It's still peak baby bird time for many species and a great time to be birding! Gather with us for our Thursday Birding Meetup on July 3 at 7:00 am at Jennings Pond in Danby. We'll check out what's happening at the pond and then move over to nearby Michigan Hollow Road for further exploration. All birders welcome!
Directions: Turn on to Bald Hill Road off 96B (Danby Road) and then left into Jennings Pond Road.
Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
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Join us this September for a weekend of celebrating the birds and birders of New York State! The 2025 New York State Ornithological Association <https://nybirds.org/> Conference, hosted by the Cayuga Bird Club <http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/>, will be held September 19-21, 2025 in Ithaca, NY. The conference dates coincide with Fall migration, and field trips will be offered to a variety of area birding hot spots, including Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. There will be a variety of social and educational activities, including tours at the Cornell Lab Visitor Center, vendors, a silent auction, NY Breeding Bird Atlas celebration, a paper session with short talks, and a Bird ID challenge presented by members of the NYS Young Birders Club.
Friday’s Welcome Reception will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Adriaan Dokter on BirdCast -- A Large-scale Perspective on Bird Migration.
Saturday evening’s banquet will feature keynote speaker Peter Kaestner, who will present a pictorial journey through his lifetime of birding to become the first person to see 10,000 bird species around the world, In Search of the Orange-tufted Spiderhunter.
The conference is open to the public and attendance is encouraged for anyone with an interest in New York State birds, birding, and conservation. Early Bird Registration before June 30th is $70. The conference registration fee will go up to $85 July 1 – August 31. Young birders 21 and under may register for $5, thanks to youth sponsorship provided by Visit Ithaca <https://www.visitithaca.com/>.
For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit www.nysoa2025.org <https://www.nysoa2025.org/>.
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We were surrounded by bird song for our entire Thursday Birding Meetup at Allan Treman Marina this morning. Fourteen of us enjoyed quite a variety among the 31 species seen and heard including cedar waxwings, orchard oriole, caspian terns, yellow warblers, warbling vireos and more. Tis the season for nesting, fledging and caring for young. We observed these reproductive activities with mourning doves, cormorants, osprey, catbird, robin, common grackle and a yellow warbler feeding a cowbird chick. All in all, a lovely morning with comfortable temperatures and good company as we saw the summer birding season unfolding. Five of us enjoyed breakfasting and birding talk at Kelly's on the inlet. Join us next Thursday, July 3 at 7:00 am at Jennings Pond in Danby. Turn on to Bald Hill Road off 96B (Danby Road) and then left into Jennings Pond Road. All birders are welcome! Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
313-550-1437 261 Coddington Road Apt. B Ithaca, New York 14850
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Date: 6/25/25 5:39 am From: AB Clark <anneb.clark...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Defunding Bird Banding Lab and more
Hopefully not inappropriate to share a WaPo opinion piece this morning
calling attention to one program slated for defunding under the
administration's bill currently in the Senate: the USGS's Ecosystems
Mission Area. This includes funding for the Bird Banding Lab whose
activities support and result in much of what we know about movements and
life histories of birds in No. America...and beyond, since so many are
migratory.
Date: 6/24/25 2:10 pm From: John Gregoire <johnandsuegregoire...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
Concur, as we have advised the USFS for the last three decades.
Collaborated with Jim on that excellent paper. Many species got off to a
late start this migration cycle and no fledged young have been seen here.
I'd choose a better marker species.
*Best,*
*John*
Stay cool folks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM Donna Lee Scott <dls9...> wrote:
> *It is too early to mow* where grass land /ground nesting birds might be
> nesting.
>
>
>
> As described in” *Hayfield Management and Grassland Bird Conservation”*
>
> *One must wait till last week of July or into August to mow* where birds
> are nesting on ground.
>
>
>
> I tried to attach the pdf of this booklet here, but Lyris said it was too
> large to send to our Cayuga Bird List.
>
> And I don’t know how to make it into a link that could go in a message.
