Thank you for being in touch! I will be in the field until September 19th with little or no internet and cell service. Thank you for your patience and I will be in touch when I return. Sarah Blodgett Photography sarahblodgett.com
On May 11, 2018, at 12:02 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <[email protected]> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Friday, May 11, 2018. > > 1. Cape May Warbler > 2. New yard bird > 3. Ruby-throat & Oriole battle in Caroline > 4. Fwd: The Art of William Dilger > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Cape May Warbler > From: Geo Kloppel <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 07:57:47 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Happy to see a Cape May Warbler in my yard this morning, this one offering > extended looks as it foraged quietly in a still leafless ash tree, rather > than the typical business of disappearing and reappearing constantly as they > work around the upper parts of tall spruces. > > -Geo > > Tupper Road > West Danby > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: New yard bird > From: Carol Keeler <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 08:48:41 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > I just had my first ever at home male Indigo Bunting! He was thinking about > going to the feeder. I hope he returns, but he’s probably just passing > through. > Sent from my iPad > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Ruby-throat & Oriole battle in Caroline > From: Heidi King <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 20:02:58 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > A Ruby-throated Hummingbird inspected our hummingbird feeder this > afternoon! Thanks to the folks on this list who mentioned it & got the ball > rolling to set up ours. > > Also our first yard-sightings of Common Yellowthroat and House Wren. > > The Baltimore Orioles have been singing and chasing each other all around > the yard today. This evening I heard loud screeching, and commotion in the > underbrush. I ran over and saw two Orioles tumbling around. They were each > locked onto the others' leg. I carefully picked them up (and received > numerous pecks), and with my husband's help, we disengaged their claws, > which were tangled in wet feathers. > Both flew away, and we were left to hope we'd done the right thing. > > Heidi King, > Goodrich Hill Rd in Caroline > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Fwd: The Art of William Dilger > From: Diane Morton <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 18:33:51 -0700 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Mary Hornbuckle of the Dryden Town Historical Society asked to have this > notice posted so that Cayuga Bird Club members and others with an interest > in ornithological illustration could learn of a special talk about the life > and art of William Dilger, who was Director of Research at the Cornell Lab > of Ornithology as well as an author and illustrator. See below. > > - Diane Morton > -——— > > *THE ART OF WILLIAM DILGER* > > The *Dryden Town Historical Society* will hold its 2018 A*nnual > Meeting* on *Wednesday, > May 16th*, in the Dryden Village Hall (corner of George and South > Streets). The doors will open at *6:30 PM* to enjoy refreshments and good > fellowship. The evening’s program will start at *7 PM* with a brief > business meeting and election of officers followed by Mary Ann Sumner who > will talk about the life and *“The Art of William Dilger.”* > > William C. (Bill) Dilger was born in 1923. Twenty years later, while a > freshman at Cornell, he was called to active duty with the U.S. Army Air > Corps serving in the India-Burma theatre. Upon returning to Ithaca at the > end of the war, he completed his undergraduate studies and went on to earn > a Ph.D. At Cornell, Dilger studied lovebirds – a group of short-tailed > parrots common in Africa and Madagascar – and the evolution of breeding and > social behaviors. > > He joined the Cornell faculty and taught in the Department of Neurobiology > and Behavior, rising to become the Director of Research at the Cornell Lab > of Ornithology. Among his many books, he was the author and illustrator > of *Finding Out About Birds* (1963). > > Bill Dilger was a long-time Dryden resident and a gifted illustrator of the > natural world who left behind a wealth of paintings - mostly of birds - > many of which are now on display at the Dryden Town Historical Society’s > Southworth Homestead. Join us on May 16th, to learn more about this > talented artist and renowned researcher. > > As always, this event is free and open to all. For more information call > Mary Hornbuckle (898-3461). > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/ --
