Just for the record, Auburn is at the foot of Owasco Lake and Owasco
Creek flows north. Owasco Inlet starts in vicinity of Groton nd flows
north to Owasco Lake.
On 12/16/2010 3:43 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk wrote:
To clarify: Auburn is at the head of Owasco Lake, the small Finger
Lake that lies between Cayuga Lake and Skaneateles Lake.
Linda P. Van Buskirk, Ph.D.
Sr. Lecturer in Communication
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
607-255-2161; fax 607-254-1322
*From:*bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-7530811-3493...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Asher
Hockett
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:36 PM
*To:* Andrew Roe
*Cc:* Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
*Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows?
Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near
the upper reaches of Cayuga Lake, had to resort to drastic (but
non-violent) measures to rid the city of tens of thousands of them.
Maybe Ithaca has a reputation for being more crow friendly. Here we
have our own reverse pied piper in crow expert Kevin McGowan, who
will likely add his educated perspective to my unscientific babbling.
They are using the slopes of south hill which lead down into 6 Mile
Creek and the neighborhoods bordering the creek area for the roost
these days (or nights, actually).
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Andrew Roe
andrew.walker@gmail.com mailto:andrew.walker@gmail.com wrote:
This is only my second winter in Ithaca (I'm a grad student, here from
the southeast) so I don't really know how normal this is- but there
seem to be an ENORMOUS number of crows around downtown Ithaca and
Cornell- swirling at dusk, covering roofs, nearly toppling trees,
blotting out the sun, etc.
Can someone in the know let me know what's going on? Are these all
birds passing through, or is there some sort of monumental attack on
the Lab of O in the works?
Thanks,
Andrew
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asher
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