>
>
>
> This pub was Prepared by Jim Ochterski
>
> Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County, NY
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> SCNY Agriculture Team Natural Resources Specialist
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> 607-535-7161
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> *From:* <bounce-128822460-15001843...> <
> <bounce-128822460-15001843...> *On Behalf Of *Deb Grantham
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:54 PM
> *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
>
>
>
> Hi,
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>
> I’m trying to figure out how to control wild parsnip on my land. Whatever
> the method, I want to try to avoid ground nesting season. The redwing
> blackbirds seemed to have finished.
>
>
>
> Am I right about this? Will I be safe to get it mowed now?
>
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>
> Thanks, Deb
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> Deborah G. Grantham
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Date: 6/24/25 11:39 am From: Deb Grantham <dgg3...> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
Thank you, Donna and Tess!
Deb
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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
Date: 6/24/25 11:06 am From: Donna Lee Scott <dls9...> Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
It is too early to mow where grass land /ground nesting birds might be nesting.
As described in" Hayfield Management and Grassland Bird Conservation"
One must wait till last week of July or into August to mow where birds are nesting on ground.
I tried to attach the pdf of this booklet here, but Lyris said it was too large to send to our Cayuga Bird List.
And I don't know how to make it into a link that could go in a message.
This pub was Prepared by Jim Ochterski
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County, NY
SCNY Agriculture Team Natural Resources Specialist
607-535-7161
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January 2006
If someone sends me instructions on how to make it a link, I will send that to people via this list.
I don't have time to send it to individuals who ask me for it. Sorry.
From: <bounce-128822460-15001843...> <bounce-128822460-15001843...> On Behalf Of Deb Grantham
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 12:54 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to control wild parsnip on my land. Whatever the method, I want to try to avoid ground nesting season. The redwing blackbirds seemed to have finished.
Am I right about this? Will I be safe to get it mowed now?
Thanks, Deb
Deborah G. Grantham
Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University
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Date: 6/24/25 9:53 am From: Deb Grantham <dgg3...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] ground bird nesting season
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out how to control wild parsnip on my land. Whatever the method, I want to try to avoid ground nesting season. The redwing blackbirds seemed to have finished.
Am I right about this? Will I be safe to get it mowed now?
Thanks, Deb
Deborah G. Grantham
Director, Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center
Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Cornell University
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Date: 6/23/25 2:56 pm From: Peter Saracino <petersaracino...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] "Entangled Lives Interpretive Walks Continue at Refuge this Saturday, June 28th.
Hope you can join us this Saturday, the 28th, as we encounter and seek to understand some examples of the web of life flowing through the biotic and biotic elements of the environment at the Montezuma Refuge. Pete Saracino/Refuge Volunteer Naturalist/New York State Master Naturalist Volunteer
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June 19 Thursday Birding Meetup:
7am-8:30am
Summerland Farm Preserve (with hope of seeing bobolinks!) at 227 Blackman
Hill Rd. Take Route 79 east out of Ithaca to Caroline, turn right on Level
Green Road and then left on Blackman Road.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM Kathleen Strickland <pian0katt...>
wrote:
Date: 6/17/25 7:52 am From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] June 19 Thursday Birding Meetup: Summerland Farm
YOU are so welcome to join us for these casual leaderless Thursday morning birding outings whether you are a long-time birder or a newbie. Get some great birding in before work or your other activities, or stay a while for coffee/breakfast if your schedule is flexible. We'll select our destinations for the following Thursday at our breakfast gathering, and publicize it here as well as on the Cayuga Bird Club calendar and listserv (and Instagram!).
June 19 Thursday Birding Meetup: Summerland Farm Preserve (with hope of seeing bobolinks!) at 227 Blackman Hill Rd. Take Route 79 east out of Ithaca to Caroline, turn right on Level Green Road and then left on Blackman Road.
Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
313-550-1437 261 Coddington Road Apt. B Ithaca, New York 14850
https://uuma.zoom.us/j/2065380867 "All that you touch you Change. All that you Change changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change." Octavia Butler, The Parable of the Sower
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Date: 6/15/25 7:02 am From: Peter Saracino <petersaracino...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] "Entangled Lives" Interpretive Walk Continues at Montezuma Refuge 6/21/25
Friends: To be alive is to be in relationship-entangled with the things that make our lives possible-sun moon, air, water, plants, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, etc. As we come to understand the nature of these relationships, we can grow in appreciation for our dependence on both the living and nonliving components of our environment. Come join an interpretive walk at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge to explore the nature of these relationships. Along the way we willil identify the life we encounter while also examining some of the fascinating connections between all living things. Binoculars and sunscreen are advised. All ages are welcomel No pets please, Saturdays, 10:00 am June 7, 21 & 28 Pete Saracino/Refuge Volunteer Naturalist/New York State Master Naturalist Volunteer
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Date: 6/12/25 1:58 pm From: Carol Keeler <carolk441...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] eBird -- 3936 Mandy Rue Rd, Auburn US-NY 42.94264, -76.48003 -- Jun 12, 2025
3936 Mandy Rue Rd, Auburn US-NY 42.94264, -76.48003
Jun 12, 2025
12:26 PM
Stationary
23 Minutes
All birds reported? No
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 3.3.0 Build 3.3.11
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 woodpecker sp. -- Red headed woodpecker- red head, black back, white breast, white on wings. Came to feeders for peanuts Got photos. I have photographed them before
1 Northern House Wren
3 European Starling
2 Gray Catbird
2 Eastern Bluebird -- Nesting in 2 nest boxes
2 American Robin
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 House Sparrow
5 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
2 Chipping Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
1 Yellow Warbler (Northern)
Number of Taxa: 17
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Date: 6/11/25 10:19 am From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] June 12 Thursday Birding Meetup: Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve
YOU are so welcome to join us for these casual leaderless Thursday morning birding outings whether you are a long-time birder or a newbie. Get some great birding in before work or your other activities, or stay a while for coffee/breakfast if your schedule is flexible. We'll select our destinations for the following Thursday at our breakfast gathering, and publicize it here as well as on the Cayuga Bird Club calendar and listserv (and Instagram!). Thursday June 12: Meet at 7:00 am at Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve at the end of Teeter Road in Lansing. Park along the shoulder. Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
313-550-1437 261 Coddington Road Apt. B Ithaca, New York 14850
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Date: 6/10/25 11:36 am From: Jane Bain <jane.bain...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Register Now for the 2025 New York State Ornithological Association conference in Ithaca
Join us this September for a weekend of celebrating the birds and birders of New York State! The 2025 New York State Ornithological Association <https://nybirds.org/> Conference, hosted by the Cayuga Bird Club <http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/>, will be held September 19-21, 2025 in Ithaca, NY. The conference dates coincide with Fall migration, and field trips will be offered to a variety of area birding hot spots, including Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. There will be a variety of social and educational activities, including tours at the Cornell Lab Visitor Center, vendors, a silent auction, NY Breeding Bird Atlas celebration, a paper session with short talks, and a Bird ID challenge presented by members of the NYS Young Birders Club.
Friday’s Welcome Reception will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Adriaan Dokter on BirdCast -- A Large-scale Perspective on Bird Migration.
Saturday evening’s banquet will feature keynote speaker Peter Kaestner, who will present a pictorial journey through his lifetime of birding to become the first person to see 10,000 bird species around the world, In Search of the Orange-tufted Spiderhunter.
The conference is open to the public and attendance is encouraged for anyone with an interest in New York State birds, birding, and conservation. Early Bird Registration before June 30th is $70. The conference registration fee will go up to $85 July 1 – August 31. Young birders 21 and under may register for $5, thanks to youth sponsorship provided by Visit Ithaca <https://www.visitithaca.com/>.
For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit www.nysoa2025.org <https://www.nysoa2025.org/>.
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Date: 6/9/25 12:17 pm From: Colleen Richards <clr82...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club June meeting - TONIGHT!
