[cayugabirds-l] please disregard this message
We Say Goodbye To Kathie Lee Gifford track.volutrk.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5beaef30b88676f303f5bst03duc -- 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 December meeting - Dec. 10
Next Monday, December 10, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Bob McGuire and Marie Read, will give their presentation, "Icelandic Saga".Marie and Bob spent a combined total of three weeks photographing and recording the birds of Iceland. Join them for a tour of this exotic land: the remote highlands, seabird cliffs, and offshore islands. Lots of puffins, too! Bob McGuire is a former president of the Cayuga Bird Club and editor of Birding The Cayuga Lake Basin. An avid birder and sound recordist, Bob has contributed over 4000 recordings to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library. His personal collection includes the vocalizations of nearly 600 North American birds. Marie Read is a professional wildlife photographer and author, based in Freeville NY, who specializes in birds and their behavior. Her images are published worldwide in magazines, books, and calendars, and she has authored many magazine articles as well as several books. Her latest book, Mastering Bird Photography, will be available as an e-book in December and in print in March 2019. 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 the speakers for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) just 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.Have a great weekend. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary, Cayuga Bird Club Gut Doctor: "I Beg Americans To Throw This Vegetable Now� food-frauds.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c08275645741275626e4st01duc -- 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] Etna feeder birds
Lots of activity at our feeders here in Etna as sun shines down and warms them. Now up to 15 of the usual winter species but two of our summer residents are looking quite chilly - a chipping sparrow and a young male red-winged blackbird. Colleen Richards What Popcorn Really Does To Your Memory clearstateofmind.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5bf70f1f4fa07f1f5039st04duc -- 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 January meeting - members' deadline Jan. 10
Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Club's annual Share Your Photos Night on Monday, January 14 at 7:30 pm.Club members can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you will have to take the stage. Send them by tomorrow, January 10, to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE "Bird club photo submission Jan2019". Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date (1/14). Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Don't be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all!The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation in the Observatory hallway starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome.Members are invited to join Kevin for dinner at Ithaca Ale House 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.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club What Popcorn Really Does To Your Memory clearstateofmind.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c3697213577417214a82st02duc -- 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] Montezuma and Oswego Harbor
When homeschooling, one sometimes has "sunny" days (rather than snow days), hence a quick drive to Montezuma and beyond today. Below is a short summary of waterfowl only. Had 3 flyovers by osprey between Union Springs and the north end of the lake. We had lots of snow geese and swans at the very north end of Cayuga Lake but they were on the west side, so no close views for id'ing the swans. The Wildlife Drive was still closed; seems like they're not expecting it to be open for at least another week or so Mostly Canada Geese with a small group of Ring-necked and American Wigeon at Mays Point with Northern Pintails added into the mix in our view from East Road. Traveled north to Oswego Harbor for views of 40 or so Long-Tailed Ducks, 4 White-winged Scoters, 16 Scaup, several pairs of Buffleheads and a single male Red-breasted Merganser. Colleen Richards Our Hearts Go Out To Denzel Washington go.dedicatedoffers.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c92f86495635786447d6st01duc -- 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 April meeting
Next Monday, April 8, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. David Toews, Ph.D., Dept of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, will give his presentation, "Mistakes Happen! Hybridization in Wood Warblers". Dr. David Toews has worked on studying hybrid zones in wood warblers for over ten years. He will discuss what he has learned about avian evolution by studying these hybrid zones, as well some notable rare, unusual and initially mysterious hybridization events that he has discovered by using new genetic methods.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 David for dinner at Sumo's Japanese Hibachi and Sushi (2309 N. Triphammer Rd - Cayuga Mall) just 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.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Judge Judy Steps Down After 23 Years Over This Controversy glancence-hality.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ca6119858a4f119848e7st03duc -- 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] pair of hooded mergansers
The beaver pond on Hile School Rd (n. of Freeville off Rt. 38) is full to within a few inches of the roadway. One pair of hooded mergansers was sharing the pond with 6Canada Geese. Colleen Richards US MD: "I Beg Americans To Throw Out This Veg Now" dr-pedre-md.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c9e91714872911715470st01duc -- 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 March meeting
The Cayuga Bird Club's March meeting is Monday, March 11. Our speakers, Susan Danskin, Diane Morton, and Ken Kemphues will present: "Borneo: A Birding Tour of Sabah, Malaysia" Susan Danskin, Ken Kemphues, and Diane Morton traveled to the island of Borneo last summer for a birding tour in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. Borneo's unique geography makes it home to a high number of bird species found nowhere else in the world, plus an amazing diversity of plants, insects, and mammals. Our speakers traveled to the highlands of Mount Kinabalu, lowland rainforest jungles, and coastal wetlands, seeing hundreds of birds, including all eight species of Borneo's hornbills, edible-nest swifts in a large cave, trogons, sunbirds, spiderhunters, blue flycatchers, and the world's largest flower. Bornean Orangutans, Proboscis Monkeys, Pygmy Elephants, and Red Giant Flying Squirrels were among the many mammals encountered along the way. The diversity of life in the protected forests they visited was truly remarkable; however, much of Borneo's forested area is threatened by rapid expansion of palm oil plantations. Diane Morton is president, Ken Kemphues the current treasurer, and Susan Danskin past-treasurer of the Cayuga Bird Club. All three are avid birders; this trip to Borneo was the first time birding in Asia for each of them. 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 Susan, Diane and Ken for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) 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.Have a great weekend. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary Popcorn Does This To Your Brain (Proof) clearstateofmind.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c81bb847b6a3b836707st04duc -- 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 February meeting - Mon., Feb. 11
Next Monday, February 11, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Ian Davies, eBird Project Coordinator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will be giving his presentation, "NY Breeding Bird Atlas III". In 2020, birders across New York will embark on the state's third breeding bird atlas: a five-year effort to document breeding birds in the region. New York will be the first state to start a third breeding bird atlas and will be taking advantage of modern tools to maximize the area we can cover: the atlas data collection will be run through eBird. Come learn about breeding bird atlases, how you can take part, and how to make your summer birding count. Ian Davies is the eBird Project Coordinator at the Cornell Lab. He focuses on project coordination and management, as well as outreach and engagement. Ian also writes the majority of the articles on the eBird homepage, and helps coordinate the global review network of eBird data quality volunteer reviewers. 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. There will not be a speaker dinner before the meeting. Looking forward to seeing many of you there. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Oncologists Freak Out Over True Cause of Cancer pro.healthresponses.org http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c5a67212ad4667203ebbst01duc -- 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] Sapsucker Woods this morning
Sorry for the late posting, but we were doing a day-long refresher training at the Ornithology Lab today and most of these are from our morning walk. Walking the Wilson trail loop around 10:30 we saw Pileated woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, and downy in a two minute span. Later we added northern flicker and red-bellied. A pine warbler was foraging through leaf litter and fallen logs for several minutes very near the trail (tried to re-find twice after lunch, but it was gone). Other highlights were a ruby-crowned kinglet, a small flock of rusty blackbirds, and a flyover by 14 double-breasted cormorants. Total of 19 bird species plus many trees, wildflowers and other plants. Colleen Richards Sad News For Meghan Markle And Prince Harry track.volutrk.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cb4fa28e18a67a287cd6st02duc -- 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 May meeting
Next Monday, May 13, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Carl Steckler and Meg Richardson will give their presentation, "Birding the Caldera of a Supervolcano in Arizona". Meg Richardson and Carl Steckler traveled to Tucson in September 2018 to find birds, and birds they found. This trip added 43 birds to Carl's life list and provided an exceptional look at the life in the desert. Southeast Arizona is truly a birder's and photographers' paradise. Arizona is a vast landscape of bold color, formations and piercing beauty. The southeastern corner is no exception. Isolated mountains called Sky Islands, the remnants of a supervolcano, rise abruptly from the arid desert highlands and harbor a tremendous variety of plant and animal life. Carl and Meg will give a brief geological history of the Tucson area and its flora and fauna. 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 Carl and Meg for dinner at Taste of Thai Express just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards cl...@juno.com by noon Monday for making reservations. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club What Popcorn Really Does To Your Memory clearstateofmind.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cd6bbca9aef43bca3542st04duc -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/7
Still there in the rain at 1:30 this afternoon.Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Mark Chao To: Cayugabirds- L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/7 Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 10:51:02 -0400 On Tuesday morning in Sapsucker Woods, I joined Tom Hoebbel, Holly Adams, Diane Morton, Laurie Ray, Leigh Stivers, and several others in watching at least one female and six male CAPE MAY WARBLERS in the flowering pear trees at the footbridge at the western split of the Wilson Trail North. The gray sky and the near-constant zooming combat among the males made for challenging viewing, but with patience, we all got extremely good looks. I donât think Iâd ever previously seen so many Cape May Warblers so close together for so long.  NORTHERN PARULAS were offering excellent views here too. Other warblers were a bit harder to find, but collectively I think we found at least a dozen other species, including WILSONâS, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLUE-WINGED, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.  Mark Chao --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- 1 Cup Of This (Tonight) Will Burn Your Belly Fat worldhealthlabs.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cd1dbaf44cf35baa401fst02duc -- 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] Blue-headed Vireo in Etna
Thanks Jason -I wanted to remember to post about the blue-headed vireo in our backyard this morning.. Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Jared Dawson To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Blue-headed Vireo in Trumansburg Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:45:41 -0400 Hello, around 15:40 up about a half mile on the nature trail that leads off of Salo Dr. in Trumansburg, there was a FOY BLUE-HEADED VIREO passing through the pines. There was a small mixed warbler flock as well, but I could only make out a male Myrtle Warbler before they headed on. Otherwise relatively quiet. Being new in town, I appreciate Marc Devokaitis for giving me the trail tip. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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/ -- Sad News For Meghan Markle And Prince Harry track.volutrk.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5cbb9e003c9361dff19e5st01duc -- 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 November meeting
Monday, November 11, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker Christina Hoh, NYSDEC Biologist in Avon, NY, will give the presentation "Monitoring New York's Winter Raptors". Upstate New York is known for its harsh winters, but some raptor species specialize in cold and snowy weather and spend their winters right here in our communities. These charismatic raptors, including Northern Harriers and Short-eared Owls, are under a wide range of threats, and NYSDEC, its partners, and volunteers work together to monitor these nomadic birds across their winter range in New York. About the Speaker: Christina first came upstate to attend RIT, where she earned a B.S. in Biology and was introduced to avian research through bird banding on campus and at the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. She then attended SUNY Brockport, where she monitored Great Lakes coastal wetland birds and amphibians and studied migration physiology of White-throated Sparrows for her M.S. degree. She spent four years as a Wildlife Technician at NYSDEC, where she monitored rare bird species and their habitat, and now works as a DEC Habitat Biologist here in the Finger Lakes/Western New York region. Come as we discuss these birds' natural history, current trends, our surveys and discoveries, and how you can take part in monitoring efforts..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 Christina 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 Simple Trick Is Improving Men's Love Lives Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5dc22f273b9362f271a07st04duc -- 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 December meeting
Next Monday, December 9, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker, Jody Enck, will be presenting -- "What Makes a Birder a Birder?". Ever wonder why you seem to fit in with some birders but scratch your head at the actions of others? Turns out that birders are as diverse in their identities as the birds are. But it's more about 'who you are' rather than 'what you do' that separates the different birder identities. Jody will share fascinating facts about some of the 14 types of birders he uncovered while conducting research on birders a few years ago. Which type are you? Come listen and find out. About the Speaker: Jody Enck started birding as a small boy growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Since then, he has continued to learn more and more about birds and the people who enjoy them. Jody especially loves bird-watching in his back yard to find out what the local residents are up to. He is also a closet lister, with more than 500 species seen in the U.S. and more than 1,150 seen worldwide. He has a background in wildlife biology and social science. In 2016, he founded the Sister Bird Club Network to link birders and bird clubs throughout the Western Hemisphere by raising awareness of the conservation needs of the neotropical migratory birds we all love. He is a past president and current chair of the conservation action committee for the Cayuga Bird Club. In 2020, he'll be leading trips for the Club to Costa Rica and Colombia. Members are invited to join Jody Enck for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) just 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.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. See you all on Monday. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Urologist Tells Men To "Fix" Their ED With This New Trick! Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5de96462cd98264621279st02duc -- 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 - October meeting
Next Monday, October 14, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker, Bryant Dossman, will give a presentation titled "Birds Take Flight Over Border Wall: Linking Winter Events to Migration Timing and Speed in a Migratory Passerine". Bryant is a Ph.D student at Cornell University working with Dr. Amanda Rodewald and Dr. Pete Marra (at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center). He obtained his Masters degree in Environment and Natural Resources at the Ohio State University (2012-2015) working with Dr. Paul G. Rodewald and Dr. Stephen N. Matthews, and his Bachelors of Arts degree in Biology and Environmental Studies at Bowdoin College (2007-2011) under Dr. Nathaniel T. Wheelwright. Broadly, his research interests lie in conservation, movement ecology, and population biology of migratory organisms, especially birds. In particular, he is interested in understanding how seasonal interactions influence population dynamics, movement, and behavior between different periods of the annual cycle. Given technological limitations in tracking most of the worlds migratory animals, our knowledge of the ecology of migration itself is severely limited. It is known that the quality of non-breeding habitats can result in seasonal interactions, or carryover effects, whereby individual survival or performance are impacted in subsequent breeding seasons. However, an understanding of how events during breeding and nonbreeding periods directly influence events during migration is still lacking. Bryants research seeks to tackle these knowledge gaps, making use of a long-term demographic study of American Redstart (25+ years) on the non-breeding grounds in Jamaica with a proposed large-scale automated radio telemetry array spanning across the Caribbean and through Florida, overlapping the migratory route of this population of redstarts. 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 Bryant for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express 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 Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Remove Your Eye Bags In 1 Minute mayserve-magestor.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5d9d0ac82cedfac706a1st01duc -- 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 February meeting
