[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club September meeting and speaker dinner
The September meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be held September 11, 2023, 7:30pm at Kendal at Ithaca (please arrive early;see directions here). Note that social time begins at 7 pm with the "reading of the list" at 7:20. Our speaker will be Kathryn Grabenstein, Postdoc, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and she will be presenting A Tale of Two Cities: Cryptic Chickadee Hybridization in an Urban World. Citizen science projects are powerful tools for bridging the gap between scientists and the communities where they work. In this framework, scientists can collect otherwise unattainable data and communities can engage with science in ways they traditionally would not be able to do, benefiting both groups. The Boulder Chickadee Study is a network of nest boxes monitored by over 75+ citizen scientists that spans a large montane gradient from the City of Boulder all the way up the tree line just below the continental divide in the Front Range of Colorado. For her dissertation work, Kathryn founded and directed this large citizen science project to explore hybridization in Colorado chickadees in the context of human development. A tale of two cities: cryptic chickadee hybridization in an urban world, will delve into how this project was kickstarted, what was learned about chickadee hybridization in the past 4 years, and what we hope to discover in the future.About the Speaker: After competing my undergraduate work at Cornell University, I joined the lab of Dr. Scott Taylor at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I study hybridization of birds in human contextsspecifically, when humans transform earths landscapes, creating conditions that cause co-occurring species to hybridize, when otherwise, they wouldnt. Currently, as a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, I combine field studies, museum specimens, eBird data, and genomics to investigate how human habitat disturbances drive hybridization in chickadees, and the evolutionary consequences of this hybridization. There will be a speaker dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the Ithaca Sumo Japanese Hibachi & Sushi restaurant (2309 N Triphammer Rd in the Cayuga Mall). Please rsvp to Colleen Richards cl...@juno.com by noon on Monday, Sept. 11 so reservations can be made. Have fun birding as those migrants have begun moving through our area.Colleen RichardsCayuga Bird ClubCorresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. 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 and ending by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. Some meetings may be virtual by Zoom only, or may shift to Zoom if warranted by circumstances. See Parking directions for Kendal. Zoom webinar tips can be found here:CBC Zoom webinar tips.pdf -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club - September meeting 9/13/21
Next Monday, September 13, at 7:30 pm will be the first monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club this fall. Register online for Zoom Meeting Dan Baldassarre, Assistant Professor and Provost Teaching Fellow at SUNY Oswego, will give his presentation "Northern Cardinal Urban Ecology". Humans dominate the global landscape, so we need to understand how our activity affects wildlife. In this talk, Dan will give a general overview of how urban living affects the visual and vocal communication of Northern Cardinals. Does living in the city cause cardinals to change colors? Does dealing with urban noise cause them to change their singing behavior? Tune in to the talk to find out! As Assistant Professor and Provost Teaching Fellow at SUNY Oswego, Dan Baldasarre teaches and leads undergraduate research on the evolution and behavior of birds. He and his students study the effects of urbanization on Northern Cardinals. He received his BS from Syracuse University, where he studied fish. Thankfully, he saw the light and made the switch to birds. He received a PhD from Cornell University studying Australian fairywrens, and did postdoctoral research at University of Miami and Princeton University studying vampire finches and Phainopeplas. When not doing bird things, he can usually be found playing with his five-month-old son or watching the Boston Red Sox. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are open to the public. Each virtual meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club business. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Get Norton 360 with LifeLock starting at $9.95/month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock_source=mktg_medium=taglines_campaign=nzlifelk_launch_content=tag995=A23457 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club September meeting
