Not exactly the kind of rarities that are often featured on this list … but one of my Cornell graduate students is studying seasonal change in starling bill coloration, and to do that she needs to capture a couple dozen starlings in the next few weeks. There are no starlings currently roosting in the Cornell barns that have been reliable for this purpose in the past. If anyone happens to notice a starling roost that is accessible and at mist-netting level, we would love those leads. Please contact me off-list at i...@cornell.edu<mailto:i...@cornell.edu>.
Huge flocks of starlings are certainly everywhere right now on the lawns and fields and brushlands, but they are unpredictable except at reliable food sources and at roost sites... Thanks! Irby Irby J. Lovette, PhD Fuller Professor of Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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/ --