The Cayuga Bird Club's February meeting will be this coming Monday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.Come hear our speaker, Andrea Patterson giving her presentation - A Bird in the Hand. Braddock Bay Bird Observatory (BBBO) was founded in1986 with the purpose of studying stopover ecology on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Operating with an all-volunteer staff, BBBO has developed a 30-year data set consisting of nearly 300,000 individual banding records. In 2016, BBBO launched a new initiative to bring the Motus Wildlife Tracking System to upstate New York. Tiny radio transmitters carried by local or migrating birds are detected by stationary receivers deployed across the landscape,giving researchers an unprecedented window into avian movement at scales from local to hemispheric. Individually and collectively, these banding and digital records tell fascinating stories of bird behavior, movement and survival across an increasingly challenging landscape. Come hear Andrea Patterson, the Director of BBBO, talk about the joyful moments, surprising revelations, and occasional heartbreak of birding in the hand. Doors open at 7 pm, refreshments at 7:15, meeting starts at 7:30 . As usual, this meeting is open to the public so please join us!! Stay tuned for further details of a dinner with the speaker before the meeting. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Judge Judy Steps Down After 23 Years Over This Controversy glancence-hality.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5e3f402076d31402006ebst02duc -- 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 March meeting
Monday, March 9, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker Meena Haribal, will present "Seeking Adventure in Africa: An Overland Journey from Nairobi to the Cape of Good Hope". Meena took an overland journey through Africa from Nairobi to the Cape of Good Hope for 72 days with the tour group Absolute Africa. She visited several important national parks such as Serengeti, Chobe and places of natural beauties like Victoria Falls, Ai Ais and the Orange river. In the course of her journey, she visited nine countries including Namibia. She saw more than 360 species of birds and 50+ species of mammals. Many of these were photographed and sounds of their voices were recorded. She will present images of some of the birds seen and talk about the fun she had during the trip. Meena is a naturalist, photographer, videographer, sound recorder and scientist. She has travelled all over the world to seek nature. She has written books on butterflies and dragonflies. She intends to write a book on her Africa trip in the near future 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 Meena for dinner at the Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N) 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 Urologist Tells Men To "Fix" Their ED With This New Trick! Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5e611e31e932b1e31208bst02duc -- 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] great horned owls in Etna
Spent the last 1/2 hour listening to a pair of great horned owls that have nested near our home for several years. She's 46, But Looks 25. This Is What She Does Every Day removethewrinkles.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5e3644ec1153544eb417est02duc -- 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 February meeting and dinner
Cayuga Bird Club members are invited to dinner on Monday before the meeting at Taste of Thai Express (Rt. 13N) @ 5:30 pm. Please email me at cl...@juno.com by noon on Monday so a reservation can be made. We are unsure whether the speaker will be able to join us in time for dinner. Thanks, and we'll see you on Monday.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club 1 Cup of This (Tonight) Will Burn Your Belly Fat Like Crazy leanbodyhacks.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5e40a9c71229d29c62fe6st02duc -- 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 January meeting
Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Club's annual Share Your Photos Night on Monday, January 13 at 7:30 pm. Club members will be sharing up to five of their favorite photos from the past year. Although submission has been limited to club members, the meeting is open to all!The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation in the Observatory hallway starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are welcome.Members are invited to join Kevin for dinner at Ithaca Ale House 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.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Urologist Is Shocked That This Has "Fixed" ED Med Journal http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5e1a2db7678d52db73b8ast02duc -- 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 October meeting/webinar
Cayuga Bird Club is pleased to have local photographer Muhammad Arif present "Birds of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge" at our October Cayuga Bird Club webinar on Monday, October 12, 7:30 pm. With over 400 species of birds observed, Bosque del Apache NWR is the number one birding hotspot in New Mexico. Muhammad will share photos of Sandhill Cranes, Snow and Rossâs Geese along with several other species of birds not seen in the northeast from his trip in 2019. About the Speaker: Muhammad Arif works at Cornell as an IT professional and spends most of his spare time for his passion for birding and bird photography. He has called Ithaca home for nearly 30 years and is very grateful to be part of the wonderful birding community here. For a Zoom registration link (free) and more information go to: www.cayugabirdclub.org/webinars. 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. This month's business includes voting for officers. See newsletter for complete information https://mailchi.mp/5c86eca741cf/cayuga-bird-club-newsletter-2020-10?e=[UNIQID] Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more White House Press Secretary: I've Got COVID http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f7b4ecba8f9e4ecb4b32st02duc1 In View of WH, a Visual of Our 'Tsunami of Grief' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f7b4ecbcdb9b4ecb4b32st02duc2 #ProudBoys Gets Hijacked in Name of Gay Pride http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f7b4ecbf20794ecb4b32st02duc3 -- 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] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club October meeting/webinar
***JUST A REMINDER*** Our October Cayuga Bird Club webinar is on Monday, October 12 featuring local photographer Muhammad Arif as he presents "Birds of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge". For a Zoom registration link (free) and more information go to: www.cayugabirdclub.org/webinars. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30pm on the second Monday of each month. Each virtual meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club business. This month's business includes voting for officers. See newsletter for complete information https://mailchi.mp/5c86eca741cf/cayuga-bird-club-newsletter-2020-10?e=[UNIQID] Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Trump: 25th Amendment Ploy Is About Biden, Not Me http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f80a5b53753e25b46515st02duc1 'I Don't Know, Boys, We Gotta Do Something' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f80a5b5572a725b46515st02duc2 Barr Reportedly Isn't Happy With New Trump Pressure http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5f80a5b576c9a25b46515st02duc3 -- 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] mink at Montezuma wildlife drive!
Had a fun time on the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma this afternoon. 48 species, all quite expected including the common gallinule, but the highlight was the mother mink and her 4 kits who appeared in front of our van and waddled in front of us quite a ways before meandering off and down towards the water on the canal side. Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Leaflets on Kim's Wife Were 'the Last Straw' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5efbcb45655ec4b453025st02duc1 Fauci Makes Dire Forecast 'If This Doesn't Turn Around' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5efbcb45804474b453025st02duc2 Cops Allegedly Posed at Elijah McClain Memorial http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5efbcb459b10e4b453025st02duc3 -- 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 November 9th Meeting / Webinar reminder
This is a reminder for the Cayuga Bird Club's November 9th meeting / webinar with Dr. Sara Kaiser, Research Ecologist with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, presenting: "Cooperation in Bornean Songbirds: The Unique Social Lives of Year-round Foraging Groups" For a Zoom registration link (free) and more information go to:www.cayugabirdclub.org/webinars. The island of Borneo is a biodiversity hotspot in Southeast Asia where, even today, countless new species remain to be discovered. The island is home to as many as 633 bird species, including 50 endemics, most of which are montane residents. Little is known about the life history of most of these species. Sara Kaiser will describe what has been learned from her long-term study of the life histories of the montane bird community in Kinabalu Park, located in the northern state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo. In the Old World tropics, birds often form cooperative associations in conspecific foraging groups that are maintained year-round, including the breeding season. Dr. Kaiser will share discoveries about the remarkable social systems of this unusual type of group living in grey-throated babblers and the endemic chestnut-crested yuhina. The Old World tropics remain disproportionately less studied than other regions, even relative to tropical regions in the Western Hemisphere. Join us to become inspired to visit this birding hotspot in the tropical, montane rainforests of Borneo. 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. Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Ocasio-Cortez: Progressives Aren't the Problem http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fa81ca74bcb31ca72cf0st04duc1 Kamala Harris' Outfit Was No Accident http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fa81ca76f6321ca72cf0st04duc2 A Most Unusual Rock Hall Induction http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fa81ca79324c1ca72cf0st04duc3 -- 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] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club January meeting - Mon., Jan. 11
A reminder that the Cayuga Bird Club's January meeting is next Monday, Jan. 11 @ 7:30 pm. Also, remember to send your photos [up to 5] by tomorrow (January 9) to our host, Kevin McGowan, at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE Bird club photo submission Jan2021. Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Dont be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! Register to attend the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202101mtg Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Trump: I'm Skipping the Inauguration http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ff891ba944ec11ba3158st02duc1 Troubling Details Emerge in Death of Capitol Officer http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ff891bab627511ba3158st02duc2 Trump Ally Sidney Powell Just Got Sued for $1.3B http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ff891bad70a711ba3158st02duc3 -- 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] Ithaca area Christmas Bird Count review
Ithaca Area Christmas Bird Count ReviewMonday, January 4, 2021 7:30-9 p.m. Join us for a summary of the Ithaca Area Christmas Bird Count (held on January 1, 2021). Paul Anderson, compiler for the count, will share how this year's count numbers compare with previous counts. CBC area leaders will also share highlights from each of their count circle areas. All are welcome to attend this Zoom meeting. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc-2021-01-cbc. Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more We May Be Having the Wrong Debate on Relief Checks http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb87001d3726ff4c2ast01duc1 New Dietary Guidelines Skip 2 Controversial Suggestions http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb870040aeb6ff4c2ast01duc2 In Age of COVID, a New Term Is Coined http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb8700666a26ff4c2ast01duc3 -- 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 January meeting - 1/11/21
January Cayuga Bird Club Meeting -Share Your Photos Night! January 11 7:30-9 pm Kevin McGowan, Cornell Lab of Ornithology will once again host the Cayuga Bird Clubs annual Share Your Photos Night. Club members can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you will have to take the stage. Send them by January 9 to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE Bird club photo submission Jan2021. Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Dont be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! Register to attend the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202101mtg Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more We May Be Having the Wrong Debate on Relief Checks http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb8bc49b77bbc457fcst04duc1 New Dietary Guidelines Skip 2 Controversial Suggestions http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb8bc4c02acbc457fcst04duc2 In Age of COVID, a New Term Is Coined http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5feb8bc4e3c7ebc457fcst04duc3 -- 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 February meeting - 2/8/21
The Cayuga Bird Club will be having its February meeting via webinar on February 8, 7:30 - 9 pm. Our speaker, Sandy Podulka, will be giving a presentation entitled From Jaguars to Jacamars: Exploring the Wildlife of the Pantanal The Pantanal, nestled partly within Brazil's ranch country, is the world's largest tropical wetland. It has the highest concentration of wildlife in South America, including Jaguars, Anteaters, Giant Otters, Caiman, the endangered Hyacinth Macaw, herons, kingfishers, and numerous other birds. Sandy will share photos from her journey through the Pantanal in 2019, including a side trip to Buraco das Araras, a huge sinkhole that hosts many pairs of Red-and-Green Macaws. Sandy studied Wildlife Biology at Cornell and then researched Song Sparrow song repertoires at the University of Maryland. She returned to Ithaca to work on Steve Emlen's White-fronted Bee-eater study, then taught biology at TC3 and worked in education at the Cornell Lab of O. For over 30 years, she helped organize CLO's Spring Field Ornithology Course. Always interested in travel and all aspects of nature, especially birds, she has very recently become passionate about photography, like so many other birders. Register in advance for this Zoom presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202102mtg 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. Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more NFL's COVID Insight Goes Beyond the Game http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6018248bd0d1b248b7096st01duc1 Rochester Cops Shown Cuffing, Pepper-Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6018248cefa248b7096st01duc2 Price of Silver Surges as Rebel Traders Zero In http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6018248c279c6248b7096st01duc3 -- 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] Don't Forget!!! Cayuga Bird Club Annual Picnic - Mon., June 14
Don't forget - the picnic starts in less than an hour! It's our annual Club Picnic! Monday, June 14 6-8 pm Meet at Myers Park Pavilion "E" (pavilion along the creek with Motus antennas above it - next to Salmon Creek before the driveway to the spit). Instead of the traditional dish-to-pass event everyone should bring their own food and folding chairs, so we can arrange ourselves on the grass to socialize. This will be our first in-person meeting since the pandemic began. Participants should continue to heed CDC guidelines. Those who are fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks, but others should continue to do so and maintain social distancing. Bring binocularswe will do some birding after dinner. [Note: Myers Park charges admission ($6/car) to non-residents of Lansing until 6pm] Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock_source=mktg_medium=taglines_campaign=nzlifelk_launch_content=tag695=A34454 -- 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 Annual Picnic - Mon., June 14
It's our annual Club Picnic! Monday, June 14 6-8 pm Meet at Myers Park Pavilion "E" (pavilion along the creek with Motus antennas above it - next to Salmon Creek before the driveway to the spit). Instead of the traditional dish-to-pass event everyone should bring their own food and folding chairs, so we can arrange ourselves on the grass to socialize. This will be our first in-person meeting since the pandemic began. Participants should continue to heed CDC guidelines. Those who are fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks, but others should continue to do so and maintain social distancing. Bring binocularswe will do some birding after dinner. [Note: Myers Park charges admission ($6/car) to non-residents of Lansing until 6pm] Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more ProPublica Gets Tax Details on the Richest of the Rich http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60c02e31f5d22e300f48st03duc1 Levi's CEO: Number Who Need New Size 'Staggering' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60c02e3132a142e300f48st03duc2 France's Emmanuel Macron Gets Slapped in the Face http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60c02e3155dea2e300f48st03duc3 -- 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 May 10th Meeting / Webinar reminder
This is a reminder for the Cayuga Bird Club's May 10th 7:30 pm meeting / webinar with Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., Vice-president of Boreal Conservation for the National Audobon Society presenting: "The Biggest Bird Conservation Story You've Never Heard - the Boreal Forest of North America" For a Zoom registration link (free) and more information go to: www.cayugabirdclub.org/webinars. One of the worlds last large, intact forest regions is the Boreal Forest of North America stretching from Alaska east to Newfoundland. Supporting between one and three billion birds, the Boreal Forest is aptly named North Americas Bird Nursery. While few people have heard the news, some of the worlds largest land conservation actions to protect birds and their habitat are underway in the Boreal, led by Indigenous governments and communities forging new, exciting partnership and stewardship models. Much of the migratory and winter bird life of New York comes from the Boreal Forest. Come hear about some innovate ways National Audubons Boreal Conservation program is working to conserve the Boreal Forest including through some innovate collaborative models with Indigenous peoples and modern research with partners like the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 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.--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- Top News - Sponsored By NewserOcasio-Cortez: Progressives Aren't the Problem Kamala Harris' Outfit Was No Accident A Most Unusual Rock Hall Induction 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 - May meeting 5/10/21 7:30 p.m.
