I learned to call it Renwick in the '60s! Geo Kloppel Bowmaker & Restorer 227 Tupper Rd Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026
On May 8, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Ann Mitchell <annmitchel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Matt, > Glad you brought that up. I always thought of it as Fuertes. Now, I just say > the woods at Stewart Park because I never remember being told to refer to it > as Renwick. I think I learned the correct name at SFO. > Ann > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:25 AM, <geoklop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Force of habit. There's a certain threshold of persistence required to > accomplish an honorary name change, and the Cayuga Bird Club seems never to > have risen to it. Even the club website refers to the place as "Renwick > Sanctuary", so club members can't be faulted for following along. > > Fuertes Sanctuary is a fine name, though, and perhaps the club should give > another effort. > > Geo Kloppel > Bowmaker & Restorer > 227 Tupper Rd > Spencer NY 14883 > 607 564 7026 > > On May 8, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Matthew Medler <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> The discovery of the Yellow-throated Warbler in the woods south of Stewart >> Park highlighted a question that I've wondered about for some time: why do >> most Ithaca birders refer to this area as "Renwick Woods" or "Renwick Bird >> Sanctuary" rather than "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary?" Based on the City of >> Ithaca's web site, it appears that the official name for this area is in >> fact "Fuertes Bird Sanctuary": >> >> http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/parks/stewartpark.cfm >> >> Even putting this aside, it's always puzzled me that Ithaca birders would >> favor the name of an early Ithaca settler over Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Not >> only is Fuertes one of America's greatest bird artists, but he is also one >> of our most illustrious Ithaca birding ancestors, having been very active in >> the Cayuga Bird Club and the local birding community for many years. I would >> think that we would want to celebrate Fuertes's name and use it to refer to >> the bird sanctuary that was named in his memory after his untimely death. >> >> I am truly interested in learning why it is that so many use the name >> Renwick to refer to the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary. But, in the absence of any >> compelling reason for favoring Renwick over Fuertes, I'd also encourage >> birders to use the sanctuary's official name and honor Fuertes's legacy in >> the process. >> >> Matt Medler >> Ithaca >> -- >> 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 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: 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/ --