Don't forget tonight is our June meeting! Annual PicnicMonday, June 9, 2025, 6:00pm
Myers ParkOur annual picnic will be at Myers Park in Lansing on June 9th starting at 6:00 pm. (Note that Myers Park charges admission for non-residents of Lansing until 6 pm). We'll meet at Pavilion E, the one with the Motus radio antenna next to Salmon Creek. Bring a dish to pass and your own place setting, utensils, and beverage. If you are not comfortable with the dish-to-pass aspect, feel free to bring your own dinner. After dinner, we'll have a bird walk. Hope to see many of you there. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club
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Date: 6/9/25 4:13 am From: Laura Stenzler <lms9...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club June Picnic -today!!!
Monday, June 9, 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Cayuga Bird Club Annual Picnic.
Meet at Pavilion E, Myers Park. Dish-to-Pass with birding to follow. Open to all!
Bring your own plates, cutlery, etc and a dish to share. Dont forget your binoculars!
Laura Stenzler
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As an added bonus, volunteering sometimes gives you access to areas
that are usually off limits to the public, and may get you closer to
interesting birds and wildlife than normal.
Suan
On Sat, Jun 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM Kenneth V. Rosenberg <kvr2...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone (re-sending this without attached flier),
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> I want to put in a second plug for helping with the invasive water chestnut control at Montezuma NWR. Shorebirding has been nothing short of spectacular this spring, and this is due in part to the active management of impoundments at Montezuma Refuge and elsewhere in the Wetlands Complex – especially the draw-down of the Main Pool to coincide with the peak of spring shorebird migration.
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> As I learned in my conversations with Linda Ziemba at Montezuma last summer, such draw-downs of impoundments, and other management activities to create shallow water habitat needed by shorebirds, is highly dependent on effective control of invasive species such as water chestnut, which will swiftly take over and choke out impoundments once water levels are lowered. Control of water chestnut needs to be done manually (wading in the muck and pulling individual plants), and with federal cuts to US Fish and Wildlife Service staff and funding, the Refuge is even more dependent on volunteers than ever to implement this work.
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> Our birding community has expressed frustration in recent years when shallow water habitat at Montezuma has not been maintained during shorebird migration seasons – volunteering to pull water chestnut is a tangible and critically important way that we can all help the refuge staff to implement their management objectives and help provide stopover habitat for steeply declining shorebird species. Please sign up and volunteer for one of the sessions listed below.
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> Thanks!
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> Ken
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> From: <bounce-128806829-3493957...> <bounce-128806829-3493957...> on behalf of Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
> Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
> Cc: Linda Ziemba b <linda_ziemba...>
> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
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> Hi All,
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> It takes work to maintain habitat for the birds we love - marsh birds, shorebirds, and waterfowl. You can volunteer.
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> Here’s a chance to help the Montezuma Wetlands Complex by being in the marshes among the birds while removing invasive Water Chestnut.
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> Work is 9am to 1pm, currently scheduled in the Refuge on
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> Wed 6/11, Sat 6/14, Wed 6/18, Wed 6/25, Sat 6/28, Wed 7/02, Wed 7/09, Sat 7/12,
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> Wed 8/06 & Sat 809
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> and at the MAC/DEC on Wed 7/16, Sat 7/19, & Wed 7/23.
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> To sign up, visit
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> audubon.org/montezuma
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> and click on Events
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> This program is the Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species and Habitats:
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> MARSH!
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: "Ziemba, Linda" <linda_ziemba...>
> Date: June 5, 2025 at 8:34:11 AM EDT
> To: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
> Cc: Cassidy Attanasio <cassidy.attanasio...>
> Subject: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
>
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
>
>
> Last August on Discord, you asked "How many birders would volunteer how many hours in June to be in a canoe in Knox-Marsellus closer to marsh birds (or maybe only disturbing them) while filling the canoe with Water Chestnut?" I'm assuming this is not a rhetorical question and am asking you to help recruit people, including birders, to help pull water chestnut in our marshes so we can continue to provide high quality habitat. Our MARSH! schedule for water chestnut pulling is attached, but I'd be happy to add additional volunteer days if none of those dates work for people.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help with birder-volunteer recruitment.