Next Monday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., Vice-president of Boreal Conservation for the National Audobon Society, will present a webinar entitled, "The Biggest Bird Conservation Story You've Never Heard - the Boreal Forest of North America". One of the worlds last large, intact forest regions is the Boreal Forest of North America stretching from Alaska east to Newfoundland. Supporting between one and three billion birds, the Boreal Forest is aptly named North Americas Bird Nursery. While few people have heard the news, some of the worlds largest land conservation actions to protect birds and their habitat are underway in the Boreal, led by Indigenous governments and communities forging new, exciting partnership and stewardship models. Much of the migratory and winter bird life of New York comes from the Boreal Forest. Come hear about some innovate ways National Audubons Boreal Conservation program is working to conserve the Boreal Forest including through some innovate collaborative models with Indigenous peoples and modern research with partners like the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Jeffrey Wells, Ph.D., is the Vice-president of Boreal Conservation for the National Audubon Society. Dr. Wells works from a satellite office in Gardiner, Maine. He has had a wide-ranging career in science and bird conservation. After receiving his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Maine at Farmington in 1988 he went on to earn a Masters (1992) and Ph.D. (1995) in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University. He went on to work for the National Audubon Society, first as Bird Conservation Director for the New York State office, then as the National Director of Bird Conservation. During his first tenure with Audubon, Dr. Wells was located at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where he continues as an Associate of the Lab. After leaving Audubon and Cornell, Jeff became the Senior Scientist for the International Boreal Conservation Campaign and Boreal Songbird Initiative, leading their science efforts for almost 20 years during which he published and spoke frequently to media about the globally significant conservation values of the Boreal Forest. As part of this work in 2011, he completed the book Boreal Birds of North America: A Hemispheric View of Their Conservation Links and Significance (University of California Press). Register in advance here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202105mtg Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm 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 Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Trump: Social Media Firms 'Must Pay a Political Price' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60931469b845e1469591dst04duc1 House's No. 2 Comes Out Against Liz Cheney http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60931469db77f1469591dst04duc2 CIA Goes 'Full Woke' in New Recruitment Ads http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6093146abb351469591dst04duc3 -- 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 April 2021 meeting/webinar
The next meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be Monday, April 12. We will begin with our monthly webinar (see below) followed by our business meeting. Don't forget to register soon! Hot and Cold Energy Ninjas: How Hummingbirds Survive the Night Host: Dr. Anusha Shankar Monday, April 12, 2021, 7:30 pm Register: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202104mtgHummingbirds live fast. They have among the highest metabolic rates of all vertebrates, and must eat constantly to stay alive. Their existence is closely tied to the availability of their food resourcesâânectar plants and insectsââand yet there are over 330 species of them, and they are found all over the Americas: from the deserts of Arizona to the high-elevation Andes. I would love to share with you some of what I found by studying hummingbirds day and night! Especially at night. What do hummingbirds do when they can't see their food plants or eat? Do they just drop dead, or starve, or perhaps... go into a hibernation-like state? Come attend this talk to find out about the surprising nightlife of hummingbirds! Dr. Anusha Shankar is a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Before this, she was at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Stony Brook University (NY), and did her Bachelor's and Master's in India. She is also a National Geographic Explorer and Young Leader. She is broadly very curious about how animals manage their energetic needs in difficult conditions. For her PhD, she studied how hummingbirds balance their daily energetic needs in the Ecuadorian Andes and in Arizona. She is now continuing that work to understand how hummingbirds enter a state of 'torpor' at night. She plans to work longer-term in the tropics, with a home base in India. Anusha loves salsa dancing, photography, and reading fiction. Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per 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] feeder birds
We have multiple feeders outside our kitchen windows, including a 1' x 2' windowsill extension platform. In the past hour, chickadees, junco, cardinals, song and fox sparrows, blue jay, mourning doves, white-breasted nuthatch, and a male red-winged blackbird have all sat just outside my window to eat. The goldfinches, house finches, starling, downy, and robin prefer the other feeders or mealworms on the ground. Colleen Richards Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per 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] snow geese
At least 3 large(70-100+) v's of all snow geese between 1:30 and 3 pm flying over Etna. Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Buckingham Palace Breaks Silence After Interview http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6047d7174753f57177a33st01duc1 Nun Kneels Before Troops: 'Shoot Me Instead' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6047d7176d49557177a33st01duc2 Old Controversy Reemerges for New Teen Vogue Editor http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6047d7179173a57177a33st01duc3 -- 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] snow geese...?
After an enjoyable counting of bald eagles at Onondaga Lake this morning I drove across to Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. On Rt. 31 mucklands there were large numbers of snow geese on the south side of the road as well as many more landing further north but out of sight range. At Carncross Rd. there were many Canada geese and some ducks on the front waters, but many snow geese were behind them on other open water stretches. Hopefully they will be in closer viewing range in the coming days. Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more A Woman Vanished in London. Now a 'Deeply Disturbing' Arrest http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60498c787f203c784fb2st01duc1 In One Shocking Second, Piece of Set Falls During Broadcast http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60498c78a3ae6c784fb2st01duc2 Uber Incident Gets Woman BannedFrom Lyft, Too http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/60498c78c863dc784fb2st01duc3 -- 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 March 2021 meeting/webinar
Next Monday, March 8, at 7:30 pm will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Dr. Stephen Kress will give his presentation, "Saving Seabirds with Social Attraction". About one third of all seabird species are threatened because of effects of invasive mammals, marine pollution, loss of forage fish and climate change. Against this grim background, Stephen Kress' presentation offers hope that people can bring seabirds back to historic nesting places and expand ranges by using innovative restoration methods based on animal behavior. Steve will explain how seabird biologists are saving species by restoring nesting colonies using methods that were first developed on the Maine coast where Steve's pioneering research using decoys, audio recordings and mirrors has become known as social attraction. This method, often combined with translocation of seabird chicks, is now helping at least 95 seabird species in 25 countries. Steve will explain how these techniques brought puffins and terns back to nesting islands on the Maine coast and how others are using the methods to save endangered seabirds worldwide. Stephen Kress is the founder of National Audubon Society's Project Puffin and a Visiting Fellow of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He previously served as Vice-President for Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society and Director of the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, Maine. His research focus is development of techniques for managing nesting seabirds. Hundreds of professional seabird biologists can trace their first interest in seabirds to internships with Project Puffin and many innovative seabird conservation methods that he developed in Maine are now standard practice worldwide. Dr. Kress received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and his Masters and undergraduate degrees from Ohio State University. He is coauthor with Derrick Z. Jackson of Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird back to Egg Rock and the recently published The Puffin Plan, an autobiography for 12+ readers. He is also author of many books on bird watching and gardening for birds. Many Ithacans know Steve from his popular Spring Ornithology courses at the Lab of Ornithology. This spring he is teaching it as a Zoom course for the Cayuga Bird Club. Register for Zoom meeting: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202103mtg 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 Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Verizon's Advice on Saving Battery Life Was 'a Bit Weird' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/603d1d59e62331d594b0bst03duc1 France's Nicolas Sarkozy Receives Jail Sentence http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/603d1d5a171381d594b0bst03duc2 Trump Wins CPAC Straw Poll http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/603d1d5a3b3481d594b0bst03duc3 -- 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] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club April meeting - Mon., Apr. 12
***Just a Reminder*** Our April Cayuga Bird Club webinar is tonight at 7:30 [Monday, April 12] featuring Dr. Anusha Shankar's presentation, " Hot and Cold Energy Ninjas: How Hummingbirds Survive the Night". To register go to: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202104mtg. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30pm on the second Monday of each month. Each virtual meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club business. Colleen Richards Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per 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] apex sightings
Have been away for a few days without computer, but wanted to share an out-of-basin as well as in-basin pair of sightings. While driving on Rt.17/86 E late Friday afternoon, I saw a large, light-colored bird on the very top (hence apex) of a pine tree making it eye level with the highway. Raptor yes, but hawk no! It was a short-eared owl!Then Sunday afternoon, completing a circling of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, something else odd appeared on the top of a telephone pole along Rt. 90. Unless someone was playing a joke, a Canada Goose appeared to be trying to balance on that apex by raising and lowering his head and neck! Strange sightings indeed!Colleen Richards Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Political Buzz Finds Another Trump http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/602b0192e95dc1921b1fst04duc1 In Frigid Texas, a 'Last Resort' Move to Save Power http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/602b0193161de1921b1fst04duc2 Could Trump Win Again? http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/602b019338a141921b1fst04duc3 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee flock?
We seem to have a group of 30-40 chickadees around our neighborhood quite frequently. Not sure if they are always the same but I often see one of my backyard "buddies" amongst the group - a bird that was attacked by something last spring and is missing about half of the feathers on his crown and nape whom we dubbed "Baldy". - Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Liz Brown To: CAYUGABIRDS-L , Suan Yong , Rachel Lodder Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee flock? Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:03:02 + I was xc skiing on CT Hill about 10 years ago, and I came across a deer carcass - a skeleton, really, with bits of flesh clinging to it. It was covered with chickadees, like flies. At least 30 of them were working away at it, tugging and pecking at scraps of fat and meat. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and I'm kind of glad that it was pre-cell-phone-camera, and I just carry the image in my mind. -Liz Brown From: bounce-125403508-25000...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Rachel Lodder Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 1:23 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Suan Yong Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee flock? I once encountered A LOT of chickadees along Cayuga Lake. There was a row of trees beside the road, and as a couple of us were birding the lake, there was a steady stream of chickadees moving past us in the trees headed north, so it was easy to tell they weren't the same birds. I don't see my eBird checklist (maybe I didn't make one, I can't remember), so I don't have any more exact numbers, but we were all impressed with the number of chickadees that went by and I'm sure it was over 50. Not sure why or what they were up to! From: bounce-125403482-81221...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Suan Yong Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 1:00 PM To: Cayuga Birding List Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Chickadee flock? While cross-country skiing through Hammond Hill, I saw a flock of about 50 small birds moving through some evergreens, in fairly tight quarters, in waves of 5-10 at a time. The only sounds I could hear and identify were chickadee chips and calls. I'm used to only encountering chickadees in small flocks of maybe 5-10, and this big flock seems unusual. They were too far to ID without binoculars. Conceivably they were redpolls or something else, but I heard nothing to suggest anything besides chickadees. Suan _Composed by thumb and autocorrect.--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Metal Panel Found in 1991 Could Hold Earhart Clues http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6031685ba9771685b61bcst01duc1 Erik Prince Violated Arms Embargo: UN Report http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6031685bccbcc685b61bcst01duc2 Monica Seles Did It in the '90s. Now, Naomi Osaka http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6031685bf0daa685b61bcst01duc3 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching?
