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Birding Great Lake Erie

Shorebird Watching at a Lake Erie Harbor Spent most of Friday at Dunkirk Harbor hoping to see some Shorebirds & migration action. Thought I’d make a pictorial from my photos and start my own Blog. So here is the start of “BLOG BY GAIL R”   ..   (name subject to change if I think up something [...]

Lake Flavia Waterfowl Watching

NOV 4 waterfowl watching at Lake Flavia… Numbers & species of waterfowl were greater than my last visit.  Weather couldn’t have been better..  high temp 70F with light winds and bright sunshine all day.  Wispy white clouds in a blue sky.  Only deterent was a light haze that obscured ‘scoping and heat jigglies at the [...]

Penn-Dixie Fossil Site

  HAMBURG Penn Dixie fossil site has big plans By Fred O. Williams NEWS STAFF REPORTER  Updated: 10/07/08 6:35 AM  The Penn Dixie fossil site, at a former shale quarry in Hamburg, revealed plans to build a spacious visitors center — providing that it can dig up the $1.8 million construction cost. “There’ll be no [...]

Scenic Overlook Plans Scrapped

  TOWN OF HAMBURG Plans for scenic overlook are scrapped By Fred O. Williams NEWS STAFF REPORTER  Updated: 10/08/08 7:03 AM  The Town of Hamburg has dropped plans for a scenic overlook at the site of the former Foit’s Restaurant on Lake Shore Road. Instead, the Town Board is seeking to shift $250,000 in state [...]

Long-necked Seed Bug

 LONG-NECKED SEED BUG   FAMILY: Rhyparochromidae  | GENUS and SPECIES: Myodocha serripes The family Rhyparochromidae contains the only “true” seed bugs.  The most well-known species in Rhyparochromidae is the Long-Necked Seed Bug, Myodocha serripes.   This distinctive seed bug is very common in gardens, lawns, and agricultural habitats in Kentucky.  It is about 3/8″ long. [...]

Watching for in October

Fox Sparrows under feeders during Fall migration Ruby-throated Hummingbirds depart by the 20th Juncos and White-throated Sparrows become common at feeders American Tree Sparrows at feeders White-crowned Sparrows at feeders Pine Siskins in an irruptive species year for WNY Bohemian Waxwings Northern Mockingbirds in feeding area Red-winged Blackbirds staging to leave Eastern Meadowlarks staging to [...]

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo                                  the Yellow-billed Cuckoo young develop incredibly quickly..  the entire period from egg laying to fledging lasts only 17 days..   On day 6 or 7 after hatching, the feathers of the young burst out of their sheaths,  [...]

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