[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall

[Jeff Gerbracht]

Whitney and Tractor saw the owl at 8:40 this evening at the Target and YMCA.
The bird was last seen heading towards BJs.
Hopefully it'll still be in the area tomorrow morning,
  Jeff

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

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On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:23 PM, "Gary Kohlenberg" 
mailto:jg...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

I to applaud the quick activism, but I want to point out that the Port 
Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt anyone 
losing a loved one in a plane crash would be comforted knowing it was caused by 
a cute Snowy Owl instead of the more common Canada Goose. Boston and New York 
have two different responses to the same situation, but the motivations are the 
same. I will hazard a guess that the Port Authority felt a time constraint as 
they may not have had a trapping / relocating program in place and the hazard 
is immediate. I don't think anybody is calling for a relocating program for 
Canada Geese.  JFK airport is also much busier than Logan, 7th vs 19th on the 
airport list.  I'm glad they will change their response in the future.
Everyone should cut them just a little slack as the term "bird strike" is 
really shorthand for " holy sh** if that bird had gone in the turbine we're 
toast " !  Jet turbines will and do suck in anything close, just ask the deck 
crew of any aircraft carrier. The engine may not explode into bits with a bird 
intake, but it will be wrecked. With any aircraft takeoff or landing is the 
most hazardous time and that's not when the pilot wants to lose one or more 
engines.

Happy Owl watching,

Gary


On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:

Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information & (making) videos, and 
helping the Port Authority mend their ways.
I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the 
term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot 
saying, "We've struck a bird." Yet the news reporters and even Fitz talked 
about birds striking airplanes. Let's be clear about the relationship. When the 
airplane is sitting still, the bird does not slam into it the way a confused 
bird hits a reflective window while fleeing a predator or hits a building or 
tower while migrating and confused by the lights at night. An idling airplane 
might actively suck a passing bird into its propellers or jet engine, I 
suppose, but I doubt birds would often fly that close to a stationary but noisy 
airplane. When these collisions take place, they are really pretty one-sided. A 
bird is moving at tens of miles per hour at most, and although birds are very 
maneuverable, it seems some of them don't get out of the way quickly enough or 
properly assess the speed, path and danger of moving airplanes. The airplanes, 
on the other hand, are traveling several times as fast as the birds, perhaps a 
hundred MPH on the runway and a couple times more than that as they take off 
and climb. The airplanes are not very maneuverable, although I have been on a 
small plane whose pilot decided to go around and make a second landing attempt 
because of a flock of gulls on or near the runway. What happens, occasionally, 
is that an airplane strikes a bird. The result destroys the bird pretty much 
every time, I'm guessing. I know that the species of bird is sometimes 
identified using bits of feathers remaining inside the engine. Airplane 
windshields are designed to withstand bird strikes. Testing is done by loading 
dead poultry into a cannon and firing it at the airplane windshield. My guess 
(correct me if I'm wrong, everybody) is that many bird strikes are on the nose, 
wings, or tail of the airplane, not the engine, and therefore do not do 
noteworthy damage to the airplane, although the engines probably take more than 
their share, based on their size, because they are actively sucking air in. 
Yes, it's a big problem for an airplane when anything as large, massive, and 
more-or-less solid as a bird goes through a turbine. And we want to keep the 
people on that airplane safe. But let's keep it straight: The airplane strikes 
the bird. A Snowy Owl or (far more dangerous) a flock of hundreds of Canada 
Geese may be dumb about how to deal with airplanes, but it's not their fault.

--Dave Nutter

On Dec 10, 2013, at 03:25 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy Owls 
of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the others.  
Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for 
putting this information together and sharing it!
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
To: CLO-L
Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates

Hi all,

You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls and 
we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.

--Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: 
http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217




--We and the press office have sent ou

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

[Gary Kohlenberg]

I to applaud the quick activism, but I want to point out that the Port 
Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt anyone 
losing a loved one in a plane crash would be comforted knowing it was caused by 
a cute Snowy Owl instead of the more common Canada Goose. Boston and New York 
have two different responses to the same situation, but the motivations are the 
same. I will hazard a guess that the Port Authority felt a time constraint as 
they may not have had a trapping / relocating program in place and the hazard 
is immediate. I don't think anybody is calling for a relocating program for 
Canada Geese.  JFK airport is also much busier than Logan, 7th vs 19th on the 
airport list.  I'm glad they will change their response in the future.
Everyone should cut them just a little slack as the term "bird strike" is 
really shorthand for " holy sh** if that bird had gone in the turbine we're 
toast " !  Jet turbines will and do suck in anything close, just ask the deck 
crew of any aircraft carrier. The engine may not explode into bits with a bird 
intake, but it will be wrecked. With any aircraft takeoff or landing is the 
most hazardous time and that's not when the pilot wants to lose one or more 
engines.

Happy Owl watching,

Gary


On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:

Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information & (making) videos, and 
helping the Port Authority mend their ways.
I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the 
term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot 
saying, "We've struck a bird." Yet the news reporters and even Fitz talked 
about birds striking airplanes. Let's be clear about the relationship. When the 
airplane is sitting still, the bird does not slam into it the way a confused 
bird hits a reflective window while fleeing a predator or hits a building or 
tower while migrating and confused by the lights at night. An idling airplane 
might actively suck a passing bird into its propellers or jet engine, I 
suppose, but I doubt birds would often fly that close to a stationary but noisy 
airplane. When these collisions take place, they are really pretty one-sided. A 
bird is moving at tens of miles per hour at most, and although birds are very 
maneuverable, it seems some of them don't get out of the way quickly enough or 
properly assess the speed, path and danger of moving airplanes. The airplanes, 
on the other hand, are traveling several times as fast as the birds, perhaps a 
hundred MPH on the runway and a couple times more than that as they take off 
and climb. The airplanes are not very maneuverable, although I have been on a 
small plane whose pilot decided to go around and make a second landing attempt 
because of a flock of gulls on or near the runway. What happens, occasionally, 
is that an airplane strikes a bird. The result destroys the bird pretty much 
every time, I'm guessing. I know that the species of bird is sometimes 
identified using bits of feathers remaining inside the engine. Airplane 
windshields are designed to withstand bird strikes. Testing is done by loading 
dead poultry into a cannon and firing it at the airplane windshield. My guess 
(correct me if I'm wrong, everybody) is that many bird strikes are on the nose, 
wings, or tail of the airplane, not the engine, and therefore do not do 
noteworthy damage to the airplane, although the engines probably take more than 
their share, based on their size, because they are actively sucking air in. 
Yes, it's a big problem for an airplane when anything as large, massive, and 
more-or-less solid as a bird goes through a turbine. And we want to keep the 
people on that airplane safe. But let's keep it straight: The airplane strikes 
the bird. A Snowy Owl or (far more dangerous) a flock of hundreds of Canada 
Geese may be dumb about how to deal with airplanes, but it's not their fault.

--Dave Nutter

On Dec 10, 2013, at 03:25 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy Owls 
of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the others.  
Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for 
putting this information together and sharing it!
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
To: CLO-L
Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates

Hi all,

You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls and 
we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.

--Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: 
http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217




--We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet: http://eepurl.com/KsBTX




--Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male 
hanging around th

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl udpates

[Linda Orkin]

The other thing that I was thinking about this is that they said planes were 
struck by migrating owls. I couldn't imagine how killing owls that had already 
arrived could ever solve that problem. 

