[cayugabirds-l] Screech-owl

2013-03-06 Thread Marc Devokaitis
Driving east (30mph) on Slaterville/Harford road (Caroline?) at about 7:15PM yesterday evening, my companion and I were startled by a collision and accompanying loud thud on the passenger side of the windshield of my early model Nissan Sentra. After a few breathless seconds we stopped, turned arou

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Screech-owl

2013-03-06 Thread Robin Cisne
I'm glad to hear that Marc's owl recovered quickly. Last fall I witnessed a young Red-Tailed Hawk, inexpertly hunting, collide with a car, and I ended up taking it to CU's Wildlife Rehab facility on Hungerford Hill Rd. Weeks later they emailed to say that it was expected to make a complete recover

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill/Yellow Barn: Drilling in State Forests? Be at March 7 Public Hearing!!

2013-03-06 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, Here is some information about DEC plans for two well-known birding locations near Ithaca - Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn State Forests. The DEC may consider drilling in these two areas. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE - DEC SEEKS PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT TWIN SHEDS UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN (UMP)

[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine

2013-03-06 Thread Susan Danskin
More Rt 13 birding from Danskin…. 4:45 pm today a Peregrine Falcon was headed northbound in the southbound lane of Rt 13 (Ok really about 20 ft above the lane) near the mall. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Lake (North End) - Huge numbers/new arrivals

2013-03-06 Thread tigger64
Arriving at the Savannah Mucklands at 2pm Wednesday, it was obviously at the leading edge of new migrants/movement. On to Mud Lock, Harris Park, Cayuga Lake SP, and Lower Lake Rd. The ice edge starts south of Harris Park and extends to the area of CLSP. The ice edge is leading to calm waters