I think it is great idea Dave! We should convince airport authority about mowing! Once upon a time (it feels like long ago, but about 10 years ago) there used to be many Grasshopper Sparrows in the area now called with fancy road names such as Triphammer Terrace, Placid Terrace, Aspen Way etc. used to be nice grassland, before the mega houses moved in. Even now they have lot of lawn area, only if it was intact grassland instead of lawn probably Grasshopper sparrows might have managed to live with humans! I have not been in that area in some years now. Would be curious to see how they are morphed in last few years.
meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: bounce-61034533-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-61034533-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Nutter [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:44 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Grasshopper Sparrow v. mowing near airport Considering that Grasshopper Sparrow is listed by NYSDEC as a Species of Special Concern, http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7494.html I wonder can we convince the Tompkins County Airport, which owns the field on the southwest corner of Warren and Cherry not to mow that field until July. Would that be late enough for the Grasshopper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark which were singing there today to finish breeding? Would the Lab of O be willing to support this? Would the Cayuga Bird Club support this? I don't think the field is used for hay, so there shouldn't be an economic or agriculture issue. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