Next Monday, September 9, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker, Andrew Zepp, will give his presentation "Bird Habitat Conservation in the Finger Lakes Region". Andrew Zepp is the Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust. He has worked in the land conservation field for more than 25 years and is one of the founders of the Land Trust. After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell followed by a brief stint in retail marketing, he embarked on a career in land conservation with The Nature Conservancy - serving in several land protection and land management positions. During the course of a one-year leave of absence from the Conservancy, he secured a Masters of Professional Studies in Natural Resource Policy from Cornell and worked with local conservationists to establish the Finger Lakes Land Trust. The Finger Lakes Land Trust is working throughout Tompkins County and beyond within a 12-county Finger Lakes Land Trust service area to ensure the permanent protection of significant bird habitat. To date, the organization has conserved more than 23,000 acres. The Land Trust owns and manages a network of 30 nature preserves and holds 140 conservation easements on land that remains in private ownership. It also assists other non-profit organizations and government conservation agencies in establishing parks and establishing public conservation area. After working for six years for The Nature Conservancys Central & Western NY Program, first as Director of Land Protection and then as Associate Director, Andy went to Washington, DC to serve for seven years as Vice President for Programs for the Land Trust Alliance. In this capacity, he was responsible for the creation of a network of field programs to provide increased support for land conservationists across the country. Andy returned to the Finger Lakes Land Trust in 2003 to serve as its Executive Director. He today oversees a growing non-profit organization that has permanently protected more than 22,000 acres of the regions most significant open space lands. The Land Trust is supported by more than 2,000 members as well as numerous volunteers and 15 staff. Come learn about efforts underway to secure a half dozen Audubon-designated Important Bird Areas as well as the Land Trusts habitat management program that includes the restoration of wetlands and the creation and maintenance of grass and shrub land habitats.The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome. Members are invited to join Andy for dinner at the Sumo Japanese Steak Restaurant (Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.) before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards at cl...@juno.com by noon Monday so reservations can be made.See you all on Monday. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Take 1 Cup In Morning, Watch Your Belly Fat Melt Like Crazy worldhealthlabs.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5d71186bf06e6186b6cc1st03duc -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club September meeting
The September meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be on Monday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with "cookies and conversation" beginning at 7:15. Our speaker, Muhammad Arif will present "Backyard Birds of Bangladesh". During three recent visits to Bangladesh, Muhammad Arif saw many of the country's common backyard birds and photographed more than 50 species. Muhammad Arif will share some of these pictures, describe his experience birding in Bangladesh, and discuss the status of birds in this tropical river delta, such as the Blue-throated Barbet .Bio: Muhammad was born in Bangladesh but has lived most of his life in the US, including 25+ years in Ithaca. He discovered a passion for both birding and photography only about two years ago. He works as an IT professional at Cornell and uses the time for birding and nature photography to help balance the analytical nature of his job.Members are invited to join Muhammad and his wife for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N) at 5:30 that evening. Please rsvp cl...@juno.com by Monday noon. [Doors open at 7:00 pm and all meetings are open to the public. Seating is limited; if room capacity is reached, the building will be locked.] Hoping to see many of you on Monday. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club One Cup of This (Before Bed) Burns Belly Fat Like Crazy Celebrity Local http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5b9028766e57828762ddcst02duc -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club September meeting
The Cayuga Bird Club will be meeting Monday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 for their monthly meeting. Our speaker will be Marie Read, presenting Grebe Quest Out West. Join Marie on her summer travels to northern Utah and northeast Montana in search of breeding Western, Clark's, and Eared Grebes. Be prepared for a cuteness overload as we enjoy close-up photos and video clips of the grebes and their young and hear Marie's stories from the field. Plus courting American Avocets, Black-necked Stilts, Ruddy Ducks, Short-eared Owls, Common Nighthawks and more.Wildlife photographer and author Marie Read is renowned for her exquisite bird photos that often tell a story as well as being beautiful. ¨Widely published during her 25+ year career providing high-quality photographs to the nature publishing industry, her images are featured in magazines, books, calendars, websites, educational exhibits, and product packaging, nationally and internationally. Marie's articles and photo essays have appeared in such publications as Living Bird, Bird Watching, Nature's Best, and Women In The Outdoors. Her images have won awards in Nature's Best Windland Smith contest, Nature's Best Backyards, North American Nature Photography Association Showcase, Audubon Photography Awards, and Festival de L'Oiseau. She has authored several books about birds and their behavior, most recently Into The Nest, coauthored with Laura Erickson. The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome. Health News 24 (Sponsored by Content.Ad) Granny Reveals Her Method: Don't Use Botox, Do This Instead http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/57cf40ccaa8f040cc404cst02duc -- 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/ --
