Perhaps this is the answer to your question. http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm
Cathy Cooke On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal <m...@cornell.edu>wrote: > Hi all, > > Now I am curious to know why was it named Renwick Woods? Who was Renwick? > Must have done something good to name after him and when was it named? If > it was named before Fuertes' death Fuertes must have been in agreement with > that naming, > > Curious about the Ithaca history. > > Meena > > > > > > > Meena Haribal > Ithaca NY 14850 > http://haribal.org/ > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------ > *From:* bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu [ > bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of nutter.d...@me.com[ > nutter.d...@me.com] > *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 PM > *To:* Christopher Wood > *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L > *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes > > Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a > sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his untimely death - the > area now often called the swan pond. Cayuga Bird Club Historian Jane Graves > has the documentation of this - contemporary newspaper accounts of the > plans and fund-raising for that purpose. Websites are notorious for being > inaccurate, and the City of Ithaca website referring to Renwick Wildwood > (the name on the concrete arch) as Fuertes Sanctuary is unsubstantiated by > any historical record that our historian has found so far. Please use the > correct name, not perpetuate the misnomer. If someone sends you a reference > to an official renaming of Renwick as Fuertes, please let us know. > > --Dave Nutter > > > On May 13, 2013, at 05:14 PM, Christopher Wood <chris.w...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I know this issue has been discussed many times before and I know that > opinions are divided. For every email I get that says we should call the > woods Renwick, I get three that say we should call it Fuertes. The official > website of Ithaca calls the 55 acres south of Stewart Park the "Fuertes > Bird Sanctuary". It describes this both in text and on the map. Given the > huge contributions that Fuertes made, we (eBird) are happy to follow the > official City of Ithaca website and go with calling the 55 acres the > "Fuertes Sanctuary". > > http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm > > > Christopher Wood > eBird Project Leader > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > http://ebird.org > http://birds.cornell.edu > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
