I just saw something unusual from one of my House Sparrows and wondered if
someone could give me some insight on it. The female sparrow came and broke
off a big piece of catmint and stuffed it in her nesting box. Why would she do
that? Would it deter bugs? I’ve never seen that behavior
Imagine my surprise last night when I spotted a male Ring Neck Pheasant near
the feeders. It’s a new yard bird for me. I got a few pics before he left. I
never expected to see him again. Imagine my surprise this morning when I found
him sitting on a teak table on my front porch! I was
I’ve just had my FOS male Purple Finch arrive. I’ve had about 4 Song Sparrows
for a week. Luckily the number of blackbirds has diminished. Just a few bossy
grackles at a time. I had a Carolina Wren a few times this winter and a
Mockingbird but haven’t seen either in quite a while.
I have
I just had my first of the season American Tree Sparrow. I’ve had Juncos for
weeks. The White Throats and White Crowns left quite a while ago
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I had a flock of at least 30 Yellow Rump warblers feasting on my bayberries
yesterday. I haven’t had a big flock like that in years.
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I’ve had a few new migrants. Today there was a White Crown Sparrow.
Interesting since I usually get White Throats first. I had a Dark Eyed Junco a
couple of days ago. I do not have them all year like some around here do. My
favorite was the Red Breasted Nuthatch who stayed several days
The catbird came a few days ago. The Purple Finch pair came several weeks ago.
Yesterday I had a female Towhee and the female Rose Breasted Grosbeak. This
morning I had two male Orioles at the same time and also spotted the male
Grosbeak. Later on I spotted a mature White Crown Sparrow.
Snowy Egret not found on Carncross even after a peregrine flushed everything
else there.
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I went down Armitage Rd. looking for wood ducks. No luck. I looked for the
Prothonotary Warbler’s nest box and could not find it. It’s gone. Does anyone
know what’s going on? Is it going to be replaced? I’d hate to see them return
to no nest box.
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shorebird walks. There are 4 men walking down there. Am I wrong on people
going down there?
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I just had a huge mixed flock of Red Wing Blackbirds and my first of the
season, grackles. I had 3 RWs yesterday.
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Wow! I thought I was lucky to get one female. Lucky you! It’s a nice
Valentines Day gift.
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> There are an amazing 27 Purple Finches coming to our feeder today. 17
> bright raspberry colored males and the rest
I’ve had turkey vultures fly over the house many times. But I’ve got a single
one sitting in a tree 200 ft. behind my house. That’s a first, especially at
this time of year. I wonder if there’s something dead way out back. I’ve had
a lot of crows out there too which I don’t normally have.
Two days ago I had a huge ,30-40 , flock of robins come into my yard to eat my
winterberries. About 15 were around yesterday.
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> A flock of 30-40 robins flew up from the side of the road near Taughannock,
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There were no Cranes on Armitage when I arrived but when I moved to Olmstead,
hundreds began flying in. My lucky day!
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I had a lovely little flurry of migrants this morning. I had two Whited
Throated Sparrows, two female Purple Finches, and the a Red Breasted Nuthatch.
I hope they stick around. My Cooper’s Hawk has been around a lot so even my
regulars haven’t been showing themselves, so this was a real
Ah migration! I have 2 juvenile White Throated Sparrows beneath my feeder this
morning.
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Has anyone seen the Spoonbill today? Is it still at Tschache pool? I haven’t
seen any reports for today.
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I just had a Pine Siskin at my birdbath! I’ve never had one at this time of
year. Could Merlin confuse a Siskin and Waxwing? It keeps hearing waxwings
and I do get them, and they may be too high for me to hear. Just wondering.
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I tried Merlin song outside this morning after I figured out what I had done
last night. When you wear Bluetooth hearing aids, you have to turn off the
Bluetooth. It was amazing! I recorded from my deck and all these bird names
popped up. I could hear the Robin and house wren, but it also
Eaton marsh Montezuma. Isn’t it early?
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Well, all my expected migrants showed up this week. A hummingbird showed up
this morning. It was eating from flowers on a weed in my patio. I’ve often
believed that they will go to a natural food source before the feeder. I’ve
had my feeders out for a week now and again I saw it on a flower
Just got two male Purple Finches. FOS for me.
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I just had a mature Bald Eagle fly over! It came from the west, turned and flew
over the house. Then it was soaring overhead a bit to the north. I live on
route 20 between Skaneateles and Auburn.. I was excited when an Osprey nested
in a nearby cell tower, but this was even better. I don’t
I just had my FOS Song Sparrow. I also had a surprise, a Redpoll! It was only
my second one this season. The Grackles and Red Wings have been here for many
days.
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I just had my first two Red wing Blackbirds, here in Auburn. Spring is here!