Linda Orkin

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Dave Nutter  wrote:

> Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information & (making) videos, and 
> helping the Port Authority mend their ways. 
> I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the 
> term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot 
> saying, "We've struck a bird." Yet the news reporters and even Fitz talked 
> about birds striking airplanes. Let's be clear about the relationship. When 
> the airplane is sitting still, the bird does not slam into it the way a 
> confused bird hits a reflective window while fleeing a predator or hits a 
> building or tower while migrating and confused by the lights at night. An 
> idling airplane might actively suck a passing bird into its propellers or jet 
> engine, I suppose, but I doubt birds would often fly that close to a 
> stationary but noisy airplane. When these collisions take place, they are 
> really pretty one-sided. A bird is moving at tens of miles per hour at most, 
> and although birds are very maneuverable, it seems some of them don't get out 
> of the way quickly enough or properly assess the speed, path and danger of 
> moving airplanes. The airplanes, on the other hand, are traveling several 
> times as fast as the birds, perhaps a hundred MPH on the runway and a couple 
> times more than that as they take off and climb. The airplanes are not very 
> maneuverable, although I have been on a small plane whose pilot decided to go 
> around and make a second landing attempt because of a flock of gulls on or 
> near the runway. What happens, occasionally, is that an airplane strikes a 
> bird. The result destroys the bird pretty much every time, I'm guessing. I 
> know that the species of bird is sometimes identified using bits of feathers 
> remaining inside the engine. Airplane windshields are designed to withstand 
> bird strikes. Testing is done by loading dead poultry into a cannon and 
> firing it at the airplane windshield. My guess (correct me if I'm wrong, 
> everybody) is that many bird strikes are on the nose, wings, or tail of the 
> airplane, not the engine, and therefore do not do noteworthy damage to the 
> airplane, although the engines probably take more than their share, based on 
> their size, because they are actively sucking air in. Yes, it's a big problem 
> for an airplane when anything as large, massive, and more-or-less solid as a 
> bird goes through a turbine. And we want to keep the people on that airplane 
> safe. But let's keep it straight: The airplane strikes the bird. A Snowy Owl 
> or (far more dangerous) a flock of hundreds of Canada Geese may be dumb about 
> how to deal with airplanes, but it's not their fault.
> --Dave Nutter
> 
> On Dec 10, 2013, at 03:25 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:
> 
>> Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy 
>> Owls of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the 
>> others.  Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of 
>> Ornithology for putting this information together and sharing it!
>> Laura
>> Laura Stenzler
>> l...@cornell.edu
>>  
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
>> To: CLO-L
>> Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates
>>  
>> Hi all,
>>  
>> You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls 
>> and we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.
>>  
>> --Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
>> that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: 
>> http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> --We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet: http://eepurl.com/KsBTX
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> --Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male 
>> hanging around the Lansing fire station. You can see it via Cornell Box 
>> here: https://cornell.box.com/s/uk9ftraxfbei8ipf9nmb
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> --Of course we have the great 2011  material shot in the Washington State, 
>> where the bird lives. It’s on ourYouTube channel. http://youtu.be/Ufkcx-UqljM
>>  
>> --Take a look at even more stunning Snowy Owl video in the Macaulay Library 
>> archive, including nesting owls feeding their young. Have a look. 
>>  
>> --And don’t forget to check the latest live eBird map to see where this 
>> beauty is showing up! 
>> http://ebird.org/ebird/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=11&emo=12&yr=cur
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Enjoy!
>>  
>>  
>> Pat Leonard, Staff Writer/Media Relations
>> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
>> (607) 254-2137
>> pe...@cornell.edu
>>  
>>  
>> www.birds.cornell.edu
>>  
>>  
>>  
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[Dave Nutter]

Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information & (making) videos, and helping the Port Authority mend their ways. I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot saying, "We've struck a bird." Yet the news reporters and even Fitz talked about birds striking airplanes. Let's be clear about the relationship. When the airplane is sitting still, the bird does not slam into it the way a confused bird hits a reflective window while fleeing a predator or hits a building or tower while migrating and confused by the lights at night. An idling airplane might actively suck a passing bird into its propellers or jet engine, I suppose, but I doubt birds would often fly that close to a stationary but noisy airplane. When these collisions take place, they are really pretty one-sided. A bird is moving at tens of miles per hour at most, and although birds are very maneuverable, it seems some of them don't get out of the way quickly enough or properly assess the speed, path and danger of moving airplanes. The airplanes, on the other hand, are traveling several times as fast as the birds, perhaps a hundred MPH on the runway and a couple times more than that as they take off and climb. The airplanes are not very maneuverable, although I have been on a small plane whose pilot decided to go around and make a second landing attempt because of a flock of gulls on or near the runway. What happens, occasionally, is that an airplane strikes a bird. The result destroys the bird pretty much every time, I'm guessing. I know that the species of bird is sometimes identified using bits of feathers remaining inside the engine. Airplane windshields are designed to withstand bird strikes. Testing is done by loading dead poultry into a cannon and firing it at the airplane windshield. My guess (correct me if I'm wrong, everybody) is that many bird strikes are on the nose, wings, or tail of the airplane, not the engine, and therefore do not do noteworthy damage to the airplane, although the engines probably take more than their share, based on their size, because they are actively sucking air in. Yes, it's a big problem for an airplane when anything as large, massive, and more-or-less solid as a bird goes through a turbine. And we want to keep the people on that airplane safe. But let's keep it straight: The airplane strikes the bird. A Snowy Owl or (far more dangerous) a flock of hundreds of Canada Geese may be dumb about how to deal with airplanes, but it's not their fault.--Dave NutterOn Dec 10, 2013, at 03:25 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy Owls of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the others.  Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for putting this information together and sharing it!LauraLaura Stenzlerl...@cornell.edu Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM To: CLO-L Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates Hi all, You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls and we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it. --Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217   --We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet:  http://eepurl.com/KsBTX   --Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male hanging around the Lansing fire station. You can see it via Cornell Box here: https://cornell.box.com/s/uk9ftraxfbei8ipf9nmb   --Of course we have the great 2011  material shot in the  Washington State, where the bird lives. It’s on ourYouTube channel. http://youtu.be/Ufkcx-UqljM   --Take a look at even more stunning Snowy Owl video in the Macaulay Library archive, including nesting owls feeding their young. Have a look.  --And don’t forget to check the latest live eBird map to see where this beauty is showing up!  http://ebird.org/ebird/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=11&emo=12&yr=cur   Enjoy!  Pat Leonard, Staff Writer/Media Relations Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607) 254-2137 pe...@cornell.edu  www.birds.cornell.edu--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird!--
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[cayugabirds-l] Lansing Short-eared

[Ken Smith]

Greetings,

At 4:45 there was a Short-eared Owl perched on the utility pole at the north 
end of Scofield Rd where it ends at Buck Rd. It took off and flew south across 
the field on the east side of Scofield Rd.

Ken Smith
Pleasant Valley Rd
Groton, NY
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl Ithaca mall

[Deborah Schmidle]

Flew off just as we arrived. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:46 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg"  wrote:
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> On light post in nw corner of parking lot behind target and across fr BJs. 
> 4:45 pm
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl Ithaca mall

[Kenneth V. Rosenberg]

On light post in nw corner of parking lot behind target and across fr BJs. 4:45 
pm

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[cayugabirds-l] RBA alearts

[Carl Steckler]

OK I have got the GroupMe app on my phone. I have gone on line and get 
the messages, but not on my phone. Am I supposed to get some sort of 
alert tone? Am I supposed to get some sort of message? All I get is nothing.
I don't want to chat, I don;t want Facebook, all I want are RBA alerts. 
Can someone PM me and tell me how to get RBAs?

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Snowy owl udpates

[Kevin J. McGowan]

You have the URLs, how could we stop you?  ;^)

Kevin


From: bounce-25218-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-25218-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Linda Orkin
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:55 PM
To: Laura Stenzler
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Snowy owl udpates

Can us regular people see Kevin's video?  Or do you need to be in the internal 
listserv.