Just observed this behavior at Upper Treman Park just below the falls area earlier this week. -- Original Message -- From: madonna stallmann To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cedar waxwings fly catching? Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:52:06 -0400 Hello!My husband and I were at the bridge over Upper Taughanack Falls at Taughanack State Park today and observed something we've never seen in our thirty years of birding...a flock of cedar waxwings fly catching from the trees alongside the creek out over the top of the falls. 15 - 20 birds repeatedly flying out over the falls & in to the trees presumably catching bugs.All my information tells me that cedar waxwings are not so enthusiastic about insects. I would like to know if anyone else has observed this and what information you have about cedar waxwings fly catching.Thank you!Madonna StallmannNewfield, NY--Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Global Heat Sets 142-Year Record http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61171d2f8d5ad1d2f2110st04duc1 Job Ads Seek the Vaccinated http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61171d2fad9331d2f2110st04duc2 Pelosi's New Problem: 9 Fellow Democrats http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61171d2fcca201d2f2110st04duc3 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Muckrace 2021 & early deer season
https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/28605.html -- Original Message -- From: Poppy Singer To: John VanNiel Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Muckrace 2021 & early deer season Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 21:35:40 -0400 John, Iâd like to see the link, but donât see it attachedâ¦.? On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 5:02 PM John VanNiel wrote:Just for clarification, this change is being implemented over 13 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) not just on Howland's Island and the Refuge. WMUs do not follow political boundaries so it is difficult to just explain exactly where this hunting can now take place but it impacts the Muckrace because most of Wayne County, Seneca County and some surrounding area are included. This isn't a local issue as far as the NYS DEC goes. â Here is a link to the DEC website if you are interested in knowing where else you may find deer hunters from 9/11-9/19. Birders may also be interested to know that big game hunters (deer and bear) can now legally hunt from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. That is the same start time as waterfowl and spring Wild Turkey. Dr. John Van Niel Professor of Environmental Conservation Director, East Hill Campus Finger Lakes Community College From: bounce-125889910-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Asher Hockett Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2021 3:54 PM To: Gary Kohlenberg Cc: Dave Nutter; gag...@twc.com; Steve Benedict; CAYUGABIRDS-L; Andrea VanBeusichem b Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Muckrace 2021 & early deer season CAUTION: This message originated outside the FLCC employee email system. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. The DEC is flat wrong to have tossed this on the schedule with the Muckrace already planned. I sincerely hope they can be convinced it is a grave error to proceed with the additional hunt. Were I planning to participate in the Muckrace I would change that plan if the DEC doesn't yield on this. I know, OOB opinion. On Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 12:30 PM Gary Kohlenberg mailto:jg...@cornell.edu>> wrote: I agree with this opinion and would add that rifles are now allowed for deer in almost all counties in New York. An argument could be made that this will increase or decrease safety for others, but it certainly changes the lethal range for misses to 1000+ yards. Gary On Sep 5, 2021, at 11:57 AM, Dave Nutter mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> wrote:  Hi Kyle & Steve, (& all) Thanks for letting us know about the unprecedented early gun season on deer which is planned to start during the Montezuma Muckrace in some of the best birding areas. I have never heard of this conflict before, so it seems like something new promoted by DEC. In my opinion it is a very bad idea. I avoid being on public lands where deer hunting is permitted on opening day of gun season. The number of people with guns is not limited. They may be unfamiliar with the area. They may be inexperienced. Their enthusiasm may overwhelm their judgement. Deer will be particularly numerous, spooked, and running that day, which may provoke more shots and less care. Slugs for killing deer are also lethal to people, and unlike the less harmful fine shot used to shoot ducks and geese, those slugs can travel travel hundreds of yards. On public lands the shots are less likely to be from deer stands aimed downward a short distance and more likely to be from people on foot aimed more-or-less level and therefore traveling much farther. Howland Island seems like a particularly dangerous place. Sightlines along winding trails are poor. The trail system is complex, and itâs hard to know how far away the closest trail is in any direction. The terrain is rolling, so shots fired somewhat upward are more likely, which would send slugs farther. On Howland Island people are allowed to walk or bike the trails any day. During the Muckrace there are typically dozens of additional people birding on Howland Island, and driving is also allowed. Birders trying to hear owls or night migrants are there during the night. Birders may be there all night, or may arrive well before dawn and stay through the early morning when many birds are most active. There will likely be plenty of birders on the island and active at first light when eager hunters first open fire. These birdersâ presence may additionally make deer nervous and apt to move. There will likely be plenty of birders on the island and active at first light when eager hunters first open fire. The timing of this âspecial seasonâ� - in the first half of September rather than the second half of November - means that trees will be fully leafed out, making visibility minimal, such that people who are quietly moving within gun range will not be able to see each other. In my opinion it was a dangerous decision by DEC to open a
[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 - October meeting 10/11/21 7:30 pm
Next Monday, October 11, at 7:30 pm, will be the October monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Our speaker, Matt Young, will present From Finches to the Launching of the Finch Research Network (FiRN) Many area birders were fortunate and delighted to observe Common Redpolls as well as other winter finches this past winter season (colorful visitors from the North). In this program -- from last year's Superflight of Redpolls, to Evening Grosbeaks, to the distribution and ecology of different Red Crossbill flight calls -- Matthew Young, President and Founder of the Finch Research Network (FiRN), will talk about these interesting and beautiful winter finches and what led to the formation of the Finch Research Network. Focusing on NY and the northeast as much as possible... Matt will also discuss this year's forecast (it'll be out around Sept 20th). Pre-register for Zoom meeting here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202110mtg About the speaker: Matt has been observing and enjoying nature since a very young age. Hes lived in Central New York the past 24 years and it was during this time when he really started studying everything from birds to orchids, and bogs and fens. Matt received his B.S. in Water Resources with a minor in Meteorology from SUNY-Oneonta and his M.S. in Ornithology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry/Syracuse University in 2003. Matt did his masters research on avian diversity in restored wetlands of central New York at the Great Swamp Conservancy. He was a Regional Editor of the Kingbird for 10 years, the state ornithological journal in New York; was an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Studies at SUNY-Cortland; and currently teaches an Intro to Birding class for Cornell University as well as being the Board Chair at The Wetland Trust. He has worked as a social worker (and is currently) with special needs adolescents for close to 10 years. Matt has also worked at the Cornell Lab across 15+ years where he did extensive field work for the Labs Cerulean and Golden-winged Warblers atlas projects, and he was project lead on the Labs first Finch Irruptive Bird Survey for Bird Source in 1999. He was the Collections Management Leader/Audio Engineer at the Macaulay Library for about 12 years where he edited sounds for several Merlin packs around the world in addition to being the lead audio engineer on the following guides: the Songs of the Warblers of North America, Audubon Society Voices of Hawaiis Birds, and the Cornell Labs Guides to Bird Sounds (the North America Master and Essential Sets). In addition, Matt has been a tour guide leader for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours; written finch species accounts for breeding bird atlases and Birds of the World; has published several papers about the Red Crossbill vocal complex; and is the President and Founder of the Finch Research Network (FiRN). Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more While Trying to Reach US, Things Took a Gruesome Turn http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6159f951404347951658cst03duc1 China Buzzes Taiwan Zone With Scores of Military Aircraft http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6159f9515fb1a7951658cst03duc2 Kabul Has Deadliest Attack Since US Left http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6159f9517ed4a7951658cst03duc3 -- 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] Short-eared Owl for count week
Just noted a report from Area 1 counters (Bryan & Jessie Gorges) that they had a Short-eared Owl just inside the circle at Cobb/Pleasant Valley early Monday evening.It just hadn't appeared on count day. Colleen Richards Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock_source=mktg_medium=taglines_campaign=nzlifelk_launch_content=tag695=A34454 -- 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 - January meeting 1/11/21 7:30 pm
It's time for one of the Cayuga Bird Club's favorite meetings - Monday, January 11th @ 7:30 SHARE YOUR PHOTOS NIGHT ! Club members only, please, can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you will have to take the stage. Kevin McGowan will once again host this meeting, so send your photos by Wed., January 5th to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE Birdclub photo submission Jan2022. Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Dont be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! NOTE: We would like permission to use a selection of the photos in the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter (scaled down to 400px) and on our monthly rotating Facebook banner (scaled to 820px). Your permission for these purposes is entirely optional - you can share photos at the meeting without then having them appear online. PLEASE LET KEVIN KNOW with your photo submission if it is okay for your photos to appear in the club's newsletter or Facebook page. Photos would include a simple credit watermark. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting link: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-01. Looking forward to seeing photos from many of you! Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Report: Maxwell's Husband Dumped Her in 'Tense' Call http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61d332039c21632036fe1st03duc1 On Jan. 6, Trump Will Once Again Claim Election Was Stolen http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61d33203baf9d32036fe1st03duc2 Meteor Likely Exploded Over Pittsburgh on New Year's Day http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61d33203d9cae32036fe1st03duc3 -- 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 - January meeting 1/10/21 7:30 pm
Correction:It's Monday, January 10 for the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly meeting. My apologies. Colleen Richards -- Forwarded Message -- From: "Colleen Richards" To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club - January meeting 1/11/21 7:30 pm Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 17:26:05 GMT It's time for one of the Cayuga Bird Club's favorite meetings - Monday, January 11th @ 7:30 SHARE YOUR PHOTOS NIGHT ! Club members only, please, can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you will have to take the stage. Kevin McGowan will once again host this meeting, so send your photos by Wed., January 5th to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE Birdclub photo submission Jan2022. Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Dont be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! NOTE: We would like permission to use a selection of the photos in the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter (scaled down to 400px) and on our monthly rotating Facebook banner (scaled to 820px). Your permission for these purposes is entirely optional - you can share photos at the meeting without then having them appear online. PLEASE LET KEVIN KNOW with your photo submission if it is okay for your photos to appear in the club's newsletter or Facebook page. Photos would include a simple credit watermark. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting link: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-01. Looking forward to seeing photos from many of you! Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- Top News - Sponsored By Newser Report: Maxwell's Husband Dumped Her in 'Tense' Call On Jan. 6, Trump Will Once Again Claim Election Was Stolen Meteor Likely Exploded Over Pittsburgh on New Year's Day Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock_source=mktg_medium=taglines_campaign=nzlifelk_launch_content=tag695=A34454 -- 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] Christmas Bird Count compilation gathering!
Get ready to participate in Audubons Christmas Bird Count on New Year's Day! This is Audubons 122nd Christmas Bird Count and our clubs 60th consecutive year of participation. We will start the new year off by counting all the birds we can find within our 15-mile Ithaca count circle on Saturday, January 1, 2022. And everyone can participate in our compilation gathering! This will be virtual again this year and will be held on Monday, January 3, starting at 7:30pm. Paul Anderson will again serve as our count compiler this year. The counts will be tabulated and presented, and there will be an opportunity for everyone to share their highlights (or lowlights), and just chat in general. Register now for this Zoom meeting at https://tinyurl.com/ithacacbc2022 Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more In the Long Term, Rise of Omicron Could Be a Good Thing http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61cc7967a5d7879670811st02duc1 Murdaugh's Wife Left a Will Behind, but With One 'Oddity' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61cc7967c499679670811st02duc2 Woman Allegedly Assaulted Flight Crew After Being Cut Off http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61cc7967e35f479670811st02duc3 -- 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 - December meeting 12/13/21 7:30 pm
Monday, December 13, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club at 7:30 pm. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202112. Speaker: Jay Falk, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Title: Females that look like males: Unraveling a hummingbird mystery Hummingbirds are famous for their brilliant coloration. It is no wonder that cultures throughout history have considered them to embody a magical or even godly essence, and modern taxonomists couldn't help but name them after the most beautiful gems and jewels. But when we take a closer look, we see that not all hummingbirds are so boldly showy, and that colorfulness varies between species, subspecies, sex, and even individuals. Conventional scientific wisdom dictates that we expect to see more coloration in males than females. However, in many species where it was previously thought that males are more colorful than females, recent work has found that females, in fact, vary widely from drab to entirely male-like in ornamentation. In his talk, Jay Falk will be discussing one such hummingbird, the White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora), where it was found that 20% of adult females are indistinguishable from males, while the rest look completely different. Even more surprisingly, it was found that juveniles of this species all look like adult males, the complete opposite of what is found in most birds. He will discuss his team's process for studying these hummingbirds in the Panamanian tropics, testing multiple hypotheses, and gradually unraveling the mystery of these birds. Finally, their findings from White-necked Jacobins will be framed into the broader context of evolutionary theory, showing how this fascinating species can help illuminate how color evolves in birds and beyond. Dr. Jay Jinsing Falk grew up in Austin, Texas where some of his earliest memories involve watching grackles, pigeons, and ducks with his grandparents at Zilker Park. In college, he majored in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Texas and found an interest in animal behavior while studying flour beetles and local crickets. As a doctoral student, Jay began studying hummingbirds and color evolution at Cornell University, advised by Mike Webster at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and co-advised by Dustin Rubenstein at Columbia University. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle where he continues to study the evolution and behavior of hummingbirds with Alejandro Rico-Guevara. 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. Choose to be safer online. Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.* https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock_source=mktg_medium=taglines_campaign=nzlifelk_launch_content=tag695=A34454 -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cranes on Olmstead right now
Had a count of 207 as of 1 pm Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: "Johnson, Alyssa" To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cranes on Olmstead right now Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:16:52 + As I send this Im looking at the herd (seems more fitting then flock haha) from Olmstead Road (Savannah) just north of the old weathered formerly red barn. And to answer the question of how long do the cranes stay? Here is an answer I sent to someone yesterday: We dont really know! They havent been in the area long enough, in my opinion, to say they have typical habits and patterns. Last year we had the high count around this time in December. There were still cranes in January, although not as many. In February it snowed and got cold so the ground was covered and frozen. They left, but the last day of Feb the weather had improved and I saw 5 on Carncross Road. So it seems like as long as they have access to the ground, they stay. And just for clarification, they arent just at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. We see them in a variety of locations throughout the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, including at the Knox Marsellus Marsh, which is MNWR owned. But when I report them, Im seeing them on private land off Armitage Road. Weve had them at the MAC before, as well as on DEC lands, so they show up everywhere there is good resting and feeding space. Alyssa Johnson Environmental Educator Montezuma Audubon Center --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more 'Previously Withheld' JFK Documents Are Released http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61ba6495ed85764953936st03duc1 Cops: Yard Sign May Have Set Off Instacart Driver http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61ba64961e19e64953936st03duc2 Judge Tasered in His Own Courtroom http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/61ba6496405fd64953936st03duc3 -- 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 - December meeting 12/13/21 7:30 pm
Monday, December 13, meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club at 7:30 pm. Remember to register in advance for the Zoom meeting here: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202112. Speaker: Jay Falk, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Title: Females that look like males: Unraveling a hummingbird mystery 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 and a social time. 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 meeting TONIGHT!!!
