Count me in for dinner, Colleen. Anne
> On Dec 3, 2023, at 12:00 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 03, 2023. > > 1. Cayuga Bird Club December meeting and speaker dinner > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Cayuga Bird Club December meeting and speaker dinner > From: "Colleen Richards" <cl...@juno.com> > Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 02:22:45 GMT > X-Message-Number: 1 > > The December meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club Monday will be held December 11 > at 7:30pm at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd. > In-person meetings start with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird > list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's > presentation starting around 8:00pm > > Our speaker, Ton Schat, Cayuga Bird Club member, traveler, and photographer > will be presenting - "Madagascar: Birds, Lemurs, Chameleons, and Other > Amazing Critters > > In November 2022, Ton joined the tour group Birding Africa on their > “Madagascar Endemic Birds and Lemur Tour,” which had been > postponed twice due to the Covid pandemic. During the 22 days, they started > in the capital Antananarivo (“Tana”) followed by visits to the > northeast (Masoala) and the northwest (Betsiboka Delta and Ankarafantsika). > In the second part of the tour, many of the National Parks on the east side > of Madagascar were explored and they ended in the Southwest (Ifaty and > Toliara). The program will start with a short introduction to Madagascar, > followed by many photos and a discussion of some of the endemic bird families > such as the Vangas. Ton will also give us a look at lemurs and other critters > observed during the trip. > > About the Speaker: Ton Schat has been a member of the Cayuga Bird Club for > over 40 years and has presented several programs to the club in the past. He > retired from the faculty of the Cornell Veterinary College in 2011 where he > studied and researched avian viruses and immunology. Ton has traveled > extensively for work and for pleasure and, especially since retirement, has > become an avid bird and wildlife photographer. > > There will be a speaker dinner before the meeting at 5:30 at the Sumo > Restaurant at the Cayuga Mall. Please rsvp by noon on Mon., Dec. 11 to > cl...@juno.com for reservations. > > Hope to see you there. > Colleen Richards > Corresponding Secretary > Cayuga Bird Club > > Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, > September through June, and are free and open to the public. and ending by > 9:00pm. For the remainder of the 2023-24 season, in-person meetings are held > at Foundation of Light on Turkey Hill Road. Note that the January and > February meetings are Zoom-only virtual meetings. We will attempt to make > presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on > our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. Some meetings may shift to Zoom if > warranted by circumstances. > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