Linda orkin.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy Owls 
of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the others.  
Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for 
putting this information together and sharing it!
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
To: CLO-L
Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates

Hi all,

You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls and 
we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.

--Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: 
http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217

--We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet: http://eepurl.com/KsBTX

--Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male 
hanging around the Lansing fire station. You can see it via Cornell Box here: 
https://cornell.box.com/s/uk9ftraxfbei8ipf9nmb

--Of course we have the great 2011  material shot in the Washington State, 
where the bird lives. It’s on our YouTube channel. http://youtu.be/Ufkcx-UqljM

--Take a look at even more stunning Snowy Owl video in the Macaulay Library 
archive, including nesting owls feeding their young. Have a 
look.

--And don’t forget to check the latest live eBird map to see where this beauty 
is showing up! 
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=11&emo=12&yr=cur

Enjoy!


Pat Leonard, Staff Writer/Media Relations
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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pe...@cornell.edu
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: Snowy owl udpates

[Linda Orkin]

Can us regular people see Kevin's video?  Or do you need to be in the internal 
listserv. 

Linda orkin. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 10, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Laura Stenzler  wrote:

> Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy 
> Owls of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the 
> others.  Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
> for putting this information together and sharing it!
> Laura
> Laura Stenzler
> l...@cornell.edu
>  
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
> To: CLO-L
> Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates
>  
> Hi all,
>  
> You undoubtedly know we’re in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls 
> and we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.
>  
> --Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
> that ran this morning on NBC’s Today Show: 
> http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217
>  
> --We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet: http://eepurl.com/KsBTX
>  
> --Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male 
> hanging around the Lansing fire station. You can see it via Cornell Box here: 
> https://cornell.box.com/s/uk9ftraxfbei8ipf9nmb
>  
> --Of course we have the great 2011  material shot in the Washington State, 
> where the bird lives. It’s on our YouTube channel. http://youtu.be/Ufkcx-UqljM
>  
> --Take a look at even more stunning Snowy Owl video in the Macaulay Library 
> archive, including nesting owls feeding their young. Have a look. 
>  
> --And don’t forget to check the latest live eBird map to see where this 
> beauty is showing up! 
> http://ebird.org/ebird/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=11&emo=12&yr=cur
>  
> Enjoy!
>  
>  
> Pat Leonard, Staff Writer/Media Relations
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[cayugabirds-l] FW: Snowy owl udpates

[Laura Stenzler]

Here is a list of updates and links to further information about the Snowy Owls 
of New York airports. Check out the Today Show link, as well as the others.  
Great stuff! Thanks to Pat Leonard at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for 
putting this information together and sharing it!
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:02 PM
To: CLO-L
Subject: [clo-l] Snowy owl udpates

Hi all,

You undoubtedly know we're in the middle of a massive influx of Snowy Owls and 
we wanted to get you up-to-date on some of the publicity surrounding it.

--Fitz recorded an interview last night that was part of a larger news story 
that ran this morning on NBC's Today Show: 
http://www.today.com/video/today/53788217/#53788217

--We and the press office have sent out a Tip Sheet: http://eepurl.com/KsBTX

--Kevin caught some video of a LOCAL Snowy Owl this afternoon, a young male 
hanging around the Lansing fire station. You can see it via Cornell Box here: 
https://cornell.box.com/s/uk9ftraxfbei8ipf9nmb

--Of course we have the great 2011  material shot in the Washington State, 
where the bird lives. It's on our YouTube channel. http://youtu.be/Ufkcx-UqljM

--Take a look at even more stunning Snowy Owl video in the Macaulay Library 
archive, including nesting owls feeding their young. Have a 
look.

--And don't forget to check the latest live eBird map to see where this beauty 
is showing up! 
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/snoowl1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=11&emo=12&yr=cur

Enjoy!


Pat Leonard, Staff Writer/Media Relations
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
(607) 254-2137
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www.birds.cornell.edu



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing

[Linda Orkin]

That's pretty humorous. Are you able to post that link?

