Birds and nests on farms prompt citizen science effort
Garden and farm readers are urged to hang string bags to attract Baltimore orioles and other birds while reporting nesting data to the North American Nest Record Card Program. The program, run by the Laboratory of Ornithology, invites rural residents near Ithaca to submit nest records. several local bird sightings and 4-H livestock judging results are noted alongside.
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Laboratory of Ornthology
Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
Jim Wagner
Valois
Watkins Glen
Lodi
Jim
Harold Stark
Interlaken
Henry Henderson
Trumansburg
Kenneth Burr
John C__ Sterling
Lois Anderson
Freeville
Tompkins County
New York
Onondaga County
Cayuga County
Donald Fox
Clyde
Cornell
Ray Albrechtson
Charles Burr
Robert Dalola
Caroline
Richard Alexander
Dryden
Andrew Havington
Burdette Lewis
Lansing
Norman Benson
Groton
Perry Mudge
Paul Brooks
James Batsford
James Gunning
Enfield
Paul Moore
Danby
Sora Rail Identified By Sapsucker Woods Visit
A reader reports finding a small shy sora rail in a marsh, sending it to Sapsucker Woods for positive ID. The birds in the office were thrilled to add the specimen to their collection, noting the rail is rare and more often heard than seen. The letter asks readers about bluebirds for Ornithology laboratory data on population increase.
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Sapsucker Woods Research Center
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