Hi all,
Now I am curious to know why was it named Renwick Woods? Who was Renwick? Must
have done something good to name after him and when was it named? If it was
named before Fuertes' death Fuertes must have been in agreement with that
naming,
Curious about the Ithaca history.
Meena
Perhaps this is the answer to your question.
http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm
Cathy Cooke
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.eduwrote:
Hi all,
Now I am curious to know why was it named Renwick Woods? Who was Renwick?
Must have done
It hardly seems an honor to the memory of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the Cayuga
Bird Club's first president, for the eBird team or the city or the authors of
the waterfront plan to preempt his club's authority regarding the proper name
of the sanctuary that he dedicated on its behalf as Renwick
I have a copy of a booklet called Stewart Park, Its History, Buildings and
Plantings, published for Earth Day, 1990.
Here is what it says about that tract of land:
When the future of the park was uncertain, fifty-five acres immediately to
the south were set aside as a bird sanctuary. Sometime in
If you follow this link to the Cayuga Bird Club newsletter you will be able to
read one of four articles written by bird club historian Jane Graves this year.
She has spent considerable time researching and detailing these facts so that
the bird club history in Stewart Park could be well
As a birthday gift to myself, my daughter Kayla, and I went on a RUFF
twitch to Howland Island. Her first bird chase I might add. The chase was
successful in yielding an absolutely stunning bird with not a mosquito in
sight. Dave Wheeler and friend Rose were already on the bird when we
This morning I watched a female Hairy Woodpecker hop from the deck railing
to the hummingbird feeder and take several long drinks of syrup. In years
past I have had a family of House Finches regularly drink from the feeder,
too.
This is out of basin. Last week while I was babysitting my
Thanks to everyone for enlightening me about the names. Now I think I would
like to vote for a new name and call it “OWL WOODS” which seems more
appropriate instead of naming by a human name. They have been owners of the
woods for now long time.
Meena
From:
Hi all,
Nothing uncommon on my walk this morning, but there was a beautiful
LINCOLN'S SPARROW in the woods on the path to the powerline cut from the
parking area.
Brad
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Tilden and I found a singing CAPE MAY WARBLER along Winthrop Drive in
northeast Ithaca on Tuesday morning, near the path connecting the elementary
and middle schools. The bird was so close and well sunlit in a young spruce
tree that we could see him much better without binoculars than we saw the
In case you missed my Imperial Woodpecker Monday Night Seminar last month at
the Lab of Ornithology, I'm presenting an updated version of the talk at the
Tompkins County Public Library this Wednesday (May 15) at 6:00 p.m. Details
below. -- Tim Gallagher
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
Library to Host
Had a silent but active and easy-to-track WILSON'S WARBLER at Hawthorn
this morning, this after meeting two birders (sorry, don't know your
names) who directed me towards canada and mourning they'd seen
earlier. I found the CANADA WARBLER singing near the NE entrance,
eventually got decent looks,
Thanks Mark (never heard of it!)
KEN
Ken Rosenberg
Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
(wk) 607-254-2412
(cell) 607-342-4594
k...@cornell.edu
On 5/14/13 10:43 AM, Mark Chao markc...@imt.org wrote:
Palmer Woods is on Cornell's
Dr. E. Lawrence Palmer was a professor of nature study at Cornell, a number
of decades ago. One of our famous local people, actually, with a long tenure
and many professional books and articles to his name.
His son was the shoe-throwing, Attica/Weatherman Robin Palmer!
Carol Schmitt
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This is a nice patch of woods that extends into Cayuga Heights, with trails
going out onto Triphammer (and now a Frisbee golf course).
I've banded crows in there for 25 years, and I've only just now heard it
referred to as Palmer Woods. It is off of Jessup Road, bordered by Jessup
Field, so
Are we sure it's not called Fuertes Woods? Perhaps someone should look into
it.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Kevin J. McGowan k...@cornell.edu wrote:
This is a nice patch of woods that extends into Cayuga Heights, with
trails going out onto Triphammer (and now a Frisbee golf course).
