The course also includes a field trip to Steve’s property on Snyder Hill with A focus on habitat improvement for birds. Steve Kress Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 10, 2025, at 12:00 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, February 10, 2025. > > 1. Cayuga Bird Club February meeting > 2. Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > 3. reminder - Cayuga Bird Club February meeting > 4. Re: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > 5. Re: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Cayuga Bird Club February meeting > From: Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 13:52:17 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > > > From: Colleen Richards <cl...@juno.com> > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club February meeting > Reply-To: Colleen Richards <cl...@juno.com> > > just a reminder…… > > Come join us for the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly meeting on Monday, February > 10 at 7:30. > > Meeting at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at 7:30 for a presentation by Matt > Young, "The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project" and "The Stokes Guide > to Finches of the United States and Canada". > > Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project > With a 92% decline since 1970, Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) > was cited as the steepest declining landbird in the continental United States > and Canada in the Partners in Flight 2016 Landbird Conservation > Plan.<https://partnersinflight.org/resources/the-plan/> > > Matt will talk briefly about the new Cayuga Bird Club collaboration on the > Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery > Project<https://finchnetwork.org/projects/the-evening-grosbeak-project>, and > then introduce his new book. > > Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada > From backyards to wilderness peaks, finches are some of the most exciting, > mysterious, and popular group of songbirds. In this information-packed book, > Lillian Stokes, best-selling author of 35 Stokes guides, and finch expert > Matthew Young will introduce you to the 43 finches of the United States and > Canada from feeder-favorite goldfinches to Red Crossbill tribes, to least > known mountain-top Black Rosy-Finches to endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. > > Book Signing: Matt will be present for a book signing from 7:00pm-7:30pm, > before the start of the meeting. A limited number of his books may be > purchased at the Wild Birds Unlimited store that will be open that night from > 6:45 to 7:30pm as well as during their regular hours (Tuesday-Sunday > 10am-4pm). Or you may order in advance from another bookseller. > > About the Speaker: Matthew Young is a co-lead on the Evening Grosbeak Road to > Recovery Project in addition to being the Founder and Board President of the > Finch Research Network<https://finchnetwork.org/>. Matthew worked in the > field of social work with special needs populations at the William George > Agency for 12+ years and is currently a Wild Bird Products Specialist and > Conservation Coordinator for Aspen Song Wild Bird Food. Additionally, Matthew > worked at the Cornell Lab across 15 years where he worked on Golden-winged > Warblers, Voices of Hawaii’s Birds, Merlin Bird ID, and was Project Lead on > the Lab’s first Irruptive Finch Survey in 1999. Widely known as a preeminent > authority on finches of North America, he has written finch species accounts > for breeding bird atlases, Birds of the World accounts as well as publishing > several papers on finches and the Red Crossbill vocal complex. > > There will be a speaker dinner with Matt at Sumo Restaurant at 5 pm. Please > note this earlier time due to the early opening of the building and the Wild > Birds Unlimited Store as well as the book signing at 7 pm. Please rsvp to > cl...@juno.com<mailto:cl...@juno.com> by noon on Monday, Feb. 10 if you would > like to attend the dinner. > > Looking forward to seeing many of you then. > Colleen Richards > Corresponding Secretary > Cayuga Bird Club > > > Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, > September through June, and are free and open to the public. In-person > meetings are held at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods > Road. The evening starts with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird > list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's > presentation starting around 8:00pm and ending by 9:00pm. We will attempt to > make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days > later, on our YouTube channel > @cayugabirdclub<https://www.youtube.com/@cayugabirdclub>. > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > From: Sandy Podulka <s...