They sing with abandon
>> To large and diverse audiences
>> They seek each other for close encounters
>> They flash obscenely rich colors
>> Saying, “Come to me, come to me”
>> Oh, my beautiful feathered friends
>> We welcome your arrival
>> We need you now.
>> 
>> -KSuskin
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