Hi NY birders. I run the Mearns Bird Club io website/ listserv which is open to all birders, not only members of the Mearns Bird Club.
Years ago I created "Birding Sites in Orange County and Environs" for our club members, which is on the Database section of the io website that casual visitors to the site cannot access. It lists all the birding sites in Orange County, with the species one can see there, in which season, with general links as well as Google Map Links to them. Members of the io group may edit and add to this file to refine its content. If anyone is interested they may go to: https://groups.io/g/MearnsBirdClub and apply to join the group website, mentioning you saw this post. Neither of the roads in question are gravel roads. They are dirt farm roads. Ajit I Antony MD E A Mearns Bird Club Orange County, New York -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Lewis <rfer...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Aug 23, 2020 11:36 PM >To: AJIT ANTONY <aiant...@earthlink.net>, Joshua Malbin ><joshuamal...@gmail.com> >Cc: "& [NYSBIRDS]" <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu>, Phil Jeffrey ><phil.jeff...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Sunflower Valley Farm and Liberty Lane in Pine >Island, NY are closed to birders. > >There are many gravel roads in the greater Pine Island area. Many of them are >clearly public. Which ones are privately owned? What exactly are the >boundaries of these private areas? If there no obvious signs, how is anyone >to know? > >Bob Lewis >Sleepy Hollow NY > > > > > > >On Sunday, August 23, 2020, 7:58:40 PM EDT, Joshua Malbin ><joshuamal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >Thanks. I wasn’t planning to try. It’s a big area around Pine Island, though, >with lots of fields to bird, and I was just asking where else it *is* >acceptable to go. I don’t want to create friction for local birders, and I am >sure others feel the same. Pointers like Felipe’s about what is and isn’t okay >are valuable to visitors and help us keep things friendly for locals. It would >be nice if those guidelines were available someplace. > >On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 6:13 PM AJIT ANTONY <aiant...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> You cannot get permission to bird either in Sunflower Valley Farm or Liberty >> Lane. >> Ajit I Antony, MD >> Cornwall On Hudson >> ETA Mearns Bird Club >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> >>> From: Joshua Malbin >>> >>> >>> Sent: Aug 23, 2020 10:41 AM >>> >>> >>> To: Phil Jeffrey >>> >>> >>> Cc: "& [NYSBIRDS]" >>> >>> >>> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Sunflower Valley Farm and Liberty Lane in Pine >>> Island, NY are closed to birders. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there anyplace to find out where in the area it is acceptable to bird, >>> where it is not, where you need to ask permission and whom you need to ask, >>> etc.? >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 3:28 PM Phil Jeffrey <phil.jeff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> The original poster auto-blocks replies, so I'll post on here >>>> >>>> The simplest idea - and something that clearly should have been done a >>>> while back - is to change the name of the hotspot to append either >>>> "private" or "closed to birders" >>>> >>>> Phil Heffreyongicauda) (1) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >ABA > >Please submit your observations to eBird! > >-- > >-- > >NYSbirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
