Can’t blame the homeowner. Maybe the birds don’t like all the attention either. 😉 Peggy Hurley
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Friday, January 06, 2023. > > 1. Unhappy homeowner alert > 2. Mucklands large gulls > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Unhappy homeowner alert > From: Randi Minetor <writerra...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:40:34 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Hello Geneseebirders and Cayugabirders, > > I received a call this afternoon from Ann McMican about her experience > visiting a Canandaigua home where a sizable flock of Evening Grosbeaks have > been feeding for several days. The home is at 5340 South Hill Road > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5340+South+Hill+Road?entry=gmail&source=g> > in Canandaigua, and is listed on eBird. > > Apparently birders have worn out their welcome here. Despite being open to > having a few birders visit as recently as yesterday, the homeowner now does > not want strangers on her lawn or in her driveway. She gave Ann quite a > lecture about potential liability if someone were to be injured, the > rudeness of people showing up without permission, and more. She did say > that people could contact her ahead of time if they wanted to visit, but > she did not provide any contact information to make this possible aside > from her street address. > > As the birds cannot be seen from the road, this severely limits > opportunities to view them at this location. It’s probably best if we look > for Evening Grosbeaks in other locations where they have been seen this > winter. > > Just a word of warning from your friends at the Rochester Birding > Association. Good luck and good birding. > > Randi Minetor > President, Rochester Birding Association > > > ****************************************** > Randi Minetor (she/her) > Author and freelance writer > 585-737-3449 mobile > writerra...@gmail.com > Journalist bio: https://muckrack.com/randi-minetor/bio > Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/randiminetor > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Mucklands large gulls > From: metet...@gmail.com > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:03:41 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > At Knox-Marcellus overlook looking at several hundred Tundra Swans I > noticed a steady stream of Herring Gulls going toward Cayuga Lake at around > 4:15. I got down to the mucklands as many birds left but in a 15 minute > scan found 2 Adult and a second year Lesser Black-backed plus a first year > Iceland among the approximate 1000 remaining gulls. I wish I got there an > hour earlier. The flocks looked like Snow Geese(none)in numbers as they > were leaving. Any bored gull watchers will be very busy before this > freezes.Mike Tetlow > > Sent from my iPhone > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
