Correction. Please read "high energy" as "GOOD energy" after some concerned inquiries from leaders who don't want to be running while birding.
Linda Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Linda Orkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Come one, come all! The Cayuga Bird Club hosts the New York State > Ornithological Association’s annual meeting this year the weekend of > September 19 through September 21. Registration is in full swing and we are > excited to have people coming from all around New York State to participate > in this. We are especially hoping that many of our wonderful local birders > will also attend, so that not only our great birding spots but our wonderful > friendliness and local hospitality will be showcased for all to enjoy. > > The Friday night reception will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of > Ornithology from 6-9 PM. We thank Melissa Walker for working along with us to > make this happen. There will be “heavy” hors d’oeuvres provided by Cornell > Catering, along with a wine and beer cash bar. Two presentations will be > offered: All About Bird Biology given by Mya Thompson , the author of this > newly launched web resource, and a recently produced film called Inside the > Lab (which is not currently available to the general public). Guests can > join either of two tours of the employee areas of the Lab. The innovative > sound ring, a wooden soundscape sculpture by Mya Lin, part of her “What is > missing?” series dealing with extinctions, will be turned on for all to hear > and experience. And the wonderful new mural of bird silhouettes, a tribute > to Roger Tory Peterson and his first field guide, will captivate our visitors > who will have a check list to challenge their ID acumen. > > Bob McGuire has organized many wonderful field trips and you can select the > ones which may interest you. These will be high energy walks to many of our > favorite hot spots. > > Saturday at the Ramada will see a series of interesting paper presentations > from 1:30 to 5, with topics ranging from The Hidden World of Bird Language to > Earlier Arrival Dates of Spring Migrants, to Piping Plover Recovery in NYS > and many more. There will be posters on display, and of course, the NYSOA > delegates business meeting in the morning. A silent auction will be ongoing > throughout the day. > > The banquet Saturday night at the Ramada will be buffet style, with a cash > cocktail reception preceding this. Announcements of award winners will be > followed by our keynote speaker. We are very excited to be presenting Dr. > Bridget Stutchbury, who will talk about her groundbreaking research and whose > talk is titled Frequent Fliers: New Discoveries in Bird Migration. For those > who may not know Dr. Stutchbury, you still have time to read her three great > books written for general audiences: Silence of the Songbirds, Bird > Detective, and most recently, The Private Lives of Birds: A Scientist Reveals > the Intricacies of Avian Social Life. > > Doesn’t this sound like a must-attend weekend? Don’t brush it off just > because you don’t have to travel long distances and stay in a hotel to > attend. As a matter of fact, this is a wonderful reason for you to make sure > you are part of this. Go to Cayugabirdclub.org to register and for more > information. And please note, if you are registering and choosing banquet > or reception, the deadline for this is Sept. 12. > > > > Contact me if you need more information. > > > > Linda Orkin > > Ithaca, NY > > > > -- > If you permit > this evil, what is the good > of the good of your life? > > -Stanley Kunitz... > > > > > -- > If you permit > this evil, what is the good > of the good of your life? > > -Stanley Kunitz... > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