>
>
>
> Yours in conservation,
>
>
>
> Linda Ziemba
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Linda Chorba Ziemba
>
> Wildlife Biologist
>
> Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
>
> 3395 US Route 20 East
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> Seneca Falls, NY 13148
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> 315-406-0052
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> <linda_ziemba...>
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>
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Date: 6/7/25 9:45 am From: Kenneth V. Rosenberg <kvr2...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
Hi everyone (re-sending this without attached flier),
I want to put in a second plug for helping with the invasive water chestnut control at Montezuma NWR. Shorebirding has been nothing short of spectacular this spring, and this is due in part to the active management of impoundments at Montezuma Refuge and elsewhere in the Wetlands Complex – especially the draw-down of the Main Pool to coincide with the peak of spring shorebird migration.
As I learned in my conversations with Linda Ziemba at Montezuma last summer, such draw-downs of impoundments, and other management activities to create shallow water habitat needed by shorebirds, is highly dependent on effective control of invasive species such as water chestnut, which will swiftly take over and choke out impoundments once water levels are lowered. Control of water chestnut needs to be done manually (wading in the muck and pulling individual plants), and with federal cuts to US Fish and Wildlife Service staff and funding, the Refuge is even more dependent on volunteers than ever to implement this work.
Our birding community has expressed frustration in recent years when shallow water habitat at Montezuma has not been maintained during shorebird migration seasons – volunteering to pull water chestnut is a tangible and critically important way that we can all help the refuge staff to implement their management objectives and help provide stopover habitat for steeply declining shorebird species. Please sign up and volunteer for one of the sessions listed below.
Thanks!
Ken
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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From: <bounce-128806829-3493957...> <bounce-128806829-3493957...> on behalf of Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
Cc: Linda Ziemba b <linda_ziemba...>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
Hi All,
It takes work to maintain habitat for the birds we love - marsh birds, shorebirds, and waterfowl. You can volunteer.
Here’s a chance to help the Montezuma Wetlands Complex by being in the marshes among the birds while removing invasive Water Chestnut.
Work is 9am to 1pm, currently scheduled in the Refuge on
Wed 6/11, Sat 6/14, Wed 6/18, Wed 6/25, Sat 6/28, Wed 7/02, Wed 7/09, Sat 7/12,
Wed 8/06 & Sat 809
and at the MAC/DEC on Wed 7/16, Sat 7/19, & Wed 7/23.
To sign up, visit
audubon.org/montezuma
and click on Events
This program is the Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species and Habitats:
MARSH!
- - Dave Nutter
- - Dave Nutter
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From: "Ziemba, Linda" <linda_ziemba...>
Date: June 5, 2025 at 8:34:11 AM EDT
To: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
Cc: Cassidy Attanasio <cassidy.attanasio...>
Subject: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
Hi Dave,
Last August on Discord, you asked "How many birders would volunteer how many hours in June to be in a canoe in Knox-Marsellus closer to marsh birds (or maybe only disturbing them) while filling the canoe with Water Chestnut?" I'm assuming this is not a rhetorical question and am asking you to help recruit people, including birders, to help pull water chestnut in our marshes so we can continue to provide high quality habitat. Our MARSH! schedule for water chestnut pulling is attached, but I'd be happy to add additional volunteer days if none of those dates work for people.
Thanks for your help with birder-volunteer recruitment.
Yours in conservation,
Linda Ziemba
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Linda Chorba Ziemba
Wildlife Biologist
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
3395 US Route 20 East
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
315-406-0052
<linda_ziemba...>
The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the U.S. for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
Please expect potentially longer response times due to reductions in force to increase workforce efficiency. Your patience is appreciated as we work more efficiently.
Date: 6/6/25 6:58 pm From: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
Hi All,
It takes work to maintain habitat for the birds we love - marsh birds, shorebirds, and waterfowl. You can volunteer.
Here’s a chance to help the Montezuma Wetlands Complex by being in the marshes among the birds while removing invasive Water Chestnut.
Work is 9am to 1pm, currently scheduled in the Refuge on
Wed 6/11, Sat 6/14, Wed 6/18, Wed 6/25, Sat 6/28, Wed 7/02, Wed 7/09, Sat 7/12,
Wed 8/06 & Sat 809
and at the MAC/DEC on Wed 7/16, Sat 7/19, & Wed 7/23.