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Yes, I’ve found that too. Niger seed gets old. I read somewhere that it’s good
when it’s shiny.
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> I’ve been feeding niger seed all season. Even though we have plenty of birds
> coming to our feeders, few birds
I wrote too soon. I’ve got 2 Fox Sparrows. Then an American Tree Sparrow
showed up, FOS. After that a large group of Juncos showed up, but I’ve been
getting them. The Red Bellied Woodpeckers have shown up. I’ve rarely had them
for the past year so I’m delighted to see them regularly again.
I got a rarity to my yard this morning- a fox sparrow! I’m still getting one
White Throat. I have been getting a few Pine Siskins. No Evening Grosbeaks
yet. I’m lucky to get any birds here with the roofers here many days. They
finished yesterday so maybe those Grosbeaks will finally show
I wonder if someone can shed some light on some female a Cardinal behavior I
witnessed this morning. I saw her peeling bark off my River Birch and flying
off with a big piece. Now if it were spring, I’d think it was for a nest. Why
might she want it at this time of year?
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Just had my first returning White Throated Sparrow. It had the brown stripes
on its head rather than the white ones, but it had a lovely white throat.
Lillian Stokes said she had them in NH at her home. It sure got here fast.
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Does anyone know if they’ve flooded the visitor center area or Carncross road
yet?
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Early this morning a male RB Grosbeak showed up. Right now I had a beautiful
White Crown Sparrow show up. The Oriole has been quietly hanging out in the
serviceberry . He went to the nearby seed feeder. I couldn’t tell if he tried
to eat anything. There is grape jelly, suet, and oranges
I had my sunroom window open so I could photograph the birds. Who should show
up but my FOY male Oriole. He was very cooperative and I got some great shots.
He came within ten feet of me on the rock wall. He’s never done that before.
He went to the grape. He rummaged around in the flower
And now I’m waiting for all of these wonderful migrants to move north to
Auburn. It’s exciting to read what everyone is getting, but frustrating they
aren’t up here. Thanks for your report.
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> 3 Wood Thrushes, a Catbird
Birds were everywhere this morning. I went from 4 to 10 White Throated
sparrows. There were the usuals too, Cardinals, lots of goldfinches, Song
Sparrows, Blue Jays, House Finches, a pair of Purple Finches and tons of the
cursed blackbirds. A couple days ago I had a Brown Thrasher which I
I just got my first little flock of White Throats. All have bright white head
stripes and throats.
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I was at Montezuma this morning. At the end near rt. 89 and above the Thruway
I spotted a raptor soaring low. When I got my bins on it I could tell it was
an eagle. As it banked in good light, it’s underside seemed golden rather than
the brown of a Bald Eagle. Any idea what I saw? I had a
I saw my first ever fish crow today and correctly ID it by its call. It was in
DeWitt at Wendy’s at the corner of Erie Bvld and Bridge st. Isn’t that an
unusual place to find one?
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The snow just brought my first of the season male Purple Finch. Yippee!
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Skein after skein of snow geese flew west over my house in Auburn. They were
so high they were only specks. Sounds like they went to Knox Marcellus.
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Just had an arrival of Song Sparrows. I can also hear them singing. Yesterday
I had my FOS Turkey Vulture. I’ve seen more today.
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Well my crabapple tree finally attracted some good birds even without many
crabs left. I got my first three robins returning, and a flock of ten Cedar
Waxwings. There was also a large flock of blackbirds in the tree behind.
Yesterday I had Bluebirds eating winterberries and looking at nest
The blackbirds having flown north to Auburn. I had a flock of about 100 birds.
I could ID at one Common Grackle and Red Wing. They were at the back edge of
my property, about 300’ away. 20 Red Wings just came in to the feeders.
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Why are we getting these weird e bird reports from Tompkins county that have
birds that aren’t found here? It makes a mockery of e bird reports.
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The mockingbird surprised me with a visit again. It was here eating
Winterberries. I’m glad I have 5 bushes covered with them. There could be an
interesting war over the berries this summer. I’ve had robins and bluebirds
fighting over them before. Many years ago I had a pair of mockers
I just had a Gray Catbird out back. Isn’t it rather late for them?
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For me it was an exciting morning. I spotted a red fox out back so I headed to
the sunroom to see if I could watch him. He ended up hunting for rodents
around my feeder. While out there I looked to see what birds were there. It
was about 6:45. I get the most birds early. Anyway, a
Thank you so much for live streaming Ken Rosenburg’s talk. It was excellent!
I don’t drive at night so I can’t make it down to Ithaca for the Monday night
seminars. This was a wonderful way for me to be further informed. Thanks
again.
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I photographed this little gray bird at Montezuma last Wednesday morning. The
only little gray bird I know that has white on the edges of its tail is a
Junco. This isn't a Junco. It holds its tail like a Mockingbird. Again,
that's not what it is. From its beak I thought it might be
There were Caspian Terns at the end of the wildlife drive on Tuesday. They
were rather distant.
