Re: [cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: October 10, 2015
*Subscription Removal* In order to remove your email address from the List, you must do the following: 1. Create a new message, addressed to: cayugabirds-l-requ...@cornell.edu 1. Type the following text into the body of the new message: LEAVE 1. NOTE: The message must be sent *from* the email address which was originally subscribed to the List. 1. Send your message. You will receive a removal confirmation message shortly. On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Chris Sutherlandwrote: > Hello, > > How do I unsubscribe form this list - I have moved from Ithaca now > unfortunately. > > Thanks > Chris > > -Original Message- > From: bounce-119764639-62004...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: > bounce-119764639-62004...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Upstate NY > Birding digest > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:03 AM > To: cayugabirds-l digest recipients > Subject: cayugabirds-l digest: October 10, 2015 > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, October 10, 2015. > > 1. Re: Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point 2. Dickcissel - Freese Rd 3. Re: > Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap > 4. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtjYXl1Z2FiaXJkcy1sXSBDb3JuZWxsIENvbW11bml0eSBHYXJkZW5z?= > =?utf-8?B?IC0gaW1taW5lbnQgY29udmVyc2lvbiwgd2Vla2VuZCB3YWxrcywgTS1UaCBy?= > =?utf-8?B?ZWNhcA==?= > > -- > > Subject: Re: Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point > From: Jay McGowan > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:43:10 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > The bird is still present this morning along the southern shore of Salt > Point, working up and down near the creek but often hard to see. > On Oct 9, 2015 5:34 PM, "Jay McGowan" wrote: > > > A bright and absurdly late, not to mention just plain rare, > > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER is currently foraging along Salmon Creek at Myers > > Point and just flying across to Salt Point. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > Subject: Dickcissel - Freese Rd > From: Dave Nutter > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:25:17 + > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Tom Schulenberg reported a Dickcissel in the NE corner of the Freese Rd > Community Gardens a few minutes ago. Town of Dryden a quarter mile south of > Hanshaw Rd, east side. > > --Dave Nutter > -- > > Subject: Re: Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend > walks, M-Th recap > From: Paul Anderson > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:53:11 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > All: > > The Freese Road gardens situation isn't as dire as it sounds. I have a > plot there so I have received emails about it from the organizers. > Here's a snippet from one: > > > Dear Gardening Friends, > > > > I’m very sorry to tell you that there will be a major change at > > Cornell Garden Plots next year (2016). > > > > The Cornell Agriculture department, who allows us to use the land on > > which we garden, told us that we need to move out of the gardens in > > 2016 so the land can be cover cropped. Apparently we have been using > > the same soil for so long that disease spores have built up and are > > blowing around, which negatively effects nearby research plots. By not > > growing vegetables and by cover cropping instead, we can greatly > > reduce the diseases in our soil. They have agreed to allow us to stay > > at the Freese Road location and garden this year while they look for a > > new location to move us to in 2016. > > > > Once they move us in 2016 we will stay in the new location for a > > couple of years while they cover crop our Freese Road gardens. Then > > we would move back to Freese Road, but we would continue to rotate > > between the two locations every couple of years so that diseases > > don’t build up again. > > > > I’m letting you know about this now since you may be considering > > installing structures or buying perennial plants for your “permanent > > plot†. Unfortunately it will no longer be permanent. > > > > The people in charge of these decisions want us to continue to garden, > > they also need to protect the research projects going on nearby. They > > have been nothing but encouraging and positive in our interactions. > > Overall this will make the gardens better, it will unfortunately mean > > the end of the permanent plots. > > > Unfortunately there has been no success at finding an alternative spot for > us gardeners. A location on Dodge Road was identified, but it needs work > for drainage and a road and there is no money to pay for it, so until we > can return to Freese Road, the club will be on hiatus. > > As a birder and a gardener, I am doubly saddened by the loss of this spot, > but I am hopeful that we might get it back in a couple of years. > And who knows? Maybe it will continue to be a good