Decent morning, but, from the sounds of it, I should have arrived earlier.
Highlights: CAPE-MAY WARBLER, Mourning Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Tennessee
Warblers, Pine Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Lincoln's Sparrow. Missed Canada
Warbler. Details below.
Good birding!!
Sincerely,
Chris T-H
Thank you Jeff. I very much appreciate this first hand account and
confirmation of what we have researched also.
Hope you can come up here and bird again sometime. You could lead a walk at
Renwick in celebration of the Cayuga Bird Club's 100 years.
Best,
Linda Orkin
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at
Two newly-arrived Blue-winged Warblers are singing on our hillside today.
And a Baltimore Oriole is singing the funniest ditty while snacking on various
trees around the yard-- since 5:30 am it has been whistling yoo-hoo just like
my iPhone does. Over and over and over and over, it makes me
Tony Shrimpton reports that the Ruff was at Howland Island this noontime, but
was just flushed with yellowlegs by a flyby falcon (probably the Merlin seen
yesterday). So far he hasn't seen them come back but of course they may.
I would also issue a plea for updates if anyone sees the
Hi all,
Just a quick note to add more context.
The City and the private group, The Friends of Stewart Park, have been
awarded a grant to make some renovations to the Boat House that would allow
limited use of the second floor. Additional grants will likely be applied
for to further restore the
What can or should be done to educate the public, now that we know that Fuertes' name was attached to the swan pond area, not the woods south of Stewart Park?* Website: It ought to be easy to get the City of Ithaca Website changed from Fuertes to Renwick.* Arch: As part of the Cayuga Bird Club
Palmer Woods is just one of many Cornell Plantations natural areas, listed in publications on line. Palmer Woods is great for students living in Ecology House across Triphammer Rd, but difficult for car-dependent people without Cornell parking passes.Anyone who has heard the Yellow-throated
I am curious as to why the downy is after the sugar water. I just changed it
yesterday and with the chill in the air I doubt if there are any ants in there.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Barbara Eden
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NO RUFF. Waited for Ruff to return until 5:30 PM Tuesday. No luck.
Judy Thurber
Liverpool
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On May 14, 2013, at 2:01 PM, tigge...@aol.com wrote:
Tony Shrimpton reports that the Ruff was at Howland Island this noontime, but
was just flushed with yellowlegs by a flyby falcon
Hi All,
I just posted a clip of about 7 minutes recoding of birds I recorded while
standing in one location in Hawthorn Orchard on May 11 2013 around 8.oo AM.
Where birds moved around, at least some of them (not catbird) and some sang two
different songs for the same species. Also some of
Birded the Hawthorn Orchard this evening from about 6:15 to now.
Tons of Yellow-rumped Warblers. 1 silently foraging INDIGO BUNTING. 3 Palm
Warblers. Several Baltimore Orioles. All mostly in Northern half of Hawthorn
Orchard.
Tomorrow could be a good day area-wide. We'll see.
Good birding!
Hi,
Many hooded warblers are sleek little birds, looking much like this
http://www.greglasley.net/hoodedwarbler.html.
A couple days ago, I was watching the local male signing, and he had a
distinct hump on his back, like this
The link for the lumpy warbler photo isn't working (thanks, Fritzie!)
sohere's http://www.avibirds.com/html/Hooded_Warbler.html one that
does, and here's
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCWSQn8YsY8/UALj6WpH8kI/AxA/nRUwfdn2pP8/s1600/BP+Hooded+Warbler+E.jpg
another!
On 5/14/2013 9:03 PM,
Our family knew adored Eph Palmer as well as his wonderful wife, Dr.
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, the director of the Paleontological Research
Institution (PRI) for many yrs..
The Palmers lived on the corner of Oak Hill Rd. sorta' kitty-corner across
Triphammer from the area now known as
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