[cayugabirds-l] Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center

2010-07-10 Thread Leona Lauster
Location: Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center from Black Brook Road, Seneca County 7/10/10 This is a great locations but requires a lot of walking with almost no shade so start early and or pick a day that won't be too hot. I think the official opening is in August. Notes: W

Re:[cayugabirds-l] [Eatonbirds] Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center

2010-07-10 Thread Leona Lauster
Lyn just emailed me this:.now that I have done further research...AMGP has NEVER been reported in July or even in the first month of Aug in Seneca Co. I think we need to go back tomorrow and chase that bird. Maybe we can figure it out. Leona From: Leona Lauster Sent: Saturday, July 1

[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Muckrace 2010

2010-07-10 Thread Jane Graves
ANNOUNCING The 14th ANNUAL MONTEZUMA MUCKRACE - SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2010 Audubon New York and Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex announce the 14th annual Montezuma Muckrace, to be held on September 10 and 11, 2010. This 24-hour birding competition raises funds to support conservation proj

[cayugabirds-l] RFI - Least and American Bitterns

2010-07-10 Thread ConserveBirds
Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences as to whether Least and American Bittern will nest in the same general area? I have seen both species several times, but never at the same location. Just curious as to whether it might be advantageous to look for the other when I see one of the two

[cayugabirds-l] Excellent midsummer birding - Montezuma NWR area

2010-07-10 Thread Tom Johnson
All, I was lucky to enjoy a great morning of birding today in the Montezuma area (Seneca and Wayne Co.) with Nancy Chen, Tim Lenz, Alberto Lopez, and Jay McGowan. We headed up from Ithaca and had a nice start with a predawn Great Horned Owl perched on a barn on Rt. 34B in North Lansing (Tompkins C

[cayugabirds-l] Connecticut Hills

2010-07-10 Thread Meena Haribal
Today, a group of us from Finger Lakes Native Plant Society went to Connecticut hills to see whatever flies and that does not fly. We first stopped at the pond near junction of Boyland and Connecticut Hill road. Lots of Barn Swallows and a few tree, Rough-winged swallows were feeding over the po