Thanks.

Linda


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:

>  No, it was just having a hard time walking on the slippery roof.
> Eventually it tried to jump up on the top of the building to perch, but is
> slipped off backwards down the other side.  I got that on video.
>
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> *From:* Linda Orkin [mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:34 PM
> *To:* Kevin J. McGowan
> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L; CLO-CASUAL-L
> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing
>
>
>
> Cool pictures, both sets.  Had the local owl caught something there?
>
> Linda Orkin
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kevin J. McGowan 
> wrote:
>
> I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at
> http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.
>
>
>
>
> Note, the good photos at the top of that page are from the Syracuse
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing

[Kevin J. McGowan]

No, it was just having a hard time walking on the slippery roof.  Eventually it 
tried to jump up on the top of the building to perch, but is slipped off 
backwards down the other side.  I got that on video.

Kevin



From: Linda Orkin [mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:34 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L; CLO-CASUAL-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing

Cool pictures, both sets.  Had the local owl caught something there?
Linda Orkin

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kevin J. McGowan 
mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at 
http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.

Note, the good photos at the top of that page are from the Syracuse airport two 
weekends ago.  The local bird is in the poor photos at the bottom.

Kevin


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing

[Linda Orkin]

Cool pictures, both sets.  Had the local owl caught something there?

Linda Orkin


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:

>  I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at
> http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.
>
>
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>
> Note, the good photos at the top of that page are from the Syracuse
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> bottom.
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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at the mall in Lansing

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at 
http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.

Note, the good photos at the top of that page are from the Syracuse airport two 
weekends ago.  The local bird is in the poor photos at the bottom.

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[cayugabirds-l] Reminder! Science Cabaret tonight, 7 PM

[Karen Edelstein]

Science Cabaret Presents:

*Three Climate Change Stories: Mine, Yours, and the Birds'*

When: *7 PM, Tuesday, December 10, 2013 *
Where: *Lot 10 Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga Street*
*FREE!! *

Join Scientist/Ornithologist Kim Bostwick for a lively Science Cabaret at
the intersection of Climate Change and You! Kim will relate her love of
science, nature, and birds to the current climate crisis and its
implications for biodiversity.  She'll share her personal response to the
climate crisis from her perspective as a parent, a bird-watcher, and a
professional scientist/ornithologist. During this talk Kim will describe a
simple plan you can use in your own response to climate change. Following
her talk join in a lively discussion. The implications of climate change
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl Ithaca Mall & found gloves

[Lee Ann van Leer]

After about 15-20 minutes the owl flew off the roof of the Lansing Fire Dept. 
towards the woods behind BJ's Whole Sale. About 10 people got to see it. Lifers 
for some. Kevin (McGowan) got a good shot of the tail bands and thinks it may 
be a young male. 

If you lost a pair of black gloves near Fire Station I found them. 


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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Eagles and Wind Industry

[Linda Orkin]

Let's keep up our activist momentum!!  This is an extremely important issue
for eagles and for the desired direction of wind energy.

See below.

Linda Orkin
Ithaca, NY

-- Forwarded message --
From: Thomas Salo 
Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Eagles and Wind Industry
To: "nysbird...@cornell.edu" 


 You may have heard the recent media reports about the feds issuing 30 year
"take" permits for wind farms. This is from a current NAS Action
Alert
*"We
must act quickly to urge Interior Secretary Jewell to reverse a recent
decision to grant 30-year eagle permits to the wind industry. Newer
technology and siting information is available that could pose less risk to
birds, but the Interior’s action has put Bald and Golden Eagles at risk*."
I hope you will take the time to click on the link and send a letter to the
Interior Secretary.

As you may know, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society recently stalled (or
halted) a wind project in Walton, NY. For risk to eagles, we consider the
site one of the worst places in New York to build such a project. During
discussions with regulators, I was told USFWS was considering issuing a
take permit for Bald Eagles for this project based on a fatally flawed
eagle risk assessment.  I urge people to use the NAS action alert and/or
send personalized comments. You can use the information on the South
Mountain Wind Project below to personalize your letter.

