Hello Cayuga Birders: Please join us on *Monday, April 6* at *7:30pm *for the next Monday Night Seminar of the spring semester at the Lab of Ornithology <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1573>. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The doors open at 7:00. This coming Monday, we will once again be streaming the seminar live. Be sure to bookmark http://dl.allaboutbirds.org/cornelllab-monday-night-seminars for quick access on Monday evening. And if you missed them, you can also watch the archived versions <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1579> of the previous live-streamed lectures.
*Seminar and book signing* *Dr. Stephen W. Kress, **Director, Audubon Seabird Restoration Program* *Project Puffin: **The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock* Host: Miyoko Chu After 42 years, Project Puffin has achieved international acclaim for pioneering methods that are helping endangered seabirds worldwide. But there is much to this story that has never been told. Join us as project founder Dr. Stephen Kress recounts how his childhood experiences in landlocked Columbus, Ohio, ignited his lifelong passion for puffins on the Maine coast. Hear about the challenges of working on remote islands, and how persistence helped him succeed when a nemesis almost halted the project in its infancy. Join us for the first public debut of Kress’s new autographical book, which will be available for signing after the presentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Monday Night Seminars: *April 13* *Cayuga Bird Club Meeting* *Greg Budney, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab* *Their World of Sound: An Exploration of Bird Sounds* Birds make some of the most compelling sounds heard in nature--from the stunningly beautiful to the bizarre, from drumming to mimicry, from the Common Nightingale to the Musician Wren. During this presentation you'll hear sounds that birds use to communicate and learn what these sounds reveal about their complex lives, via sound recordings from the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library, the world's largest archive of bird sounds. *May 4* *Seminar and book signing* *Laura Erickson, author; and Marie Read, author and wildlife photographer* *Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting, and Family Lives of Familiar Birds * This new book from author Laura Erickson and wildlife photographer Marie Read documents every stage in the family lives of birds. The authors will talk about these rare glimpses into the lives of the birds we thought we knew—everything from dramatic courtship to nest construction, egg-laying, and first attempts at flight by the young. Copies of the book will available for signing after the presentation. *May 11* Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Dr. Ron Rohrbaugh, Assistant Director, Conservation Science, Cornell Lab Program TBA Marc Devokaitis Public Information Specialist The Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Marc Devokaitiscay -- 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/ --
