Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip, Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Make a donation to Guy's Marsh

2013-09-11 Thread Daniel T Baldassarre
Hello Cayugabirders, Some of you may already be aware of this, but my dad, Guy Baldassarre, passed away from leukemia just over a year ago. Guy was a professor of ornithology at SUNY ESF in Syracuse specializing in waterfowl ecology and management. At the time of his death he was just finishing

[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip, Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
PAUL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONDITION OF TOWPATH ROAD IS? ARE THE POTHOLES STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO SWALLOW A CAR? IS A 4WD VEHICLE RECOMMENDED? DEET FOR SURE. BOOTS, TOO? FRITZIE, UNION SPRINGS I have permission to take the field trip onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus and Puddlers. We will c

[cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Paul Anderson
I will lead the first Cayuga Bird Club field trip of the season to Montezuma this Sunday. As usual, this trip is open to members and non-members alike. I have permission to take the field trip onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus and Puddlers. This will allow us to get a bit closer to the shorebi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Linda Orkin
Thanks Paul, I can pick Cornell Students up if they want to go. Linda On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul Anderson wrote: > I will lead the first Cayuga Bird Club field trip of the season to > Montezuma this Sunday. As usual, this trip is open to members and > non-members alike. > > I have p

Re: [cayugabirds-l] CBC field trip on Sunday Sept 15th - Montezuma, dikes included

2013-09-11 Thread Paul Anderson
Linda: Thanks! What location should I tell them to congregate at? Paul On 9/11/2013 2:14 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: > Thanks Paul, I can pick Cornell Students up if they want to go. > > Linda > > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Paul Anderson > wrote: > > I will le

[cayugabirds-l] waterfowl hunting season on

2013-09-11 Thread Candace Cornell
Just a heads up. Time to wear blaze already. There is a special Canada Goose hunting season Sept 1-25 this year for resident geese. I was surprised by a few hunters at Salt Point last night. Candace -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.Northeas

[cayugabirds-l] Wednesday Morning Walk

2013-09-11 Thread bob mcguire
I spent a couple of hours this morning walking the Park Preserve and then the community gardens on Freese Road, trying to get some birding in before the full weight of the heat wave descended. The Park Preserve was cool and a bit foggy and not especially birdy. I ran into one chickadee "feeding

Re: [cayugabirds-l] waterfowl hunting season on

2013-09-11 Thread Stanley Scharf
August notice of new goose hunting regulations: http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/93076.html On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Candace Cornell wrote: > Just a heads up. Time to wear blaze already. There is a special Canada > Goose hunting season Sept 1-25 this year for resident geese. I was > surpr

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Raptors around Ithaca, Mon/Tues 9/9 and 9/10

2013-09-11 Thread Dave Nutter
It's fascinating that the Broad-winged Hawks had apparently been roosting together, yet went so many different directions when they took off for the day. I wonder if they were hunting rather than migrating, and whether they would somehow gather again later to roost or migrate.--Dave NutterOn Sep 11

[cayugabirds-l] Raptors around Ithaca, Mon/Tues 9/9 and 9/10

2013-09-11 Thread Mark Chao
Late on Monday morning, just when the winds were shifting from northerly to southerly, Tilden and I saw six BROAD-WINGED HAWKS over the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Two birds flew west quite low over and possibly into the treetops. Two rose on a thermal and drifted south. One glided fast and