[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * July 11, 2022 * NYSY  07. 11. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 04, 2022 to July 11, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * July 11, 2022 * NYSY  07. 11. 22   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): July 04, 2022 to July 11, 2022 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands

[nysbirds-l] vulture nest nomore

Well, just saw today that the confirmed black vulture nest in Scarsdale is no more.  They started tearing the home down today.  Only seen the adults receently so think the chick didn't make it.  Seems a little early for fledging.  Maybe not but you'd think it would be with the adults still if

[nysbirds-l] vulture nest nomore

Well, just saw today that the confirmed black vulture nest in Scarsdale is no more.  They started tearing the home down today.  Only seen the adults receently so think the chick didn't make it.  Seems a little early for fledging.  Maybe not but you'd think it would be with the adults still if

RE: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

Thank you for replying, Michael. Could the spilled liquid be the chick's blood? or any liquid that is inside a living chick? I am asking because I am sure the chick was alive, and it started to break through the eggshell. I was following this nest almost on a daily basis for the last few days

RE: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

Thank you for replying, Michael. Could the spilled liquid be the chick's blood? or any liquid that is inside a living chick? I am asking because I am sure the chick was alive, and it started to break through the eggshell. I was following this nest almost on a daily basis for the last few days

RE: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

If it is any consolation, based on the spilled contents of that egg, the egg was infertile and never going to hatch. If the egg was due to hatch that day or anytime soon, it should have been mostly filled with a developed embryo with little to no yolk left to spill. Michael R. Wasilco

RE: [nysbirds-l] Do Oystercatchers mourn or memorialize their losses.

If it is any consolation, based on the spilled contents of that egg, the egg was infertile and never going to hatch. If the egg was due to hatch that day or anytime soon, it should have been mostly filled with a developed embryo with little to no yolk left to spill. Michael R. Wasilco