The crews were theresgain today. Bill Bill elrick Wyckoff NJ Sent from my iPhone
On May 12, 2015, at 22:43, Felipe Pimentel <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the second year that this happens in Sterling Forest. Last year, they > did replace the cables in the powerline towers from Ringwood (NJ) to Warwick > (NY) and it was done in late spring, early summer during the nesting season. > This year they have been working in the same areas (cleaning the dirt roads > for the jeeps and maintenance vehicles). I was there yesterday and they were > doing the same thing that Dawn has described. I was told that they would be > working in the area for the rest of the week. > > Felipe > > > On May 12, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Dawn Hannay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Together with Adele Gotlib, I spent the day walking the power line cut and >> the Sterling Valley trail at Sterling Forest today. We were disturbed to see >> that crews with chainsaws were hard at work along the north right-of-way, >> usually the more productive direction for Golden-winged Warblers. I >> understand that the right-of-way needs to be maintained, but the timing >> seems less than ideal for the warblers. >> Since the noise was disruptive, we walked south, and saw only one >> Blue-winged and 2 Golden-winged Warblers. We did see Prairie, Indigo >> Bunting, Field and Chipping Sparrows, Great-crested Flycatcher and >> Yellow-throated Vireos, and a pair of Broad-winged Hawks along the power >> line. >> We then turned southwest to follow the Sterling Valley trail to the lake. >> The birding was tough and bugs abundant, but we saw Worm-eating, Cerulean, >> Black-and-white, Ovenbird, Black-throated Green and Yellow Warblers, and an >> abundance of Scarlet Tanagers. Wood Ducks were on the pond, and there was a >> pair of Kingbirds at the lake. >> I won't list all the birds here, but we concluded with an Eagle flying over. >> Bald is the expected species. but the bird was completely silhouetted and >> any markings were obscured. It definitely had no white at all on the head >> and tail, but it was impossible to see the mottling, if any, on the body. >> Still, an exciting conclusion to a good day! >> Dawn Hannay >> >> -- >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
