Eagles in D.C. area, nationwide have chronic lead poisoning, study finds
Nearly half the eagles sampled had what researchers called “unexpectedly high
frequencies of lead,” experts wrote in the study, published earlier this year
in the journal Science.
By Dana Hedgpeth
Merlin help, please. I can't compete with Worm-eating Warbler or Curlew
Sandpiper, but,
In past years the census of Merlin nesting pairs in ToCobenefited immensely by
the work of grad. students studying crows. Thesestudents have finished their
field work. It is impossible for me to do
Still present at 4:30. Also breeding male plumage Wilson’s Phalarope.
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On May 12, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
wrote:
I have yet to see anything posted more broadly, but a brightly-colored Curlew
Sandpiper was seen and photographed from the Montezuma
I have yet to see anything posted more broadly, but a brightly-colored Curlew
Sandpiper was seen and photographed from the Montezuma NWR Visitor Center
(located in upstate, NY) and was present at least through 2:45pm today.
Good luck to any who try for this bird so late in the day.
Sincerely,
This morning I was with my grounds worker & we were going into the boathouse on
the beach to clear out leaves & piles of sticks brought by flood last fall.
As I open the door, there was a loud commotion & then I saw a smallish Turkey
Vulture flying inside at the lake end of boathouse!
It landed
For anyone interested in trying for the bird, it seems to be sticking to
the north "ravine" area right on the trail. I walked towards the rec way
and didn't have luck, but on my way back to the car the bird was right over
the trail foraging very low and singing sporadically. It was mostly giving
From Brad Walker:
"The worm-eating is now singing and foraging very low over the path near where
it was originally reported. Foraging and singing an alternate song low in a
Hawthorn.”
Sincerely,
Chris T-H
On May 12, 2022, at 10:06 AM, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
mailto:c...@cornell.edu>>
> Yesterday while volunteering with 5th graders at the Lab of O, I saw
> a bluejay-like bird but with all-white secondaries against an otherwise
> dark wing. I didn't have binoculars on me and was soon distracted by other
> stuff. But on further reflection, Red-headed Woodpecker is the
> only bird
I haven’t yet seen this posted here, and I’ve not had time to go birding much
at the Hawthorn Orchard, but today a WORM-EATING WARBLER was found by Jasdev.
The bird was seen foraging in the Northeast corner/area and singing
periodically. This was posted to the GroupMe CayugaRBA by Jay McGowan.
