[va-richmond-general] FW: North Salem, NY bobolinks
- From: "Janice Frye" <jjfdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'FreeList.org'" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:00:49 -0400
Just in case you ever wondered if it was a waste of time to play nicely with
landowners………
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Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 8:25 PM
To: NNAS
Subject: Fw: North Salem, NY bobolinks
I am forwarding this report even though it isn't about the Northern neck. It is
an example of a breeding success in New York state Sent to us by Pat Canning!
Reta
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From: Nomini3@xxxxxxx
To: smok5y@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: North Salem, NY bobolinks
Hi Reta,
I thought I would send this update on to you even though it's from a friend in
my beautiful home town of 35 years, North Salem, NY (in the Northeastern corner
of Westchester County and 55 miles north of Manhattan).
It's a town where environmental and wildlife concerns are paramount and as one
can see the bobolinks have benefited from cooperation with landowners. I
recall 14 years ago when the presence of 4 bobolinks in one of the fields
created quite a stir. Pat
<http://nature.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/13/bobolink-update/> Bobolink update
July
13
When we last left the bobolinks in North Salem, there were 23 male birds,
<http://www.lohud.com/article/2009907060330> according to the Bedford Audubon
Society.
Well, the birds were busy this year in the unmowed fields in Westchester
County’s northeastern corner. Jim Nordgren, the <http://bedfordaudubon.org/>
society’s executive director, and Tait E. Johansson, Bedford Audubon’s
naturalist, visited the fields again last week where they first found bobolinks
this spring. They had tried to convince some landowners and managers not to mow
their fields until the bobolinks raised their families because the birds nest
on the ground.
Nordgren then supplied this update:
. . . we counted a total of 116 bobolinks, a combo of adult males and females
and fledglings—a huge number.
Our initial take on this is that there were the original 23 adult males, an
equal number of adult females, for about 50, the rest, 60 or so, must be
fledglings, which is stunning.
But it makes sense, 23 or so active nests producing 3 young for about 75
fledglings, 50 surviving.
These 50 fledgling would be a total of zero fledgling if mowing had taken place
in June.
Nordgren said they will be writing a formal report and then looking for grants
and other funding to help the birds next spring.
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- From: "Cynthia Curtis" <cynthiamcurtis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Canning, Pat" <nomini3@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:04:57 -0400
<http://nature.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/13/bobolink-update/> Bobolink update
July
13
When we last left the bobolinks in North Salem, there were 23 male birds,
<http://www.lohud.com/article/2009907060330> according to the Bedford Audubon
Society.
Well, the birds were busy this year in the unmowed fields in Westchester
County’s northeastern corner. Jim Nordgren, the <http://bedfordaudubon.org/>
society’s executive director, and Tait E. Johansson, Bedford Audubon’s
naturalist, visited the fields again last week where they first found bobolinks
this spring. They had tried to convince some landowners and managers not to mow
their fields until the bobolinks raised their families because the birds nest
on the ground.
Nordgren then supplied this update:
. . . we counted a total of 116 bobolinks, a combo of adult males and females
and fledglings—a huge number.
Our initial take on this is that there were the original 23 adult males, an
equal number of adult females, for about 50, the rest, 60 or so, must be
fledglings, which is stunning.
But it makes sense, 23 or so active nests producing 3 young for about 75
fledglings, 50 surviving.
These 50 fledgling would be a total of zero fledgling if mowing had taken place
in June.
Nordgren said they will be writing a formal report and then looking for grants
and other funding to help the birds next spring.
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Cynthia M. Curtis
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Post Office Box 908
Croton Falls, New York 10519-0908
914-277-4130 home
914-274-7206 cell
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