RE:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: October 10, 2015
Hello, How do I unsubscribe form this list - I have moved from Ithaca now unfortunately. Thanks Chris -Original Message- From: bounce-119764639-62004...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119764639-62004...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Upstate NY Birding digest Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:03 AM To: cayugabirds-l digest recipients Subject: cayugabirds-l digest: October 10, 2015 CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Saturday, October 10, 2015. 1. Re: Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point 2. Dickcissel - Freese Rd 3. Re: Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap 4. =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtjYXl1Z2FiaXJkcy1sXSBDb3JuZWxsIENvbW11bml0eSBHYXJkZW5z?= =?utf-8?B?IC0gaW1taW5lbnQgY29udmVyc2lvbiwgd2Vla2VuZCB3YWxrcywgTS1UaCBy?= =?utf-8?B?ZWNhcA==?= -- Subject: Re: Prothonotary Warbler, Myers Point From: Jay McGowanDate: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:43:10 -0400 X-Message-Number: 1 The bird is still present this morning along the southern shore of Salt Point, working up and down near the creek but often hard to see. On Oct 9, 2015 5:34 PM, "Jay McGowan" wrote: > A bright and absurdly late, not to mention just plain rare, > PROTHONOTARY WARBLER is currently foraging along Salmon Creek at Myers > Point and just flying across to Salt Point. > > Jay > -- Subject: Dickcissel - Freese Rd From: Dave Nutter Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:25:17 + X-Message-Number: 2 Tom Schulenberg reported a Dickcissel in the NE corner of the Freese Rd Community Gardens a few minutes ago. Town of Dryden a quarter mile south of Hanshaw Rd, east side. --Dave Nutter -- Subject: Re: Cornell Community Gardens - imminent conversion, weekend walks, M-Th recap From: Paul Anderson Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:53:11 -0400 X-Message-Number: 3 All: The Freese Road gardens situation isn't as dire as it sounds. I have a plot there so I have received emails about it from the organizers. Here's a snippet from one: > Dear Gardening Friends, > > I’m very sorry to tell you that there will be a major change at > Cornell Garden Plots next year (2016). > > The Cornell Agriculture department, who allows us to use the land on > which we garden, told us that we need to move out of the gardens in > 2016 so the land can be cover cropped. Apparently we have been using > the same soil for so long that disease spores have built up and are > blowing around, which negatively effects nearby research plots. By not > growing vegetables and by cover cropping instead, we can greatly > reduce the diseases in our soil. They have agreed to allow us to stay > at the Freese Road location and garden this year while they look for a > new location to move us to in 2016. > > Once they move us in 2016 we will stay in the new location for a > couple of years while they cover crop our Freese Road gardens. Then > we would move back to Freese Road, but we would continue to rotate > between the two locations every couple of years so that diseases > don’t build up again. > > I’m letting you know about this now since you may be considering > installing structures or buying perennial plants for your “permanent > plotâ€. Unfortunately it will no longer be permanent. > > The people in charge of these decisions want us to continue to garden, > they also need to protect the research projects going on nearby. They > have been nothing but encouraging and positive in our interactions. > Overall this will make the gardens better, it will unfortunately mean > the end of the permanent plots. > Unfortunately there has been no success at finding an alternative spot for us gardeners. A location on Dodge Road was identified, but it needs work for drainage and a road and there is no money to pay for it, so until we can return to Freese Road, the club will be on hiatus. As a birder and a gardener, I am doubly saddened by the loss of this spot, but I am hopeful that we might get it back in a couple of years. And who knows? Maybe it will continue to be a good spot for fall sparrows regardless. Paul -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; http://www.grammatech.com -- Subject: =?utf-8?B?UmU6IFtjYXl1Z2FiaXJkcy1sXSBDb3JuZWxsIENvbW11bml0eSBHYXJkZW5z?= =?utf-8?B?IC0gaW1taW5lbnQgY29udmVyc2lvbiwgd2Vla2VuZCB3YWxrcywgTS1UaCBy?= =?utf-8?B?ZWNhcA==?= From: Dave Nutter Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:21:37 + (GMT) X-Message-Number: 4 It's a bit worrisome that there isn't even an alternative site for the interim. I wonder what the effect of the hiatus will be. Will the demand for garden plots dissipate