Don't forget tonight's meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club at 7:30 pm. Zoom Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-02 Title: What are Finca Cantaros Environmental Association and Proyecto Caerulea? And how do they support bird conservation in Costa Rica? Speakers: Lilly Briggs, Ernesto Carman, Paz Irola Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Judge Says He'll Dismiss Palin's Lawsuit Against NYT http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/620adcea4de415cea3dd5st01duc1 A Murder in NYC's Chinatown Rattles Asian Community http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/620adcea6e02b5cea3dd5st01duc2 Ukraine Rejects Demand to Drop NATO Bid http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/620adcea8cd7d5cea3dd5st01duc3 -- 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] updated Cayuga Bird Club Feb. meeting 2/14/22
Next Monday, February 14, is the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly meeting at 7:30 pm. Zoom Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-02 Also note the updated presentation title and description below. Title: What are Finca Cantaros Environmental Association and Proyecto Caerulea? And how do they support bird conservation in Costa Rica?Speakers: Lilly Briggs, Ernesto Carman, Paz Irola Finca Cantaros Environmental Association (FCEA) is a nonprofit environmental organization founded and directed by Lilly Briggs, PhD, former Postdoctoral Associate with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Established in Canada, FCEA is based physically in Coto Brus, Costa Rica, where Lilly and her team strive to achieve their mission of "creating community and inspiring action through environmental education." Lilly will discuss how FCEA supports bird conservation through the Cornell Lab's BirdSleuth International curriculum, tree-growing initiatives, and research collaborations. Lilly will be joined by Ernesto Carman and Paz Irola of Costa Rica's Proyecto Caerulea. They will jointly discuss Motus and their collaborative work with this network, and how it helps us better understand and protect stopover habitat for migratory birds. Lilly Briggs did her PhD in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University with a focus on environmental education and the human dimensions of conservation, followed by a Postdoctoral Associate position at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Her involvement with the development of BirdSleuth International led her to Coto Brus, Costa Rica, where she became enamored with the birds, people and a special reforested property called Finca Cantaros. She bought Finca Cantaros and moved there permanently in 2019, and converted it into Finca Cantaros Environmental Association in 2020. Proyecto Caerulea was sparked by Ernesto Carman's observations of large numbers of Cerulean Warblers at Las Brisas Nature Preserve in Costa Rica. In 2018, Proyecto Caerulea received a major boost by joining efforts with SELVA and their Neotropical Flyways Project, conducting surveys at different sites within Costa Rica to determine occupancy rates of migratory species such as the Cerulean Warbler to predict where other important stopover sites might be located. The presentation will be followed by the business meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club and a short chat time. Hope to catch you all on zoom next Monday.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more 58-Year-Old Murder Case Cracked by College Student http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6206aa3b269772a3a4676st04duc1 More Details Emerge on Bob Saget's Death http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6206aa3b481f12a3a4676st04duc2 More on Figure Skating's Medals Hold-Up Emerges http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6206aa3b67a642a3a4676st04duc3 -- 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 March 2022 meeting
Monday, March 14, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Mark Deutschlander will be giving his presentation, "The Promise of the Motus Wildlife Tracking System at 7:30 pm. Zoom meeting registration: tinyurl.com/cbc2022-03Advances in remote sensing and tracking technology have provided opportunities to study migratory songbirds in ways researchers only dreamed of decades ago. Limited to banding (capture/recapture data) and semi-natural laboratory studies, ornithologists have been able to elucidate many mechanisms of orientation and understand basic migratory behavior and ecology. Tracking and remote sensing, however, are providing new insights into migratory behavior, pathways, and ecology. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System, which uses radio-tracking technology to monitor nano-tagged birds, is critical tool for studying migration in the Americas. Mark will review some of the ways Motus has allowed researchers to increase our knowledge about songbird migration, and he will introduce new local Motus projects on Blackpoll Warblers and Gray Catbirds. Motus technology not only provides basic data about the timing and pathways of migration and stopover behavior but promises to be a new and exciting tool to elucidate migratory mechanisms to corroborate more traditional lab based studies of migratory behaviors. Mark Deutschlander is a Professor of Biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Mark has long been interested in animal orientation and navigation, particular the use of magnetic and celestial cues (i.e., UV polarized light) by migratory birds and other organisms. He has studied sensory biology and orientation in Eastern red-spotted newts, Siberian Hamsters, salmonids, and a variety of songbirds, including Australian Silvereyes and North American species such as Bobolinks, White-throated sparrows and Catharus thrushes. Recently Marks has expanded his research to study migratory night calls and the energetics of migration in parulids. Mark is currently the President of the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, where he collaborates on Motus work and other research, and he is a Past President of the Wilson Ornithological Society, the second largest and second oldest academic society dedicated to the study of birds. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm 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 -- 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] Dryden - perigrine and killdeer
Yesterday morning was a strange birding day - sitting in parking lot at TC3 in Dryden when a perigrine falcon flew into a tree. First, a crow flew by it then perched in a nearby treetop. Then a seagull was flying silently over the parking lot and began calling loudly and circling the tree where the perigrine still remained. After 5 circles it veered off towards Ithaca. Soon after, the falcon left - flying in the same direction as the seagull! After a quiet hour or so, a trio of killdeer landed on the bare part of the pavement as all the grass was now covered with snow. Interestingly, I spent many nights last fall in this same parking lot (6-8 pm) with three killdeer flying in and landing on the grass in that spot that was now snow-covered. Couldn't help wondering if they were the same ones... Colleen Richards -- 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 April 2022 meeting
Monday, Aprill 11, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Tim Gallagher will be giving his presentation, "The Peregrines of Taughannock Gorge" starting at 7:30 pm Zoom meeting registration: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-04 After a 74-year absence, Peregrine Falcons finally returned to nest at Taughannock Gorge in 2020. The gorge is arguably the most famous falcon nest site in the world, thanks to a famous picture taken by world-renowned Cornell ornithologist Arthur Allen in the 1920s. A lifelong falcon fanatic, Tim Gallagher was only 12 years old when he first saw Allen's exquisite picture of an adult Peregrine perched on a branch in front of Taughannock Falls while her chicks lie on their nest ledge nearby. When he first came to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 1990 to be interviewed for the position as editor-in-chief of Living Bird, he asked if someone would take him to Taughannock Falls. He spent the entire afternoon at the gorge, imagining what it would be like if Peregrines still nested there. Well, he only had to wait 30 years. Gallagher will present the entire saga of the Taughannock Peregrines from their discovery by world-famous bird artist (and former Cayuga Bird Club President) Louis Agassiz Fuertes in 1909; the factors that led to the abandonment of the eyrie in 1946; Professor Tom Cade's failed effort to reintroduce captive-bred peregrines there in the 1970s; and their triumphant return in 2020.Tim Gallagher is an award-winning author, wildlife photographer, and magazine editor. He is the former editor-in-chief of Living Bird, the flagship publication of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Tim got his first field guide at the age of eight, and he's been hooked on birds ever since. His lifelong interest in wilderness exploration has taken him twice to Greenland, where he made two open-boat voyages up the coast to study nesting seabirds and falcons, and to the hinterlands of Iceland, where he climbed lofty cliffs to learn more about the spectacular Gyrfalcon, the world's largest falcon. He is the author of several books, including Parts Unknown: A Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places; The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker; Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the 21st Century; Imperial Dreams: Searching for the Imperial Woodpecker in the Wild Sierra Madre; Wild Bird Photography; and Born to Fish.Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm 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 clubbusiness. at 7:30 pm. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club -- 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 - February meeting 2/14/22 7:30 pm
Next Monday, February 14, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Lilly Briggs, PhD, will be giving her presentation, "What is Finca Cantaros Environmental Association? - And how is it supporting bird conservation in Coto Brus, Costa Rica?"Monday, February 14, 2022, 7:309 pm Register in advance for the webinar/meeting: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-02 Finca Cántaros Environmental Association (FCEA) is a nonprofit environmental organization founded and directed by Lilly Briggs, PhD, former Postdoctoral Associate with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Established in Canada, FCEA is physically based in a southern rural county of Costa Rica called Coto Brus, where Lilly and her team strive to achieve their mission of "creating community and inspiring action through environmental education." FCEA's many environmental education projects address a variety of themesfrom gender to bats to nature connection through artas well as bird conservation. This talk will focus on how FCEA supports bird conservation through the Cornell Lab's K-12 Education International curriculum, tree-growing initiatives, and research collaborations such as the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. Lilly Briggs did her PhD in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University with a focus on environmental education and the human dimensions of conservation, followed by a Postdoctoral Associate position at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. During her Masters of Environmental Studies (at York University, Toronto), PhD, and postdoctoral years, she collaborated with the Cornell Lab to adapt its K-12 environmental education curriculum for Latin American audiences, and expand the program's reach through educator workshops and research. Her involvement with the development of BirdSleuth International led her to Coto Brus, Costa Rica, where she became enamored with the birds, people and a special reforested property called Finca Cántaros. She bought Finca Cántaros and moved there permanently in 2019 and converted it into Finca Cántaros Environmental Association in 2020 (https://fincacantaros.org/).Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm 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 Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Biden: Invasion Threatens Pipeline http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6201bb596fe143b593f54st03duc1 Cuomo Claims He's Been 'Vindicated' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6201bb598f4693b593f54st03duc2 Man Sentenced in 1989 Killing of His Teen Daughter http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/6201bb59aeaf13b593f54st03duc3 -- 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] Montezuma wildlife drive
Quick trip through wildlife drive at Montezuma yesterday. Lots of Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal at Visitor Center along with a single pair of Northern Pintail.A single sleeping Swan (sp) and lots of Ring-necked Ducks on the main pool and Bennings Marsh pool as well as Northern Shovelers everywhere. A pair of bathing Mallards' crazy behaviors flushed an American Bittern along the thruway- first time I've seen one in flight.On the way back along Rt. 20 there were 5 pairs of osprey on nests, poles or flying in the air as well as 2 single birds flying in opposite directions with fish. The trip along the lake down Rt.. 90 brought 7 additional pairs on nesting platforms. Colleen Richards -- 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] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club September meeting and speaker dinner
Remember, the September meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club is tomorrow 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". 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 tomorrow so reservations can be made. Looking forward to seeing everyone after our summer interval.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 7:00 pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30 pm, followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 8:00 pm and ending by 9:00 pm. 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 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 November meeting
The November meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be next Monday, November 13, 2023, 7:30pm at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850. Our speaker will be Meena Haribal, naturalist, photographer, and long time Cayuga Bird Club member. Come join us as she presents "Desert Hopping for Birds and Wildlife". This past year Meena was able to visit various kinds of deserts to observe their fauna and flora.Traveling from the hot, tropical Thar desert of Rajasthan, India, to the temperate sand dunes of Nebraska and to the cold high altitude of the Tibetan desert of Ladakh. On her travels, she observed iconic birds such as the endangered Great Indian Bustard (only about 250 of them left), various vultures, Hoopoe Lark, Greater Prairie Chickens, Sage Grouse and the endangered Black-necked Cranes that migrate from Ladakh, east to Bhutan. There were also several mammals like Tibetan Gazelle, Kiang and the extremely rare and elusive apex predator, Snow Leopard. Meena will share the experiences and challenges of observing this unique fauna with photos and videos. About the Speaker: Meena is an ardent naturalist and traveler around the world in search of nature. She has been a member of the Cayuga Bird Club for almost 30 years and has shared many fascinating presentations about her travels. Meena has filled the club roles of President and field trip chair in the past, and has led many field trips herself. She fondly remembers her first trip with the Cayuga Bird Club in March of 1993, an afternoon trip in search of Short-eared Owls. To attend the trip, she hiked from Schuyler House in downtown Ithaca to the Lab of O, a distance of about 5 miles, only to find that the trip went to the West side of the lake via downtown! Here she met Linda Clougherty and Ngampit Jagacinski for the first time, who later offered rides to many of the club trips. Stay tuned for information concerning a speaker dinner before the meeting. 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. 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. 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. -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club October meeting and speaker dinner
The October meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be held on Monday, October 9 at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 at 7:30 pm. Our speaker, Andy Johnson, Producer, Conservation Media, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will be presenting Mobilizing Across Sectors: Visual Storytelling for Landscape-scale Conservation. About the Speaker: I research, document, and produce media that supports partnerships and conservation outcomes around the world. My role in the Cornell Labs Center for Conservation Media spans pre-production partnership-building, story research and writing, field production logistics and cinematography. In close collaboration with worldwide partners on location, our team produces compelling media about birds and their environments in order to reach targeted audiences with a capacity for conservation action. There will be a speaker dinner at 5:30 before the meeting at the Sumo Restaurant in the Cayuga Mall (Triphammer Rd.). Please rsvp to cl...@juno.com by noon Monday (10/9) so reservations can be made. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding 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 7:00 pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20 pm, and club business at 7:30 pm followed by the speakers presentation starting around 8:00 pm and ending by 9:00 pm. 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. -- 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 October meeting
