[cayugabirds-l] uses of eBird

2024-09-04 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Another Cornell Chronicle article, this time about how helpful eBird has been helping state wildlife planners assess bird populations: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/09/state-state-data-boosts-bird-conservation-planning Sandra -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_"

[cayugabirds-l] Chronicle article on grasslands, mowing, and birds (and more)

2024-08-26 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
The article is quite extensive, and there are several embedded videos. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/08/campus-grasslands-grow-environmental-solutions Sandra -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: As fatal virus (avian flu) looms over bald eagles, N.J. conservationists fight to keep the bird on the endangered species list

2024-08-01 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
There are other articles that may do (I haven’t read any in their entirety yet): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/03/03/bird-flu-is-killing-bald-eagles/11389532002/ https://phys.org/news/2024-08-fatal-virus-looms-bald-eagles.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27446-1 https:

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Acopian Bird Savers for windows

2023-01-11 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
https://www.birdsavers.com/using-paracord/ has instructions for making these without using j channel. Sandra From: bounce-127074080-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of madonna stallmann Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 12:43 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Acopian Bird Savers

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Woodpeckers wreaking havoc

2022-12-04 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Unfortunately that doesn't help much when they appear to be using the house for drumming, not hunting for food. Sandra From: bounce-126996034-3493...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2022 3:33 PM To: Karin Suskin Cc: diane morton ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: R

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Not birds but important

2022-01-21 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
An excellent article with descriptions of fake masks and links to sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/you-can-now-get-free-n95-masksheres-where-to-find-them.html Sandra How to Get Your Free N95 Masks From the Government at Your Local Pharmacy https://www.prevention.com/health/a38815550/fre

Re: [cayugabirds-l] FLLT Bell Station Webpage

2021-09-12 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Interesting. Typos I can understand, but they can't even get the air service information correct. It does make me wonder how up to date/correct the rest of the information is. Sandra Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 9:57 AM To: Suan Hsi Yong Cc: CAYUG

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-23 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I think a closer look at the video is what’s needed. - - Dave Nutter On Apr 22, 2021, at 1:31 PM, Peter Saracino mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote: Sibley: Ravens 24" long Crows 17.5 " long On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:24 PM Sandra J. Kisner mailto:s...@cornell.edu>>

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I'm afraid I don't know. Sandra From: Geo Kloppel Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:39 PM To: Kevin J. McGowan Cc: Donna Lee Scott; Sandra J. Kisner; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird What food was being offered to a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I suggested raven to her, but it was an awful lot larger. Is there that much difference between crows and ravens? Sandra From: Donna Lee Scott Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:45 PM To: Sandra J. Kisner Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l

[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
__ From: Joshua Snodgrass Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM To: Sandra J. Kisner Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have white markings. It would be huge compared to crows. On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM S

[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised I'd try. A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them. The shot is from

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Migratory Bird Teaty Act

2020-06-15 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I must admit I’ve always wondered about the “bird parts” bit. It’s one thing to pluck a living bird or kill it for its feathers, but if I pick up a feather from the ground, apparently it’s still illegal to keep it. The rest makes good sense. Sandra From: bounce-124703158-3493...@list.cornell

[cayugabirds-l] binocular "recommendations"

2017-06-19 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I'm not exactly looking for recommendations, but input (on very little information, I'm afraid) on whether a few pairs of binoculars are any good. It's service recognition time, and amongst the gifts available are several pairs of binoculars. One is only described as "compact sport binoculars.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] checking, what insect is all about our faces now?

2017-05-02 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
None of the sites I've checked mention Bill Staines' cover, but check the complete lyrics to the "Black Fly Song" here: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/the-black-fly-song-emc/ Sandra From: bounce-121488864-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121488864-3493...@list.cornell

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Guess which bird made the front page of the Scottish BBC news...

2017-05-01 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Is that what they think a red-winged blackbird looks like? Or is it just a poor choice of illustration? Sandra From: bounce-121484551-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121484551-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Chris R. Pelkie Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 11:24 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Lab of O documentary?

2017-01-31 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Are you thinking of “The Eagle Huntress”? That’s at Cornell Saturday at 2:00 and Sunday at 4:30, but it’s not about or by the Lab of O. I don’t see anything at Cinemapolis or the mall that seems to fit the bill. Sandra From: bounce-121193093-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-121193093-

[cayugabirds-l] the linguistic rules of birds

2016-03-13 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
It appears that some Japanese birds use linguistic rules once thought only to be used by humans: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/little-bird-uses-a-linguistic-rule-thought-to-be-unique-to-humans/. This includes a video (it takes a while to load, and there's an ad first). Sandra -- C

[cayugabirds-l] this is a bit late

2015-04-07 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
Not a sighting, really, but . . . interesting: http://imgur.com/gallery/XKr67 Sandra -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVE

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Birding in Europe

2014-09-30 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
If you haven’t found anything by then, the Friends of the Library booksale starts October 11, and always has a lot of interesting birding stuff. You can page through what’s there and see if it looks good to you. Sandra From: bounce-118071672-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118071672-3

[cayugabirds-l] birdfeeding books

2013-04-21 Thread Sandra J. Kisner
I'd like to pick up a book on backyard bird-feeding for my brother-in-law. He's very much the amateur, not really a bird watcher; more the sort who picks up a bag of seed and a feeder at Agway and leaves it at that. I think he'd like to do more. I think he's put up a birdhouse or two as well