To sign up, visit
audubon.org/montezuma
and click on Events
This program is the Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species and Habitats:
MARSH!
- - Dave Nutter
- - Dave Nutter
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Ziemba, Linda" <linda_ziemba...>
> Date: June 5, 2025 at 8:34:11 AM EDT
> To: Dave Nutter <nutter.dave...>
> Cc: Cassidy Attanasio <cassidy.attanasio...>
> Subject: Volunteering for Shorebird Habitat
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Last August on Discord, you asked "How many birders would volunteer how many hours in June to be in a canoe in Knox-Marsellus closer to marsh birds (or maybe only disturbing them) while filling the canoe with Water Chestnut?" I'm assuming this is not a rhetorical question and am asking you to help recruit people, including birders, to help pull water chestnut in our marshes so we can continue to provide high quality habitat. Our MARSH! schedule for water chestnut pulling is attached, but I'd be happy to add additional volunteer days if none of those dates work for people.
>
> Thanks for your help with birder-volunteer recruitment.
>
> Yours in conservation,
>
> Linda Ziemba
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Linda Chorba Ziemba
> Wildlife Biologist
> Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
> 3395 US Route 20 East
> Seneca Falls, NY 13148
> 315-406-0052
> <linda_ziemba...>
>
> The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the U.S. for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
>
> Please expect potentially longer response times due to reductions in force to increase workforce efficiency. Your patience is appreciated as we work more efficiently.
>
>
> <MARSH! Summer 2025 Landscape.png>
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Date: 6/5/25 10:50 am From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] June 5 Thursday Birding Meeting Recap & Next Week's Spot
Such a lovely late spring morning to gather for today's Thursday Birding Meetup at Roy Park Preserve South! Seventeen of us appreciated some great morning sun illuminating a male indigo bunting, a common yellowthroat, eastern towhee and red-eyed vireo. We were delighted to see a singing alder flycatcher right out in the open very near to us! Tis the nesting season and we observed the female indigo bunting and song sparrow carrying nesting material. Ever faithful e-birder, Diane Morton, recorded 38 species for our morning together including several warblers heard only (love that black-throated green amidst the hemlocks!). A little botany treat greeted us at the lean-to--two gorgeous pink lady slippers! Seven of us enjoyed coffee and breakfast at College Town Bagels East Hill afterward as we shared birding stories and plotted future birding adventures. YOU are so welcome to join us for these casual leaderless Thursday morning birding outings whether you are a long-time birder or a newbie. Get some great birding in before work or your other activities, or stay a while for coffee/breakfast if your schedule is flexible. We'll select our destinations for the following Thursday at our breakfast gathering, and publicize it here as well as on the Cayuga Bird Club calendar and listserv (and Instagram!). Thursday June 12: Meet at 7:00 am at Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve at the end of Teeter Road in Lansing. Park along the shoulder. Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
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Date: 6/3/25 7:34 am From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] June 5 Thursday Birding Meetup--Park Preserve South
This week's Thursday Birding Meetup will gather at 7:00 am at *Roy Park Preserve South* trailhead (Irish Settlement Road between Midline and Goodland). These weekday morning birding outings are casual leaderless trips that warmly welcome birders of all levels. Join us before work or other activities, or gather with us for breakfast/coffee afterward if your schedule is flexible. Hope to see you there!
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Date: 6/2/25 6:26 am From: Peter Saracino <petersaracino...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] "Entangled Lives" Interpretive Walks at the Montezuma Refuge
Friends: To be alive is to be in relationship-entangled with the things that make our lives possible-sun moon, air, water, plants, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, etc. As we come to understand the nature of these relationships, we can grow in appreciation for our dependence on both the living and nonliving components of our environment. Come join an interpretive walk at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge to explore the nature of these relationships. Along the way we willil identify the life we encounter while also examining some of the fascinating connections between all living things. Binoculars and sunscreen are advised. All ages are welcomel No pets please, Saturdays, 10:00 am June 7, 21 & 28 Pete Saracino/Refuge Volunteer Naturalist/New York State Master Naturalist Volunteer
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