There has been a slight change of plans but the October meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will still be held on Monday, October 9 at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 at 7:30 pm. Join us for a special presentation, Backyard Beauties: The Art and Fun of Backyard Bird Photography MARIE READ - Wildlife Photographer and Author; long time Cayuga Bird Club member will share images and insights from her vast experience photographing backyard birds. About the Speaker: Wildlife photographer and author Marie Read has forged a career out of capturing special moments in birds lives, creating images that combine beauty with impactful storytelling. Maries award-winning images are featured nationally and internationally in magazines, books, and calendars. Maries articles and photo essays about bird behavior and bird photography have appeared in Living Bird, Bird Watching, Natures Best, and Wild Planet, among others. Her images have won awards in contests such as Share The View (Grand Prize Winner 2017), Nature's Best, North American Nature Photography Association Showcase, Audubon Photography Awards, and Festival de L'Oiseau. She has authored or co-authored several books about birds and their lives. Please note: Our originally scheduled speaker, Andy Johnson, Producer, Conservation Media, Cornell Lab of Ornithology HAD TO CANCEL DUE TO ILLNESS. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding 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 7:00 pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20 pm, and club business at 7:30 pm followed by the speakers presentation starting around 8:00 pm and ending by 9:00 pm. 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. -- 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] Speaker dinner for the Cayuga Bird Club November meeting
The November meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be next Monday, November 13, 2023, 7:30pm at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850. Our speaker will be Meena Haribal, naturalist, photographer, and long time Cayuga Bird Club member. Come join us as she presents "Desert Hopping for Birds and Wildlife". Please note that there will be a speaker dinner at 5:30 before the meeting at the Sumo Restaurant in the Cayuga Mall (Triphammer Rd.). Please rsvp to cl...@juno.com by noon Monday (11/13) so reservations can be made. Colleen Richards -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Annual Picnic - June 13 Myers Park
CBC Monthly Meeting: Picnic!Monday, June 13, 6-8 pm at Pavilion E, Myers Park Join us for the CBC Annual Picnic! Meet at the "Motus" pavilion, near the small dock on Salmon Creek. We are bringing back the dish-to-pass potluck, but will require that all attendees be vaccinated and boosted to increase confidence. Please bring your own place settings, utensils, and beverages. Anyone not comfortable partaking in the dish-to-pass aspect are free to bring their own food. Also feel free to bring a folding chair for a more distanced arrangement on the grass if you'd rather not eat at the picnic tables. The dinner will be followed by a bird walk. Note that Myers Park charges admission for non-residents of Lansing until 6 pm. -- 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 May 2022 meeting
The Cayuga Bird Clubs next monthly meeting will be Monday, May 9, 2022 at 7:30pm. Our speakers, Paul Paradine and Kraig Senter, will be presenting: Ospreys and Overheads: Working Together to Build and Rebuild Register free for Zoom meeting at: https://tinyurl.com/cbc2022-05 Prior to the 1990's, there were very few Osprey nests left in the Finger Lakes Region. Environmental pollutants and habitat loss had significantly impacted their historic populations. Today, there are over 140 nests in the Finger Lakes Area with many more throughout the State of New York. The vast majority of these nests are on built structures such as utility or light poles, cellular and steel towers. Paul Paradine and Kraig Senter, along with the invaluable support of their colleagues at Avangrid, have been working on the restoration of Ospreys in the Finger Lakes Region to their historic population estimates for well over a decade. Balancing the need for safe nesting locations for Osprey with the need for safe and reliable power and critical infrastructure is challenging yet extremely rewarding - the result has been an extremely successful reestablishment of a healthy Osprey population in the Finger Lakes and across New York where they now coexist harmoniously with the needs of the public for reliable electric power transmission. In this presentation, they describe the design of nest platforms as well as efforts to make them safe for the Ospreys and the workers who install and maintain the platforms. With the success of nest platforms to increase osprey populations and with the support of NYSEG, they are working to expand the geographic range of this project to other regions in New York state and to develop standardized installation, maintenance and nest data collection activities. They also continue to look for opportunities to partner with other groups and organizations to look for collaborations that will increase the positive synchronization between utility providers and wildlife conservation and management - an endeavor that benefits both. About Our Speakers: Paul Paradine is the Senior Vegetation Manager for New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RGE). Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, he has worked with Wildlife and Forest Conservation Projects across the United States and Canada. He began his career with the United States Park Service and the United States Forest Service, working as a Backcountry Biologist and Technician and eventually becoming passionately involved with Endangered Spotted Owl populations in Northern California. He continues to promote Raptor Conservation through successful Osprey Initiatives in NY, Maine and Connecticut. Kraig Senter is a Division Forester and Arborist at New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG). He began his career with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation working with forest health issues under an Early Detection Rapid Response program that located exotic and invasive plants and insects. Later, he began marking commercial timber sales on state land and worked closely with wildlife biologists to create new, early successional habitat. Today, he enjoys volunteering on Out-of-State wildfire assignments and helping to advance an established osprey nest program at NYSEG -- 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 2022 meeting
Next Monday, September 12, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. We will be bringing back the reading of the list, so start keeping tracks of basin birds seen this week! NOTE: This meeting will be LIVE, at the Lab of Ornithology Auditorium. Doors open at 7, meeting starts at 7:30 and ends at 9 SHARP. We will record the meeting and make the link available on our Facebook page and on our website at a later date. Jennifer Fee, Manager of K-12 programs at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will present "Through the Lens of Birds: Connecting Kids to Nature". Many adults who care about the environment have treasured memories of the outdoors from their youth. For over 20 years, educators at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have created resources that help young people go outdoors to learn through birds and to connect kids to nature. Come explore the breadth of our efforts to engage teachers as well as informal educators and families in citizen science and hands-on outdoor investigations. Try out a fun activity to help you explore birds...will you and your nestlings survive the perils? Then, learn about the K-12 team's efforts to engage young people and gain insights about nature's impacts on people's socio-emotional and physical well-being. You'll leave with a few favorite activities that you might want to try out yourself or with kids you know. Perhaps you'll be inspired to look at birds and the nature around you with fresh and curious eyes! Jennifer Fee is the Manager of K-12 programs at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where she and her team have developed a network of more than 30,000 educators who use Lab resources to engage kids through birds. She is also an instructor for the new "Lets Go Outside! How to Connect Kids with Birds and Nature" course offered through Bird Academy. She holds a B.S. (Biology) from Truman State University and M.S. (Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics) from Illinois State University. Prior to joining the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, she worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden. See you all next week. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club -- 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 Speaker Dinner and Sept. meeting
The Cayuga Bird Club's September meeting with Jennifer Fee presenting "Through the Lens of Birds: Connecting Kids to Nature", is in-person once again next Monday, Sept. 12th at 7:30 at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, AND we are also having a speaker dinner! Members are invited to join Jen for dinner at the Ithaca Sumo restaurant (Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.) just 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 the Sept. 5th email for other details and don't forget the Reading of the List! NOTE: This meeting will be LIVE, at the Lab of Ornithology Auditorium. Doors open at 7, meeting starts at 7:30 and ends at 9 SHARP. We will record the meeting and make the link available on our Facebook page and on our website at a later date. -- 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 October meeting
Come join the Cayuga Bird Club's October meeting: Monday, October 10, 2022 7:30pm, Cornell Lab of Ornithology "Birding South Texas" will feature photos taken by our outgoing president, Suan Yong, as he spent a week in South Texas to windsurf, visit friends, and do some birding. Despite the relatively short trip he managed to amass a large collection of nice bird photos and videos, including many of the South Texas specials in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He invites us to relive this trip as he shares a selection of photos and videos, and some tips to help plan one's own trip to this very birdy corner of the nation. About the Speaker: Suan Yong is a retired software engineer and the outgoing president of the Cayuga Bird Club. He has regularly lead many birding field trips for the Cayuga Bird Club and at the Lab of Ornithology, and enjoys the challenge of photographing birds. His other hobbies include hockey, windsurfing, and playing clarinet in the Ithaca Concert Band and Ithaca Community Orchestra. Members are invited to join Suan for dinner at the Ithaca Sumo restaurant (Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.) just 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.NOTE: This meeting will be LIVE, at the Lab of Ornithology Auditorium. Doors open at 7, meeting starts at 7:30 and ends at 9 SHARP. We will record the meeting and make the link available on our Facebook page and on our website at a later date. -- 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] Reminder: Cayuga Bird Club October meeting
A reminder that tonight is the Cayuga Bird Club's October meeting at 7:30 pm in-person at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Suan Yong will be presenting "Birding South Texas" featuring photos taken by our outgoing president, Suan Yong, as he spent a week in South Texas Despite the relatively short trip he managed to amass a large collection of nice bird photos and videos, including many of the South Texas specials in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. He invites us to relive this trip as he shares a selection of photos and videos, and some tips to help plan one's own trip to this very birdy corner of the nation. About the Speaker: Suan Yong is a retired software engineer and the outgoing president of the Cayuga Bird Club. He has regularly lead many birding field trips for the Cayuga Bird Club and at the Lab of Ornithology, and enjoys the challenge of photographing birds. His other hobbies include hockey, windsurfing, and playing clarinet in the Ithaca Concert Band and Ithaca Community Orchestra. Also reminding all members that they are invited to join Suan for dinner at the Ithaca Sumo restaurant (Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.) just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards at cl...@juno.com by noon today so reservations can be made. NOTE: This meeting will be LIVE, at the Lab of Ornithology Auditorium. Doors open at 7, meeting starts at 7:30 and ends at 9 SHARP. We will record the meeting and make the link available on our Facebook page and on our website at a later date. -- 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] Christmas Bird Count compilation
The Christmas Bird Count** is still planned for January 1, but... The compilation gathering will be HYBRID Monday, January 2, from 7:15-9:00 pm (doors open at 7pm) at the Lab of Ornithology and via Zoom The counts will be tabulated and presented by our count compiler, Paul Anderson, and there will be an opportunity for everyone to share their highlights (or lowlights), and just chat in general. Register for the Zoom event at: tinyurl.com/cbccbc2023. **for more information about the Christmas Bird Count and ways to participate see the December newsletter, https://mailchi.mp/ac9a5642e968/cayuga-bird-club-newsletter-dec-2022 Hope to see many of you there. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary -- 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 January meeting
Cayuga Bird Club -- January Meeting Share Your Photos NightMonday, January 9, 2023 7:30pm, Online only via Zoom Kevin McGowan will once again host the Cayuga Bird Clubs annual Share Your Photos Night at our January meeting.Club members only (please) can share a maximum of five photos during the 3 minutes you will have the stage.Please send your photos by Wednesday January 4th to Kevin at k...@cornell.edu. The Subject Line on the email MUST BE Bird club photo submission Jan2023. Kevin will send an acknowledgement when he receives them. IF you do not get an acknowledgement, contact Kevin again WELL before the meeting date. Remember, you must attend the meeting to show your photos. Dont be shy! Share! Although submission is limited to club members, the meeting is open to all! This meeting is free and open to the public. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting at tinyurl.com/cbc2023photos Note: This meeting will not be recorded. -- 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] Christmas Bird Count -slight correction
CORRECTION!Christmas Bird Count compilation begins at 7:30 pm (NOT 7:15) on January 2nd at the Ornithology Lab as well as via Zoom. Apologies for the extra email.Colleen Richards -- 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] Christmas Bird Count compilation
The compilation gathering TONIGHT Monday, January 2, will be HYBRID from 7:30-9:00 pm (doors open at 7:15pm) at the Lab of Ornithology and via Zoom The counts will be tabulated and presented by our count compiler, Paul Anderson, and there will be an opportunity for everyone to share their highlights (or lowlights), and just chat in general. Register for the Zoom event at: tinyurl.com/cbccbc2023. Hope to see many of you there, in person or online Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary -- 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 December 2022 meeting
The December meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Our speaker will be Professor Ian Owens, Executive Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All are invited to join us as he presents,"The Revolution is Here: Technology and the Future of Bird Watching and Citizen Science Birds play a unique role in our understanding of how the planet works because, through the efforts of bird watchers and citizen scientists, we know more about large-scale patterns of occurrence, abundance, movement and population trends in birds than any other comparable group. Professor Owens will explore how new technologies promise to further accelerate the opportunities for birdwatchers and citizen scientists to make a difference, making it possible to gather even more useful data to inform conservation efforts, and engage even more people in natural history and conservation. Starting by highlighting the power of applying artificial intelligence models to large-scale databases of ‘unstructured’ observations, and what this reveals about long-term population trends at a continental scale. He will then look at how automatic-recognition of songs and calls is already changing how we find and identify birds, and the impact of this ‘bioacoustic revolution’ on birding, monitoring and public engagement. Finally, he will review how new technologies is empowering bird watchers and citizen scientist communities around the world, and how to address the challenges that exist in making these new technologies available at a global scale. About the Speaker: Professor Ian Owens, Executive Director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is an ornithologist interested in the ecology, evolution and conservation of birds, and using the power of birds to engage the public with big questions in science and global sustainability. The central question of his research is, what are the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that drive biological diversification? He tackles this question at both macro- and microevolutionary scales using a combination of field experiments, genetic analyses and phylogenetic and spatial analyses. Almost all of his work is based on birds because of the unrivalled depth of information on the ecology, behavior, systematics and geographical distribution of bird species, and the ability to manipulate genetic pedigrees, observe behavior and monitor individual reproduction and mortality in free-living bird populations. In-person meetings at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation which ends by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later. There will be a speaker dinner before the meeting with Professor Owens at 5:30 at Sumo restaurant on Triphammer Road. Please rsvp as soon as possible to cl...@juno.com since reservations may be limited. Enjoy this week and any birding opportunities it may bring. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club -- 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] Bird-y morning
Cooper's Hawk near Flat Rock (Botanic Gardens), then an American Kestrel flying erratically in front of the car near Turkey Hill/Stevenson Road intersection with the finale of a possible male Northern Harrier traversing the fields near the new baseball field along Ellis Hollow Road. All seen in one hour Tuesday morning. Colleen Richards -- 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 - November meeting11/14/21 7:30 p.m.
