Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon wraps up its two part series on climate change with the following program at the Cold Spring Harbor Library: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 7:00 PMUnhappy Feet: The Impact of Climate Change on Penguins Professor Alan Clark has researched the ecology of multiple penguin species, including Magellanic, Little Blue, and African Penguins. In this presentation, Dr. Clark will provide background information on the natural history of penguins as well as briefly introduce the general topic of climate change. The primary focus of his talk will be how climate change is impacting penguin species worldwide and help explain the complexity of how climate change and penguin populations intersect. J. Alan Clark, Ph.D., J.D. is an Associate Professor of Biology at Fordham University and Program Coordinator for Fordham’s Graduate Certificate in Conservation Biology. Alan is also Adjust Faculty at Fordham’s School of Law. In addition to undergraduate degrees in both religion and music education, Alan has graduate degrees in Natural Resource Policy, Law, and Biology. Alan is primarily interested in behavioral ecology and conservation biology. He studies the role of vocalizations in individual identification, assessment of male quality, social facilitation, and breeding behavior in birds. Alan is also keenly interested in how law, policy, and science interact regarding issues facing threatened species. Alan’s current research projects include the effects of light and noise pollution on birds and bats migrating at night through major urban areas, the impact of “green roofs” on bird and invertebrate populations, and mate choice in Little Blue and African Penguins. Of primary interest to Alan is the role of conservation in urban ecology. Remember, our programs are free and always open to the public! Best, Stella Miller
"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy From: Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> To: NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:22 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 - Eastern Meadowlark & Cape May Warblers Central Park, NYC Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am. Good News - the Ramble is OPEN. >From 6:40am - 7:10 no early-morning flights of any species noted from the deck >of Belvedere Castle. But there was a modest increase today in the numbers of >White-breasted Nuthatches and White-throated Sparrows. Highlights: Slow today with difficult lighting conditions, but we saw at least 2 Cape May Warblers at the Pinetum, a Wood Thrush between the Ramble & Tupelo Field, an Eastern Meadowlark on the Great Lawn, and 12-15 Red-breasted Nuthatches. Canada Goose Mallard - at least 9 on Turtle Pond Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - at least a dozen over the Boathouse Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - first-year flew in and perched uphill from the Boathouse (Carine Mitchell) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 10 in the Pinetum, others at Tupelo Field Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - uphill from the Boathouse Eastern Phoebe Tupelo Field Red-eyed Vireo - uphill from the Boathouse Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12-15 various locations White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 House Wren - Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50 Swainson's Thrush - Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden Wood Thrush - between the Ramble & Tupelo Field Gray Catbird - various locations Brown Thrasher - just below Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli) House Finch - Maintenance Field Black-and-white Warbler - uphill from the Boathouse American Redstart - 8 Cape May Warbler - at least 2 at the Pinetum Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - Belvedere Castle Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female uphill from the Boathosue) Pine Warbler - Pinetum Eastern Towhee - 5 White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard Common Grackle - many in areas with oaks Eastern Meadowlark - Great Lawn (Bob) Today in Riverside Park a memorial for Jeff Nulle brought in his friends, relatives, and colleagues from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We are grateful to them and to Jeff's brother Greg, and most of all to Jeff for a life lived with honesty and grace and for Jeff's tireless efforts on behalf of the local environment, especially his beloved Riverside Park. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --