Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake

2022-07-11 Thread Bird nerds untie!
Karen, Well, I didn’t know that! And the local teens who venture out with firewood and beer genuinely do not care. If it does need protecting then it needs protecting but telling the birdwatchers (respectful folk) not to go there will have less effect than actually “letting” them go out. Birdwa

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake

2022-07-11 Thread Karen
Not mentioned so far is that Frontenac Island is an indian burial site. To prevent inevitable disturbance, it should not be visited. -Original Message- From: bob mcguire To: job121...@verizon.net Cc: Cayugabirdlist Sent: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 6:37 pm Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frontenac

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake

2022-07-11 Thread bob mcguire
Fear not, Fritzie and Becky. Your beloved island will survive. The trees will all die. The cormorants will move on to another stand of trees, somewhere else along the lakeshore.The trees will fall and rot away. The guano will dissolve and wash into the lake (eventually). The seeds of new trees w

[cayugabirds-l] Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake

2022-07-11 Thread job121830
11 July 2022 Union Springs, NY I noticed several wks. ago the many dead trees (ash?) on the center of our beloved Frontenac Island, the only natural island in any of the Finger Lakes.. Today Becky & I were shocked to see that a large area of trees & rocks were white almost like firemen had spray

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

2022-07-11 Thread Joseph Brin
RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * July 11, 2022 * NYSY  07. 11. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 04, 2022 to July 11, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Comp

[cayugabirds-l] bird conservation work on Wednesday

2022-07-11 Thread Jody Enck
Hi Cayuga Birders, A couple of folks asked for more info about our work on Wednesday down at Lighthouse Point Woods. Details: Meet around 9:30am at the west end of Willow Ave near the City's Newman Golf Course Pro shop. Bring gloves, and a shovel if you have one. A weed wrench is even better if

[cayugabirds-l] Birding and Bird Conservation news this week

2022-07-11 Thread Jody Enck
There is a lot going on in the local birding world this week. On Wednesday, our bird conservation efforts in Lighthouse Point Woods will be enriched a wetland restoration crew from New Roots Charter School, led by Dean of Students, Jhakeem Haltom. If you want to help out even for a short time, me