Next Monday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Jody Enck and other trip participants will be presenting, "Our Cayuga Bird Club trip to southern Ecuador". What was it like to go birding in southern Ecuador?Ecuador is a small country in northwestern South America (about the size of Nevada) with a bird list of over 1,600 species (Nevada has fewer than 500 species). In August 2022, ten birders traveled to southern Ecuador for two weeks of adventure. It was a country new to most of us, and it was filled with an awe-inspiring array of topography, habitats, and birds. Several participants, including Jody Enck, Stephanie Herrick, Deb Lynn, Robyn Bailey, and Paul Paradine, along with Ecuadorian guide, Edwin Perez will share their photos, insights, and impressions of the trip. Come hear what it was like to bird from sea level on the Pacific coast, dry thorn forest, wet cloud forest, and high-elevation paramo above 13,000 feet in elevation in the Andes. See photos of bird species we saw that have fewer than a couple hundred living individuals clinging on in special habitats protected by dedicated conservationists. Also, learn the perspectives of first-time visitors to South America, including non-birding spouses who came along on the trip. About the Speaker: Jody Enck started birding as a small boy growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Since then, he has continued to learn more and more about birds and the people who enjoy them. Jody especially loves bird-watching in his back yard to find out what the local residents are up to. He is also a closet lister, with more than 500 species seen in the U.S. and more than 1,150 seen worldwide. He has a background in wildlife biology and social science. In 2016, he founded the Sister Bird Club Network to link birders and bird clubs throughout the Western Hemisphere by raising awareness of the conservation needs of the neotropical migratory birds we all love. He is a past president and current chair of the conservation action committee for the Cayuga Bird Club. There will not be a speaker dinner this month, but come when the doors open at 7:15 for cookies and conversation. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are open to the public. Colleen Richards Corresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club -- 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 March meeting and speaker dinner
The March meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be Monday, March 13, 2023, at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,Our speaker, Alli Smith, will be presenting "Behind the Scenes of Merlin Sound ID". The Merlin Bird ID app, created by the Cornell lab of Ornithology, is a global field guide and a powerful tool to help identify the birds around you. Sound ID, the newest feature added to Merlin in Spring 2021, helps you identify 1,000+ bird species by sound even when you cant see them - but how does it work? Well take a deep dive behind the scenes of Merlin to learn how Sound ID was developed, and how you can help us expand Merlin to cover more species worldwide. About the Speaker: Alli Smith is the Merlin Project Coordinator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where her work focuses on outreach and supporting birders. She graduated from SUNY-ESF with a BS in Wildlife Science in 2016 and has been bouncing around the bird conservation world since then, including working with seabirds and managing citizen science monitoring projects. Alli believes in the power of community to make a positive impact on bird conservation, and is thrilled to be able to support birders worldwide with the Merlin Bird ID app. There will be a speaker dinner before the meeting at 5:30 at Sumo Restaurant (Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.). Please rsvp to Colleen Richards, cl...@juno.com, by noon Mon., March 13. In-person meetings at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7 pm, the reading of the bird list* at 7:25 pm, and club business at 7:30 pm, followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 7:45 and ending by 9 pm. Colleen Richards Cayuga Bird Club Corresponding Secretary * NOTE: For March, 2023, one of our standing agenda items -- the Reading of the List -- will take place at 7:25, prior to the regular business meeting, to safeguard the speakers' time while retaining a long standing tradition during the more "social" and interactive time ahead of the business meeting. Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later. -- 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] Ruffed grouse on East Ithaca Recreation Way
Apologies for a late listing. A ruffed grouse flushed from the trailside as we walked along the East Ithaca Recreation Way near the Game Farm Road end of the trail yesterday at noon. Otherwise, it was a quiet walk accompanied by tufted titmice, robins, and chickadees. Colleen Richards -- 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] hawk eats skunk???
The following occurred out-of-basin, but it was such an interesting behavior that it seems worth sharing. My mother-in-law saw a "large hawk" (she did not identify further) fighting something on the edge of the road about 200 feet away. She couldn't see what was being attacked, so she later sent someone to look at the area. They returned to report their findings, "about ten hawk feathers were scattered in a 3 foot circleand a rear leg and the scent sack of a skunk..." Wondering whether the hawk attacked the skunk directly or had initially been after other prey! This happened up in Oswego County not far from Derby Hill. Colleen Richards -- 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] Sharing a feeder? Or not!
Well, it seems some birds are more social than others! The junco, chipping sparrow, and white-throated sparrow sat together pleasantly at our large window sill feeder for about 5 minutes this afternoon. However when the mourning dove flies in, it demands that everyone else leave! We had some leftover food still out from this past weekend and several birds came to check out the last specks of seed.Colleen Richards -- 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] Louisiana Waterthrush
Sorry for the late posting. Just read Pete Saracino's post which reminded me of the also talkative Louisiana Waterthrush we heard at the base of Taughannock Falls around 11:30 this morning. With echoes and loud falls noises it was impossible to get bearings for a sighting, but he sure let us know he was there! On the way back out of the gorge also spotted one of the peregrines as it dropped down from the nesting ledge and flew downstream. Colleen Richards -- 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Osprey
There was definitely one, and possibly a second osprey on the field lights platform over the baseball diamond at the base of the Black Diamond trail this morning.Also, sadly, we saw a dead bluebird near the Children's Garden; 2 others were flying and singing in the nearby trees. Saw one lone male bufflehead swimming with many Canada Geese in the inlet along Floral Park. Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Robyn Bailey To: Dave Nutter , CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Osprey Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:56:36 + Someone posted on the Friends of Salt Point Facebook page that a pair was visiting the platform on March 27, verified with photos. Robyn From: bounce-127256533-15067...@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Dave Nutter Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 7:35 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] FOY Osprey This morning at 7:24am from our kitchen window I saw my first-of-year Osprey flying south over the Flood Control Channel past Inlet Island and the NYS-89 bridge, clearly hunting for fish despite the practicing rowing crews. Despite being out at Allan Treman State Marine Park yesterday morning for nearly 3 hours, and finding 47 species, I managed to miss the Osprey which Suan observed from Stewart Park. People walking at Treman have been asking for weeks whether the Ospreys are back and when I expect them. They are our Charismatic Megafauna, although Bald Eagles are also popular. I think March 26 was my previous early record, but I have been expecting a sighting any day for the past several. - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- --Cayugabirds-L List Info:Welcome and BasicsRules and InformationSubscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] April 10 Cayuga Bird Club meeting
Next Monday, April 10, at 7:30 pm will be the April meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All are invited to hear and see the presentation, "Following Alfred Russel Wallace in search of Birds of Paradise and Birdwings in West Papua and Indonesia", given by Meena Haribal - naturalist, photographer, recordist, and traveler. There are fourteen species of birds of paradise, including birds such as Vogelkop Superb Bird of Paradise found in West Papua and some of those found only on the tiny islands of Waigeo. This is a narration of a trip to Indonesia in search of endemics, exotic insects and orangutans. Meena spent a few weeks in Indonesia traveling to several of the islands with the goal of observing, photographing and recording the nature around her. About the Speaker: Meena is an ardent naturalist and traveler around the world in search of nature. Meena has been a member of Cayuga Bird Club for almost 30 years and has shared many fascinating presentations about her travels. She has filled the club roles of President and field trip chair in the past, andhas led many field trips herself. Meena fondly remembers her first trip with the Cayuga Bird Club in March of 1993 - an afternoon trip in search of Short-eared Owls. To attend the trip, she hiked from Schuyler House in downtown Ithaca to the Lab of Ornithology, a distance of about 5 miles, only to find that the trip went to the west side of the lake via downtown! Here she met Linda Clougherty and Ngampit Jagacinski for the first time, who later offered rides to many of the club trips. There will be no speaker dinner this month - just meet at the Ornithology Lab at 7 for cookies and the "reading of the list" at 7:25 pm. Hope you all have a pleasant weekend of birding. Colleen Richards Cayuga 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 at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm, the reading of the list at 7:25 and the business meeting at 7:30. This is followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 7:45pm and ending by 9pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later, or via a Zoom meeting. -- 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] reminder: Cayuga Bird Club February meeting is TONIGHT
Just a reminder that tonight is our February meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Although the meeting begins at 7:30, please note that the Reading of the List will be reordered to take place at 7:15, prior to the regular business meeting, to safeguard the speakers' time while retaining this long-standing tradition during the more "social" and interactive time ahead of the business meeting. Ken Rosenberg, Diane Morton & Ken Kemphues will present, "A Birding Tour of Morocco". The three of them, along with seven other participants, experienced a memorable birding tour of Morocco last spring. Their exploration went from the city of Marrakech to the High Atlas Mountains, Middle Atlas, plains, Sahara Desert, and the Atlantic coast, each area with birds specialized to their unique habitats. In addition to North African endemic species such as the Northern Bald Ibis, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, and Cream-colored Courser, they found migrant songbirds, over a dozen species of larks, and several delightful Sandgrouse species. Come join us as they share their experience in this beautiful country birds, vibrant culture, and varied landscapes. About the speakers: Ken Rosenberg is a lifelong birder and attended Cornell University as an undergraduate. After receiving his PhD from Louisiana State University, he returned to Cornell. He has recently retired from his joint position as an Senior Scientist with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy, where his focus was on the conservation status and distribution of bird populations, particularly migratory birds. He is the lead author of the 2019 paper published in Science with the staggering report that nearly 3 billion North American birds have been lost since 1970.Ken Kemphues and Diane Morton are active members of the Cayuga Bird Club; Ken is the Cayuga Bird Clubs treasurer and Diane is a past president and current director of the club. They are both retired from Cornells Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics where Ken was a Professor and Diane a Senior Research Associate. They met as post-docs while at the University of Colorado, and have been married for 38 years. They both enjoy leading bird club field trips and traveling to see birds. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. In-person meetings at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation which ends by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later, or via a Zoom meeting. -- 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 February meeting and speaker dinner
I forgot to mention that there will be a speaker dinner before the February Cayuga Bird Club meeting. It will be held at the Sumo Restaurant at 5:30 on Feb. 13.Please rsvp to Colleen Richards - cl...@juno.com - by Mon., Feb. 13 at noon so reservations can be made. -- 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 February meeting
The next meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be on Monday, February 13, 2022, 7:30 pm*** at theCornell Lab of Ornithology.***Please Note:As of February 2023, one of our standing agenda items -- the Reading of the List -- will be reordered to take place at 7:15, prior to the regular business meeting, to safeguard the speakers' time while retaining a long-standing tradition during the more "social" and interactive time ahead of the business meeting. Ken Rosenberg, Diane Morton & Ken Kemphues will present, "A Birding Tour of Morocco". The three of them, along with seven other participants, experienced a memorable birding tour of Morocco last spring. Their exploration went from the city of Marrakech to the High Atlas Mountains, Middle Atlas, plains, Sahara Desert, and the Atlantic coast, each area with birds specialized to their unique habitats. In addition to North African endemic species such as the Northern Bald Ibis, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, and Cream-colored Courser, they found migrant songbirds, over a dozen species of larks, and several delightful Sandgrouse species. Come join us as they share their experience in this beautiful country birds, vibrant culture, and varied landscapes. About the speakers: Ken Rosenberg is a lifelong birder and attended Cornell University as an undergraduate. After receiving his PhD from Louisiana State University, he returned to Cornell. He has recently retired from his joint position as an Senior Scientist with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy, where his focus was on the conservation status and distribution of bird populations, particularly migratory birds. He is the lead author of the 2019 paper published in Science with the staggering report that nearly 3 billion North American birds have been lost since 1970.Ken Kemphues and Diane Morton are active members of the Cayuga Bird Club; Ken is the Cayuga Bird Clubs treasurer and Diane is a past president and current director of the club. They are both retired from Cornells Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics where Ken was a Professor and Diane a Senior Research Associate. They met as post-docs while at the University of Colorado, and have been married for 38 years. They both enjoy leading bird club field trips and traveling to see birds. Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30 pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. In-person meetings at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation which ends by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later, or via a Zoom meeting. Some meetings may be virtual by Zoom only, or may shift to Zoom if the Covid situation warrants. -- 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] Reminder April 10 Cayuga Bird Club meeting
Don't forget = tonight is the April meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Meena Haribal will present, "Following Alfred Russel Wallace in search of Birds of Paradise and Birdwings in West Papua and Indonesia" There are fourteen species of birds of paradise, including birds such as Vogelkop Superb Bird of Paradise found in West Papua and some of those found only on the tiny islands of Waigeo. This is a narration of a trip to Indonesia in search of endemics, exotic insects and orangutans. Meena spent a few weeks in Indonesia traveling to several of the islands with the goal of observing, photographing and recording the nature around her. About the Speaker: Meena is an ardent naturalist and traveler around the world in search of nature. Meena has been a member of Cayuga Bird Club for almost 30 years and has shared many fascinating presentations about her travels. There will be no speaker dinner this month - just meet at the Ornithology Lab at 7 for cookies & conversation and the "reading of the list" at 7:25 pm. Colleen Richards Cayuga 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 at the Lab of Ornithology start with cookies at 7:00pm, the reading of the list at 7:25 and the business meeting at 7:30. This is followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 7:45pm and ending by 9pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually, either as a recording posted a few days later, or via a Zoom meeting. -- 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 - Annual Picnic
Only two weeks until our June Meeting [a.k.a. Annual Picnic] on Monday, June
12, starting at 6:00pm. We will be meeting at the Myers Park Pavilion E ("the
Motus pavilion"). Join us for our annual dish-to-pass potluck at Myers Park.
