I am glad we are having this discussion about noting locations. I must say, as a relative newcomer to the Ithaca area, it has been quite a challenge to figure out where some of the posts are referring to---but I find it very helpful when people mention at least the approximate town they are referring to. Even just a general, "ballpark" location such as that helps me to decide whether to spend the time looking up the specifics. (I guess we have to look things up, to narrow things down!---but I digress) I don't have a GPS device, and my Internet connection is too slow to allow me to use Ebird ( it just won't load, it is so graphics-heavy), so I rely mostly on paper maps and books. I was so glad when the Guide to Birding the Cayuga Lake Basin came out, as I finally began to discover where some of these places are. For example, until the book came out, I thought the "potato building" was on the Cornell campus! But when people say things like "Smith Road", the red barn", "the upper field", and so on, I am still often at a loss as to where to begin. I am gradually making progress, however.
I also try to keep my gas costs down, so I generally don't go far for one bird, except for special occasions, but if there are several nice birds clustering in a rough area I might investigate the details and make the trip If it is a rare or unusual bird of course, greater detail is very welcome. I would imagine that it could get quite tedious to be typing a lot of GPS numbers along with the message, for the majority of posts. At least a mention of the nearest town (except for the most well-known places) should be quick and easy. One other thing---I encourage folks to continue to mention if they are willing to take a rider for a given trip! I'll try to do the same! Don Timmons Newfield -------Original Message------- From: Rob Blye Date: 5/3/2013 12:19:06 PM To: Geo Kloppel Cc: cayugabirds-l Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve..... Cayuga bird list serv participants, I heartily embrace the request to provide a location when posting to this list serv. Although I attended Cornell and birded many of the areas mentioned, it has been along time and it is often very difficult to figure out where people are posting about. George's post below seems too much, but the place name and county at a minimum seems reasonable. The town(ship) name too might be helpful for us old, former residents of Tompkins County. Rob Blye East Coventry Township Chester County, Pennsylvania From: "Geo Kloppel" <geoklop...@gmail.com> To: "cayugabirds-l" <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:35:50 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve..... OK, Tompkins County, Town of Danby, roughly half a mile south of Station Road, 3/4 mile west of Bald Hill Road, 7/8 mile east of NY 34. Latitude & Longitude in decimal degrees: 42.31605N 76.50678W (approximate, per Google Earth; if you prefer another coordinate system you probably already have an app for conversion) That's probably enough location info for birds that haven't even arrived yet! :-) -Geo -- 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 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/ --
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