Jack Barclay to discuss burrowing owls Jan. 10
Burrowing owls will be the topic of a Jan. 10 lecture by Jack Barclay, sponsored by the Sussex Bird Club. FILE PHOTO December 30, 2020
The Sussex Bird Club will offer a lecture on burrowing owls by Jack Barclay at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 10, via Zoom.
Barclay studied burrowing owls for more than 20 years in California, observing them in the close-cropped fields near airport runways that offer good burrowing owl habitat. Barclay is a senior wildlife biologist who specializes in the biology and conservation of burrowing owls. As co-founder of Albion Environmental, he devoted his time to inventory and impact assessment of special-status wildlife species as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act and the Endangered Species Act.
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Emerald ash borer larvae and galleries discovered under the bark of an ash tree at Arnot Forest, March 2018, marking Tompkins County’s first documented emerald ash borer occurrence. Cornell removing ash trees, as replanting effort launches
December 22, 2020
Cornell will be removing more than 1,700 of its ash trees infested by devastating emerald ash borer insects, mostly between January and March 2021, to reduce potential harm to people and property. At the same time, an initiative has been developed to replant trees.
The university will be sending letters in the coming weeks to notify local municipalities and neighbors of the ash abatements.