Please bring -
dish-to-pass
your own place settings
utensils
beverages
NOTE: anyone not comfortable partaking in the dish-to-pass aspect are free to
bring their own food. Also feel free to bring a folding chair for a more
distanced arrangement on the grass if you'd rather not eat at the picnic
tables. The dinner will be followed by a bird walk. Note that Myers Park
charges admission for non-residents of Lansing until 6 pm. Cayuga Bird Club
meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, September through June,
and are free and open to the public.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology
Thank you Dave for a clear, concise presentation that helps point out the multiple problems facing us in choosing how we want to live. Ultimate value choices may not be agreed upon by everyone, though. And that has been apparent in these posts. Thanks for being honest about how birds can be affected by each form of energy's procurement / usage. That perspective helps to "round out" the information needed for each person's decision-making. In the end, each of us is required to make our own choices, and perhaps to enter into the public, or political, arena to stand up for those choices. It has been good to voice our thoughts and to encourage one another to keep perspective. For now I am planning to continue to point out the beauties of nature to those around me and to educate young people (and older ones, too) to appreciate and understand our responsibility to care for and about this world that we have been blessed with. Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Dave Nutter To: CayugaBirds-L b Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Conservation vs Ecology Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 17:43:26 -0400 Carl makes a valid point about the destructiveness to flora and fauna of large scale solar arrays. Solar panels which cover huge fields should be called mines, not farms. The arraysâ extraction of energy is industrial, not biological, and it is done while trying to overcome natural systems, so the solar arrays disrupt biology. By contrast, a farm harnesses biology using our soil and rain, and it diverts some of the biological products to human purposes in a repeatable annual process. When agriculture is practiced on the scale of a family farm, it can do so in concert with plants and wildlife in hedgerows, along streams, and around ponds, and agricultureâs incidental waste products can be more easily absorbed and used by nature along all those edges. Factory farms differ from traditional farms because with âefficiencyâ� of scale, they eliminate nature and natureâs ability to handle agricultureâs side effects. At large scale, the waste is no longer incidental and absorbed, it is toxic. If farm land is abandoned, it can be reclaimed by plants and animals. When the solar panels wear out in a couple decades, will the regulations make it worth the effort and expense to recycle the old ones and install new ones? Or will it be cheaper to abandon those arrays? On my daily walks I see metal playground equipment in the woods because the City of Ithaca took it from where the Childrenâs Garden was being built, and chucked it alongside the old railroad grade, which became the Black Diamond Trail. I imagine hundreds of acres of metal of a big solar array, but overgrown among trees, vines and shrubs. For a solar array to work in our climate, vegetation must suppressed. This can be done by pasturing sheep among them, which makes cute advertising video, but how often is this practice used? How often is plant suppression done instead by covering and/or poisoning the soil? This has effects of heating the ground and speeding rain runoff. How often is plant suppression among solar arrays done with fossil-fuel powered machinery which also wastes the plant material? Maybe folks think thatâs no big deal because so much land area is already mown, wasting both plants and fossil fuel, but I think mowing should be drastically scaled back. A reasonable sized personal lawn is the area a person can keep mowed with a reel mower pushed by hand without using fossil fuel. Itâs not worth adding to the destruction of the natural climate, flora, and fauna in order to have a bigger lawn than one actually uses. So, yes, I agree, big solar arrays are poor for plants & animals. I also see at least 3 other parts to the equation as we evaluate the harm and benefit of solar arrays. What did the solar arrays replace on the landscape? What were the solar arrays built instead of for energy? How much energy do we need? In our moist temperate region, the land was mostly forested until being cleared for agriculture, which was a big investment. Abandoned agricultural land can, through succession, become meadows, shrub fields, and secondary forest, all of which harbor a wide variety of birds, but thatâs a value we take for granted, not one with a price tag on it. People generally like and are uplifted by wild birds, and some of us are passionate about them. But abandoned farmland is considered âunproductiveâ� by those who tax the land, and therefore also by those who own the land, so this habitat is apt to be shredded and converted to a large scale solar array. Iâve certainly seen that happen. If we as a society can literally value land which supports a diversity of birds, then less will be turned into long-term non-bird-habitat. My impression is that most agricultural land around here is for corn, and Iâve also seen some cornfields replaced by solar arrays. Whatâs the i
[cayugabirds-l] bird-y morning at Sapsucker Woods
Have been walking the Wilson Trail in the mornings before our Kids Discover the Trail programs at the Ornithology Lab. Today was the bird-iest yet with 51 species in about an hour walk.Highlights of warblers were: Northern Parula, Magnolia, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Yellow- rumped, American Redstart, and Black-throated Green.Also had Red-eyed and Blue-Headed Vireo, Veery, Wood Thrush, Ovenbird, Tree and Barn Swallow, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.Sparrows included: Swamp, Song, Chipping, White-throated, and White-crowned.Later, with the kids, we also had Osprey, Belted Kingfisher, and Green Heron -- highlights of their day! Colleen Richards -- 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 May meeting and speaker dinner - 5/8/23
The Cayuga Bird Club's May meeting is less than a week away on Monday May 8 at 7:30 pm. Please note that we are meeting at Kendal at Ithaca (see directions below) Please arrive before 7:20 pm. Kendal doors lock at 7:00 pm; Kendal volunteers will let people in until 7:20 pm. Our speaker, Cliff Hodge, will be giving his presentation, "Kenya Wildlife and Bird Safari". Cliff went on a photo safari to Kenya in December 2022 and took the opportunity to add a solo birding safari to his trip, stretching his visit to more than 15 days. Visiting 8 game preserves, conservancies and protected wildlife areas, Cliff spotted almost 300 species of birds including more than 200 Lifers. Hell share some incredible images of these beautiful creatures, as well as some pretty cool photos of African big game and other wildlife. About the Speaker: Cliff Hodge is a native of Michigan and self-described car guy. He retired in 2019 with plans to explore and travel the world with his wife Sheryl. Before he made it home from his first trip, however, COVID-19 lockdowns put an end to their adventures. Trapped at home with his new travel camera, he discovered a whole new world in his own back yard birds! Like many others, Cliff became an avid birder during the pandemic, exploring the many state parks and wetlands near his home north of Detroit. When his wife decided to return to school to get an advanced degree, the decision was obvious: she could study at Cornell while Cliff experienced the Lab of O, Sapsucker Woods, and the Finger Lakes. Everybody wins!Cliff spends as much time as possible hiking the trails and gorges of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes, while taking advantage of some of the unique birding environments to explore in Upstate New York. Now that COVID is more under control, he takes every chance he can get to return to his original plan and travel as much as possible only now with an added focus on birding. There will be a speaker dinner with Cliff and his wife Sheryl at 5:30 before the meeting at the Sumo Restaurant at Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Road. Please rsvp by noon Monday to cl...@juno.com so we can make reservations. 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. In-person meetings start with cookies at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:25pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 7:45pm and ending by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later. Some meetings may be virtual by Zoom only, or may shift to Zoom if warranted by circumstances. Parking directions for Kendal. https://sites.google.com/site/cbc14850/meetings/parking-at-kendal -- 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Area 1 Christmas Bird Count helpers needed!
Thanks to all who responded so quickly to the call for help in Area 1. It looks like we will have plenty of help now. I believe I've already responded to each of you that wrote. You are all so awesome! Colleen -- Original Message -- From: "Colleen Richards" To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: Area 1 Christmas Bird Count helpers needed! Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:51:34 GMT Area 1 is in dire need of counters next Monday. We have had a significant number of regular counters suddenly unable to help this year! We are the northernmost arc of the "circle" and generally have a range of feeder birds and raptors. Most of our territory is covered by vehicle, but a mixture of driving and walking can also be achieved. Owling hours before 6 am are already covered. If available please contact Area 1 leader Colleen Richards cl...@juno.com asap. Colleen -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Area 1 Christmas Bird Count helpers needed!
Area 1 is in dire need of counters next Monday. We have had a significant number of regular counters suddenly unable to help this year! We are the northernmost arc of the "circle" and generally have a range of feeder birds and raptors. Most of our territory is covered by vehicle, but a mixture of driving and walking can also be achieved. Owling hours before 6 am are already covered. If available please contact Area 1 leader Colleen Richards cl...@juno.com asap. Colleen -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club December meeting and speaker dinner
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. -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club February 2024 meeting
The February meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be a Zoom meeting on Monday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Register (for free) at http://tinyurl.com/cbc-2024-02 We hope you will join us for the presentation, "Bird-window collisions: a clear and present danger". Luke DeGroote, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, will be our speaker. Smack! That's the sound of a bird hitting a window-and you've probably heard it often.Collisions with windows cause millions of bird fatalities every year. Luke DeGroote will discuss how Carnegie Museum of Natural History is addressing the issue by elucidating where collisions are more likely to occur, testing collision reducing markers at Powdermill Nature Reserve's experimental flight tunnel, tracking post-collision survival using new technologies, and reducing collisions through community engagement.About the Speaker: Luke DeGroote received his MSc. in Natural Resources from Ohio State and B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2012, DeGroote has overseen Carnegie Museum of Natural History's avian research programs including the operation of Powdermill's Avian Research Center (PARC) where he studies songbird migration, avian disease, breeding phenology, and avian perception of glass. DeGroote aims to promote avian conservation through research, partnerships, and outreach. Hope many of you will be onscreen with us. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga 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. Zoom webinar tips can be found here:CBC Zoom webinar tips.pdf -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club March meeting and speaker dinner
Next Monday, March 11, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Linda Ziemba, MNWR Wildlife Biologist, will give her presentation, "Wetland Management for Migratory Birds at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge" on Monday, March 11, 2024, 7:30pm at Foundation of Light at 391 Turkey Hill Rd.; social time starts at 7 pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20, and club business at 7:30 followed by the presentation. The 10,000-acre Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in the Finger Lakes Region of New York is located in what was historically called the Montezuma Marshes. The marshes were drained as a result of dam and canal construction in the early 1900s, and area wildlife virtually went the way of the watergone. Establishing the Montezuma NWR in 1938 was the first step of many to restore the area back to its historic expanse of marshesan area thriving with wildlife. Linda Ziemba will discuss how staff at Montezuma continue to restore historic marshes and manage wetlands for migratory birds. About the Speaker: Linda Ziemba has been the wildlife biologist at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge since 2006. She is passionate about providing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife and providing opportunities for people to connect with nature as land stewards. She began her career in wildlife biology as a volunteer at E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey in 1994 and has also worked at Izembek, Cape May, and Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuges.Members are invited to join Linda for dinner at Sumo Restaurant in the Cayuga Mall at 5:30 p.m. before the meeting. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards at cl...@juno.com by noon Monday so reservations can be made.Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club -- (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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club April meeting
Next Monday, April 15, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Note: this is one week later than usual (due to the eclipse) Julie Hart, Project Coordinator, New York Breeding Bird Atlas III, will be giving her presentation, "How you can help NYs breeding birds" on Monday, April 15, 2024, 7:30pm at Foundation of Light at 391 Turkey Hill Rd.; social time starts at 7 pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20, and club business at 7:30 followed by the presentation. Learn about the third Breeding Bird Atlas in NY and how you can help this community science project. Atlasing is a great way for birders of all abilities to learn about birds while directly contributing to science and conservation. This is the final year of the 5-year Atlas project. Can you help us fill in a gap for your favorite species? Do you like to bird somewhere unique or remote? The Atlas is a statewide survey and you can participate at any time using the free eBird app. Wile atlasing, you will explore new areas, search for clues into the secret lives of birds, and expand your understanding and appreciation of birds. Whether you have been sitting on the fence about contributing to the project or have never heard of the Atlas before, now is your chance to contribute to the largest community science project in the state. There won't be another atlas until 2040! Attend this talk to find out how you can participate and make an impact for bird conservation. About the Speaker: Julie started birding while working in Ithaca as a bird conservation intern with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon. She traveled for several years doing field work around the globe, then spent several years chasing high-elevation birds around the Northeast and Hispaniola as the coordinator for Mountain Birdwatch, before she went on to earn her Masters degree studying the impacts of climate change on Cassia Crossbill in southern Idaho. After spending several years abroad, she is now the Project Coordinator for the third Breeding Bird Atlas in NY. She also serves as the co-chair of the North American Ornithological Atlas Committee. Members are invited to join Julie for dinner at Moosewood Restaurant 215 N Cayuga St, Ste 70 at 5:30 p.m. before the meeting. Please RSVP to Colleen Richards at clr82@juno.comby Friday (4/12) so reservations can be made. 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. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. -- (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/ --