My orioles are still here and coming for the jelly. The juveniles were finally
eating jelly on their own. I still have my Grosbeaks coming. I have a pair of
House Wrens nesting in a birdhouse
When I drove into Auburn going to Wegmans this morning, there was a kettle of
25 or more TVs soaring . I’m three miles east of there and just had a group of
10 TVs go over. I’m used to seeing just a few at a time going over. What’s
with a huge group in the middle of the city. I bet there’s
It’s certainly been a year for Orioles. I have at least three males and two
females. The surprise today was having two Orchard Orioles show up. One is a
female. The male looks like a first summer male in Sibley. They like the
oranges and grape jelly so maybe they will stay around.
Sent
Well all my regulars have finally arrived here in Auburn. A male RTH
Hummingbird just showed up at the feeder. Yesterday I had a surprise visit of
a 10 member flock of Pine Siskins. I have both sexes of RB Grosbeaks. Got
pictures of the female Grosbeak and P Finch on both sides of the
Just had a male Rose Breasted Grosbeak! I love hosting those birds. But, I
still haven’t got my Catbird back.
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Just had my first Red Winged Blackbird. The unexpected bird was a Song Sparrow.
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851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Linda Orkin
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> I don’t know how others responded but perhaps the tree provides some sp
Thanks to all the people who responded to my query. Your ideas sure gave some
food for thought. I looked out this afternoon at the Cedar and it was covered
in birds! It looked like a birdy Christmas tree. I counted 25 House Finches
on the side that I could see. There were many more birds
I’m wondering why my birds have suddenly found an Alaskan Cedar so interesting.
I noticed several birds, Cardinals, Tree Sparrows, Chickadees all sitting at
the tips of a birch tree which is close to the Cedar. They’d fly over to the
Cedar and go in. More and more of my regular birds came
Good question. I’d never considered that and I do use it.
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> Hi,
> I’ve been wondering if the beef suet I get at the market for my suet feeder
> cage has accumulated toxins strong enough to harm birds.
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> Marty
Finally I had a flock of male and female Evening Grosbeaks here in Auburn!
Unfortunately, a squirrel came and a Coopers Hawk, at the same time and scared
them off. I have no idea how long they had been here. Luckily my camera was
nearby and I did get a few pics. I hope they return. Cooper
Had my SOS American Tree Sparrow this morning.
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I didn’t think my backyard birding could get any better today, but it did. I
had this single “grackle” hanging around. Eventually I realized it was too
small for a grackle. I thought, Rusty Blackbird? So I looked it up in Sibley
and yes, that’s what I have. It’s a new life list and yard
It was a magic morning watching my birds at the feeders. I had a White Crown
Sparrow and White Throated Sparrow which I hadn’t seen in quite a while. I
went out and through out more Sparrow food and came in to watch again. A large
bird the size of a mockingbird landed on the arbor. My
Yes, I have 6 Siskins busily eating the niger seed. I’ve seen at least one a
day for the past so days.
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> Pine Siskins are visiting our feeders today.
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Last Friday I had a Red Breasted Nuthatch for one day. It was unbelievably
tame and came within a foot of me. It’s only the second time I’ve had one
here. I haven’t seen it again, unfortunately.
I have four White Crowned Sparrows. One is an adult and the other three are
first year Birds.
I’ve had two White Throated Sparrows the last three days. I’ve also had a few
Yellow Rump warblers coming for the bayberries. I had so many last year they
stripped the bushes clean. Not this year. My only other warblers were a
juvenile Yellow Throat which do nest in my yard, and a female
Very good question. I bet lots of people would like to know.
Van Dyne Spoor was improved this year, but those rains may change that.
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>> I haven’t been down Towpath Road since mid-May. At the time it seemed to
Looks like it’s staying around. Seems very hungry.
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Another surprise today. There was a Pine Siskin at my nyger feeder. I’ve
never had one this late in the year before. I’ve only gotten a single bird
which doesn’t stay for long.
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Had a big surprise this morning with a lone Pine Siskin on the nijer feeder.
I’ve had them in spring before, but not this late. It didn’t stay long.
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I just had my first ever at home male Indigo Bunting! He was thinking about
going to the feeder. I hope he returns, but he’s probably just passing through.
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I now have 2 Fox Sparrows! They’ve been here for two days now. I had one about
five years ago which stayed for minutes. I don’t get great numbers of birds
like you do in the Ithaca area. I’m delighted.
I also just had a flock of Cedar Waxwings sitting in a tall maple. Now and
then they
Well, the Chipping Sparrows finally made it to Auburn. I had two this morning.
