I just wanted to let everyone know that a new Osprey nesting platform has gone
up at Salt Point, in Lansing. This is close enough to the Portland Point
platform that I'm hopeful it will attract one of the offspring from that pair's
previous attempts.
I also saw 5 Killdeer yesterday. A single
I had a theory that woodcocks didn't dance when it was too cold or snowy, so
last evening when I took the dog out around 7:40 I was surprised to hear them
as we stepped from the lawn to the edge of a brushy field. There was one
woodcock just landing (and warbling) to my right, and one peenting
FYI. The Canaan Institute, which Mike Ludgate runs, is on Canaan Road, the south entrance to Hammond Hill SF.--Dave NutterBegin forwarded message:From: Michael Ludgate michael.ludg...@gmail.comDate: March 20, 2013 10:32:05 AMTo: Natural History Network natural-histor...@list.cornell.eduSubject:
The Unit Management Plan (UMP) proposes forest regeneration cuts in
areas with moderate density of aspens to create habitat for shrubland
species such as field sparrows, chestnut-sided warblers, blue-winged and
golden-winged warblers, yellow warblers, etc. I have seen dozens of
other
Thank you to the people responsible for the Osprey platform.Robyn, was your husband involved along with NYSEG as at Portland Point?To add to the Killdeer reports yesterday, in the late afternoon I saw a pair along Snyder Road north of the airport, sometimes on the gravel shoulder, sometimes in the
Snow all over everything again, but a Fox Sparrow was singing under the bushes
here this morning
Geo Kloppel
West Danby
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At dusk this evening I happened to glance out a window just in time to see a
Woodcock descending for a landing in our front field. It hasn't been above
freezing
for ages, we still have a snow cover and ponds and puddles are still iced in.
As far
as average arrival date goes, it's two days late,
Hi,
In case I'm not the only one who has searched fruitlessly for Comet
PanSTARRS, it is visible right now, significantly north of west, and
higher in the sky than I expected - maybe ~6 full moon diameters (?)
above the horizon - I'm even worse at astronomical descriptions than
bird
On the evening of 17 March I was birding in the Montezuma area. The clearing sky inspired me to stay and look for the comet. I chose Olmstead Road, which is the first right turn off Armitage Road when you go west from where NYS-89 turns. Olmstead is on the crest of a drumlin with no trees, so