If you would like detailed information about the egregious problems with
the South Mountain Project in Walton risk assessment, feel free to contact
me off the list.

Tom Salo

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   - The NYS GUIDELINES for CONDUCTING BIRD and BAT STUDIES at COMMERCIAL
   WIND ENERGY PROJECTS were ignored, e.g. local bird clubs and hawk watches
   were not contacted as required.
   - Local hawk watch data - readily available on both local and national
   hawk count web sites - were ignored.
   - Golden Eagle was not included in the Environmental Assessment Form
   even though the project is in a fall and spring concentration area, and
   wintering birds are regular.
- Bald Eagles nest very close to the project and concentrate around the
   adjacent Cannonsville Reservoir in winter.
   - After being directed by regulators to contact DOAS, the Franklin
   Mountain Hawk Watch, and Golden Eagle researchers tracking telemetered
   eagles, the developers failed to do so.
   - 40% of the GPS tracked Golden Eagles in eastern North America spent
   time within 10 miles of the project area.
- The developer hired incompetent surveyors to record raptors. No
   Broad-winged Hawks were recorded in September when they are the most
   numerous and visible raptor in the sky. Broad-winged Hawks were recorded in
   early March a month before they arrived in New York. These are not the only
   troubling data.
- The developer failed to adequately survey peaks of the spring and
   fall Golden Eagle migration.  Only 4 days were covered in November 2012,
   and only one of those days had NW winds. Only 2 days were covered during
   the first 2 weeks of March - a spring migration peak.
- No winter surveys were done. Winter risk assessment was based upon
   their faulty migration data.

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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy owl refound. Lansing Fire Dept

[Lee Ann van Leer]

On roof. Visible from road. Don't block fire dept driveway in case that isn't 
obvious. :-).  120 oakcrest dr. 

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Target, Ithaca Mall, Wed Dec 11

[Marie P. Read]

Doing a little holiday shopping, no doubt! They actually only come south for 
the bargains.

Marie

Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

http://www.marieread.com

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From: bounce-23248-5851...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-23248-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Mark Chao 
[markc...@imt.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:45 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Target, Ithaca Mall, Wed Dec 11

Found by Perri McGowan, I believe…

Mark Chao



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[cayugabirds-l] Eagles and Wind Industry

[Thomas Salo]

You may have heard the recent media reports about the feds issuing 30 
year "take" permits for wind farms. This is from a current NAS Action 
Alert 

 
/"We must act quickly to urge Interior Secretary Jewell to reverse a 
recent decision to grant 30-year eagle permits to the wind industry. 
Newer technology and siting information is available that could pose 
less risk to birds, but the Interior's action has put Bald and Golden 
Eagles at risk/." I hope you will take the time to click on the link and 
send a letter to the Interior Secretary.

As you may know, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society recently stalled (or 
halted) a wind project in Walton, NY. For risk to eagles, we consider 
the site one of the worst places in New York to build such a project. 
During discussions with regulators, I was told USFWS was considering 
issuing a take permit for Bald Eagles for this project based on a 
fatally flawed eagle risk assessment.  I urge people to use the NAS 
action alert and/or send personalized comments. You can use the 
information on the South Mountain Wind Project below to personalize your 
letter.

If you would like detailed information about the egregious problems with 
the South Mountain Project in Walton risk assessment, feel free to 
contact me off the list.

