Geo, Birds may certainly dine on the insects released as bio control but haven't read further on that other than one report of minimal success. The FLNF is now trying chemical control on top of a couple of years of released biologics. Still a matter of our ability to save individual trees or small stands and not a landscape cure in sight to my knowledge. FLNF has a nice, somewhat isolated, study site for this work.
I'd like to know who trespassed and put up the sign and whether this is worth anyone's time. I did pass on the name and contact info of the HWA coordinator to Diana. John PS. The Watkins Glen sewer plant siting alongside the marsh appears to be going ahead despite all the data, the eagle's nest directly adjacent, nesting Sandhills, Least and Common Bitterns, IBA, BCA, CEA designations, etc. They have veeb very sub rosa and I've yet to see or sniff out an EIS or SEQRA request on the project. They did hire one of those tame environmental survey groups; saw some of their avian comments and it was quite horribly done and very dated. I'll let you know when we see a document for response/comment. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" On Sun, February 8, 2015 10:28, Geo Kloppel wrote: > I wonder if birds might some day soon be drafted to spread the biological > control > agents that will keep hemlock wooly adelgid in check? > > -Geo > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
