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 [...]
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Lake Flavia Waterfowl Watching
November 4, 2008 – 9:22 pm
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
October 8, 2008 – 9:04 am
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
October 8, 2008 – 9:01 am
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
October 7, 2008 – 9:37 pm
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
September 30, 2008 – 5:24 pm
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
September 30, 2008 – 1:51 pm
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, [...]