Tom Salo

-- 
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5145 State Highway 51
West Burlington, NY 13482
607-965-8232
salotho...@gmail.com



  * The NYS GUIDELINES for CONDUCTING BIRD and BAT STUDIES at COMMERCIAL
WIND ENERGY PROJECTS were ignored, e.g. local bird clubs and hawk
watches were not contacted as required.
  * Local hawk watch data - readily available on both local and national
hawk count web sites - were ignored.
  * Golden Eagle was not included in the Environmental Assessment Form
even though the project is in a fall and spring concentration area,
and wintering birds are regular.
  * Bald Eagles nest very close to the project and concentrate around
the adjacent Cannonsville Reservoir in winter.
  * After being directed by regulators to contact DOAS, the Franklin
Mountain Hawk Watch, and Golden Eagle researchers tracking
telemetered eagles, the developers failed to do so.
  * 40% of the GPS tracked Golden Eagles in eastern North America spent
time within 10 miles of the project area.
  * The developer hired incompetent surveyors to record raptors. No
Broad-winged Hawks were recorded in September when they are the most
numerous and visible raptor in the sky. Broad-winged Hawks were
recorded in early March a month before they arrived in New York.
These are not the only troubling data.
  * The developer failed to adequately survey peaks of the spring and
fall Golden Eagle migration.  Only 4 days were covered in November
2012, and only one of those days had NW winds. Only 2 days were
covered during the first 2 weeks of March - a spring migration peak.
  * No winter surveys were done. Winter risk assessment was based upon
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[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca/Lansing Snowy Owl -- not refound so far

[Mark Chao]

At least three parties have spent the last half-hour or so looking for the
Snowy Owl at the Ithaca Mall, I believe without success so far.  I also
drove along Burdick Hill Road (north of the mall) and through Kendal
(expansive retirement community not far to the south of the mall) but did
not find any owl in any obvious spots.

 

Kevin McGowan confirmed with me that Perri did indeed find the owl.  She
said that the owl was on a truck in the parking lot by Target.  

 

(Of course in my earlier post I meant Tuesday, December 10.)

 

Mark Chao



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[cayugabirds-l] Snowy Owl at Target, Ithaca Mall, Wed Dec 11

[Mark Chao]

Found by Perri McGowan, I believe.

 

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] House Finch behavior question

[Mona Bearor]

I'm not familiar enough with trees and their seeds; I never would have thought 
of that, so I thank you!
Mona Bearor
 
From: Dave Nutter [mailto:nutter.d...@me.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 10:53 PM
To: Mona Bearor
Cc: 'cayugabirds-l'
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] House Finch behavior question
 
That looks to me like a samara type seed from an ash tree or tulip tree, in 
which case it could be a food item.
--Dave Nutter

On Dec 09, 2013, at 08:33 PM, Mona Bearor  wrote:
Please check the photo on this webpage:
http://dogsfirstclass.com/mona/hofibehavior.html 
 
It appears to be a male House Finch passing a non-food item (a leaf?) to a 
female.  I have never seen a bird do this, unless it was material brought to a 
nest site.  Any thoughts on this behavior?
Mona Bearor
S Glens Falls
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] [nysbirds-l] Port Authority backs off Snowy Owl killings

[Candace Cornell]

Great Work everyone!


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Corinne Morton
wrote:

> Awesome!  Our voices were heard.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:45 PM, "Linda Orkin"  wrote:
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> I didn't see this go to Cayugabirds so I am resending. This is great news
> and I am proud of us all!!
>
> Linda Orkin
> Ithaca, NY
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Christina Wilkinson 
> wrote:
>
> Looks like the activism worked:
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> December 9, 2013
>
> CONTACT: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
> 212-435-
>
> STATEMENT FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY ON SNOWY OWLS
>
> “The Port Authority is working with the New York State Department of
> Environmental Conservation to move immediately toward implementing a
> program to trap and relocate snowy owls that pose a threat to aircraft at
> JFK and LaGuardia airports. The Port Authority’s goal is to strike a
> balance in humanely controlling bird populations at and around the agency’s
> airports to safeguard passengers on thousands of aircrafts each day. Over
> the past two weeks, five planes at JFK, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia
> airports were struck by snowy owls that have been migrating to our region
> in far higher than typical numbers this year.”
>
> Great work, everyone!
>
>
>
> Christina
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