[cayugabirds-l] Win for The Birds

2015-08-07 Thread Carl Steckler
Maybe someone is listening?? http://stopthesethings.com/2015/01/06/us-wind-power-outfit-whacked-with-2-5-million-fine-for-rampant-golden-eagle-slaughter/ Carl Steckler -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey at Beebe

2015-08-07 Thread Dick Feldman
An Osprey is right now in the evergreen just on the south side of the dam. No prey in talons. Oh, maybe he was resting - just flew to the woods on the other side. Dick Feldman -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's Marsh Guided Shorebird Walk Sunday August 9th

2015-08-07 Thread David Nicosia
This original message went to my spam folder on my yahoo account so I am resending it. If you already received it, just ignore. -- Forwarded message -- From: David Nicosia daven102...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:07 AM Subject: Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's Marsh Guided

[cayugabirds-l] Sunday August 9th Montezuma Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's Marsh Shorebird Walk

2015-08-07 Thread David Nicosia
All, We will be meeting at the *Montezuma NWR Visitor's Center at 8:00 am* and we will be walking down from the East Road overlook along the dike between Knox-Marcellus Marsh and Puddler's Marsh at 8:20 am. People have the option of meeting at the *Visitor's center at 8 am* or *meeting the group

[cayugabirds-l] Osprey at Britt Road

2015-08-07 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all, I was out in the corn field helping colleagues to weed their corn plots on Britt Road near Poplar Ridge. There is a medium sized farm pond. Here we observed an Osprey diving into the pond for a fish and came up with nothing and dove again and finally picked up a fish and headed towards

[cayugabirds-l] Nightfall

2015-08-07 Thread Geo Kloppel
I stepped out a few minutes ago to see what the dusk might bring. The local Barred Owls are quiet. I was looking right at the top of a balsam fir outlined against the lingering light in the west when a Great Horned Owl flew up and perched on the spire. Watch out, cats! Several of our big

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Nightfall

2015-08-07 Thread Melanie Uhlir
Great Horned Owls are just one of a myriad reasons I am proud to keep my cats INdoors! Birds are safe from them, and they are safe from birds (and coyotes!). I did not realize any bats were around all year long in this area! Floating on a pond to count them sounds rather idyllic! Maybe the