Re: {Ely Field Naturalists} Abridged summary of elyfieldnaturalists@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics
Kim Breimeier
- Wayward Egg - 1 Update
- Leucistic Evening Grosbeak - 1 Update
<clever...@gmail.com>: May 07 10:14PM -0500
This was a curious find - a very large egg, almost certainly trumpeter swan,
a good 35 meters up a forested, very brushy slope from the nearest nesting
habitat - where we don't know there to be a ...more
Mary M White / Charles R Neil <saar...@gmail.com>: May 07 08:39PM -0500
Evening Grosbeaks are on the Orange Alert List nationwide due to a
population decline of 84% since 1966 (Cornell). Since moving to Embarrass
49 years ago, the large flocks at our feeders that I ...more
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with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver
clever...@gmail.com
As far as we know, racoons have not reached our location yet, although until last year I would have said the same thing about turkeys, and that’s no longer true.
Correction: At Tony Hertzel’s prompting, I went back and remeasured the egg and found its size fell between that given for trumpeter swans and Canada geese, but a little closer to the latter, which also are found near the location in question. But they mystery of why a predator would carry a nutrient bomb that far and not eat it remains.
Steve Wilson
Isabella
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