Hello birders, I was thinking it might be a good outreach opportunity to educate the public park-goers about the Taughannock Peregrines by scheduling some viewings, say on weekends when the fledglings are most likely to be active, which I believe would be May 18-19, May 25-26, June 1-2 (please correct me if you think other dates are better). The idea would be to have one or two people with scopes pointed at the nest to show passers by and share information about the bird, the history, and a bit of "here's why we thought lighting the falls was a bad idea in late April".
If you would like to volunteer, please let me know. Maybe say which of the above weekends you would be willing to be present, and approximate time of day. If there are enough volunteers, we could work out a schedule of 1-2 hour shifts or something. We could then talk to the parks and chamber of commerce people to publicize it. I know that whenever I was there with my scope, the few passers-by on that lightly used trail were always appreciative when we shared scope views and information. And I believe that by now the birds are used to us distant scopers from across the gorge that this should not be a disturbance to them - but do let me know if you think this is a bad idea. Suan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
