RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 16, 2022
* NYSY 05. 16. 22
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s): May 09, 2022 to May 16, 2022
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands
Chemung Valley Audubon Society Meeting and Program
May 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
In-person: meet at Appleridge, 168 Miller St. Horseheads, NY.
By Zoom: email windingwayho...@aol.com to request a Zoom invitation.
"Lake Friendly Living"
Guest Speakers from Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
Chemung
Classic house sparrow behavior. I have watched them stand guard on a nest box
with an active tree swallow nest. They aggravate the parents and prevent
feeding. The young either starve or poke their head out and the male house
sparrow will yank them out and claim the nest box.
They are
I have 2 nest boxes, about 20-30 feet apart, intended for bluebirds and
tree swallows. Today I saw a male house sparrow sitting on top of one
box--inside was a nest but no eggs. The other box had a dead tree swallow
in it, no nest materials. Does anyone know what happened?
Thanks,
Fred Kardon
Dear Cayugabirds community —
When you encounter birds in New York State that have died of natural causes and
that are in good condition, please consider donating them to become specimens
in the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, which is located in the same building as
the Lab of Ornithology. At
Due to the rarity of this warbler, I thought that some might be interested in
the following. I found a window mortality Lawrence's warbler outside of the
Veterinary Research Tower on Cornell's campus this morning. Bird mortalities
have decreased here since they put new glass in about 6 years