I still have American Tree Sparrows and Juncos. For the second time ever I had
a Fox Sparrow. I’ve been watching for both birds. I’ve had quite a few Song
Sparrows for quite awhile. I also have three male Purple
5 At Tschache
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Main pool Montezuma. 11:30
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Two ospreys on the beams on route 89 over the Clyde river and locks. Old nest
was removed and replaced with a metal disk.
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I’ve had both male and female Redwings since the first nor’easter.
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> We had a female Redwing at our feeders yesterday. Isn't this a bit early, or
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I haven’t had a lot of action at my feeders lately, but it picked up today.
Lots of grackles, RWBB, with one female. A large flock of snow geese flew over
going south. The best sighting so far is three male Purple Finches! I do get
them here in Sennett spring through summer but never this
Thanks to all of you for IDing my mystery bird. I should have been able to do
it myself. I had a big influx of Yellow Rumps here at home eating the
bayberries. They were here for days, until they finished all the berries. I
guess I went brain dead on it. Thanks for your help. I’ve got a
I’ve been editing some pictures I took last fall and have one I can’t identify.
It kind of looks like a pipit, but doesn’t match any picture in Sibley. Can
anyone please ID for me?
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Thanks!
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Owls come to the same areas. Lights at airports seem to attract them. They
stop where there is water. In the winter they often hunt waterfowl. Cayuga
lake is right near the airport and gives them another source of
I was surprised to find a White Crown Sparrow under a feeder. Is it early? I
had Juncos a few days ago, but they didn’t stay. I’m glad I put out the mixed
seed for the Sparrows.
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There's one out of breeding plumage with the caspian terns at Eaton Marsh.
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I've had two pair of hummingbirds that I've seen regularly since they returned
in May. I have two feeders out on the deck plus plenty of flowers. Mine like
salvia and catmint. I've often wondered if the same ones return here because
they are used to my feeders. That goes for my Orioles and
While I know where the park is, I don't know the landmarks you are talking
about. Is Castle Creek the creek coming into the lake on the east side? On
the map I see a tiny creek about in the middle, too.
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> On May 31, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Norwalk, James
Here in Auburn I've had two pair of hummers for several weeks. My friend has
them in Skaneateles too. I see them frequently at my feeders.
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> I've got a pair coming regularly to my feeders...
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I had a great day for new arrivals today. Both the Catbird and House Wren
showed up. Also an Eastern Towhee showed up for the second time ever at my
house. The male Baltimore Oriole comes frequently for the shelled peanuts.
Has anyone else ever had them come for peanuts? They usually come
Today a male Baltimore Oriole showed up on the peanut feeder. I haven't seen
one on that before. It's usually the jelly feeder they come for.
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Just after I read that Marie had a Grosbeak, a male Grosbeak showed up at my
feeder in Auburn.
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Here in Auburn my FOY White Crown Sparrow arrived. All but one of my White
Throated Sparrows seems to have left last night. The White Crowns arrive here
when my serviceberry is in bloom. They began blooming yesterday.
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I really like hearing what birds have arrived so I can start watching for them.
I figure that in about a week, it might show up in Auburn. Thanks for the
notice.
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> On Apr 24, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Melissa Groo wrote:
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> Yesterday and today a single, very
The Purple Finches and Chipping Sparrows have made it to Auburn. I got the
Sparrow a couple of days ago, and just got a beautiful male Purple Finch. It
was interesting to compare Sparrows. I had a Tree and Chipping Sparrow feeding
side by side.
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I was told yesterday by the Savannah Audubon director that the Mud Lock eagles
are rebuilding their nest near the old, blown down nest but farther in the
woods. It might be much harder to see.
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> On Mar 26, 2017, at 9:44 AM, Peter wrote:
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> Saw
Correction, it was Cherie Sassman who photographed it , not Linda.
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> Date: February 22, 2017 at 4:03:39 PM EST
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It's far from your area but I thought someone might be very interested in the
unusual goose Linda photographed and have an answer for her.
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Just had my first RB Nuthatch at my house near Auburn. I've never had one here
in the 17 years I've lived here. My friend down the lake in Skaneateles has
them yearly. I had them in Syracuse too. I hope it becomes a regular though
it probably was just passing through.
Few Hummingbirds
I have an image of this year's Red Headed Woodpecker. It's not great but you
can see what you need to for this question. Do they eat eggs of other birds?
Are those eggs or fecal sacs? I watched it up in a tree and then it dove into
some bushes. It came up on the dead tree with what you
I just put up an image of a leucistic Purple Finch on my website incase you're
interested. He came to my feeders just a few times this spring. He's eating
serviceberries.
http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/image/163810498
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Thought this might be of interest since Fort Drum is a hot spot for grassland
birds.
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> Date: June 4, 2016 at 8:18:23 AM EDT
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