Hello all (and apologies for cross-posting),
I'm forwarding this message that Mark Chao posted earlier this month. Please
consider taking advantage of this nice opportunity to get out in the field
with Mark, and visit some beautiful locations. One heads-up...the deer tick
population at Lindsay-Par
I walked up, around, and down Star Stanton Hill this morning, mainly on
Trail Y-2. At the top, it was a different experience from what I usually
find. The hard freeze of a couple weeks ago killed the newly emerged sugar
maple leaves, and it took out most of the leaves of the red oaks as well.
Eve
On Saturday morning, eleven birders joined me for a walk at the Dorothy McIlroy
Bird Sanctuary in Summerhill. As Karen kindly mentioned earlier, this was the
first of four free public walks over the weekend as part of the Finger Lakes
Land Trust Spring Bird Quest (SBQ).
Including stops at th
Susan Danskin and I heard the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW on Ledyard Road. We
stopped along the road, not too far from the turn off (sorry, can't give you
feet or yards). The 2nd bird I heard was a Grasshopper Sparrow (The first
being a Savannah Sparrow). The Grasshopper Sparrow sang and sang and s
Hi All,
Today morning I lead a group of very enthusiastic and sharp eyed people on walk
along Six Miles Creek as part of Six Miles Creek Natural area preservation and
awareness activity.
We had great looks at several species which otherwise are hard to find in this
season.
We watched a pair o
Inspired by Mark and my appreciation of the Land Trust I am
participating in the Spring Bird Quest for the third year. I was not
free to bird this morning so I went to the Ellis Hollow Forest
Preserve around 5 PM and was pleased to tally 30 species. Some
highlights included three singing H