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 12:16:32 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > It may not look like it right now, but I promise you that spring IS > coming. Treat yourself to something fun this year. Registration is now > open for the Cayuga Bird Club’s *Spring Ornithology* *with Steve Kress*, > held Tuesday evenings, 7 to 9 pm, March 18 through May 13 (no class 4/29) > at Kendal at Ithaca. You can attend each class either in person OR via > Zoom this coming spring. This is a great way to learn more about birds and > their lives! Dr. Kress’s presentations, enhanced with audio recordings, > videos, and gorgeous photos, will include bird ID, song, behavior, > migration, conservation, attracting birds, and more. > > > > Classes will be recorded for students to view or review at their > convenience. Details and registration at: > www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology > > Questions? email: cbc.ornithol...@gmail.com > > > > The class is suitable for beginners, but even seasoned birders will find > their lives enriched by exploring fascinating aspects of the lives of birds > they thought they knew. Makes a great gift for yourself or a birding > friend, including people in senior care facilities with access to the > internet. > > > Sandy Podulka > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: reminder - Cayuga Bird Club February meeting > From: "Colleen Richards" <cl...@juno.com> > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:22:29 GMT > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Don't forget the Cayuga Bird Club's monthly meeting tomorrow, February 10 at > 7:30. Some special parts of the meeting:Speaker dinner with Matt Young at > Sumo Restaurant at 5 pm. Please note this earlier time due to the early > opening of the building and the Wild Birds Unlimited Store as well as the > book signing at 7 pm. Please rsvp to cl...@juno.com by noon on Monday, Feb. > 10 if you would like to attend the dinner.Book Signing: Matt will be present > for a book signing from 7:00pm-7:30pm, before the start of the meeting. A > limited number of his books may be purchased at the Wild Birds Unlimited > store that will be open that night from 6:45 to 7:30pm as well as during > their regular hours (Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm). Or you may order in advance > from another bookseller. > Matt Young will be presenting "The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery > Project" as well as introducing "The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United > States and Canada".Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery ProjectWith a 92% > decline since 1970, Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) was cited > as the steepest declining landbird in the continental United States and > Canada in the Partners in Flight 2016 Landbird Conservation Plan. Matt will > talk briefly about the new Cayuga Bird Club collaboration on the Evening > Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project, and then introduce his new book. Stokes > Guide to Finches of the United States and CanadaFrom backyards to wilderness > peaks, finches are some of the most exciting, mysterious, and popular group > of songbirds. In this information-packed book, Lillian Stokes, best-selling > author of 35 Stokes guides, and finch expert Matthew Young will introduce you > to the 43 finches of the United States and Canada from feeder-favorite > goldfinches to Red Crossbill tribes, to least known mountain-top Black > Rosy-Finches to endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. The Stokes Guide to > Finches of the United States and Canada will cover detailed finch > identification, language, behavior, irruptions, specialized maps and foraging > charts on crossbills, how to conserve finches, and much more. Infused > throughout with quotes from the creative Quick Take chapter intros, filled > with interesting facts, scientific knowledge, and stunning photos, this book > will leave you understanding so much more about the finches you thought you > knew. About the Speaker: Matthew Young is a co-lead on the Evening Grosbeak > Road to Recovery Project in addition to being the Founder and Board President > of the Finch Research Network. Matthew worked in the field of social work > with special needs populations at the William George Agency for 12+ years and > is currently a Wild Bird Products Specialist and Conservation Coordinator for > Aspen Song Wild Bird Food. Additionally, Matthew worked at the Cornell Lab > across 15 years where he worked on Golden-winged Warblers, Voices of > Hawaii’s Birds, Merlin Bird ID, and was Project Lead on the Lab’s > first Irruptive Finch Survey in 1999. Widely known as a preeminent authority > on finches of North America, he has written finch species accounts for > breeding bird atlases, Birds of the World accounts as well as publishing > several papers on finches and the Red Crossbill vocal complex. Looking > forward to seeing many of you then.Colleen RichardsCorresponding > SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second > Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the > public. In-person meetings are held at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 > Sapsucker Woods Road. The evening starts with social time at 7:00pm, the > reading of the bird list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by > the speaker's presentation starting around 8:00pm and ending by 9:00pm. We > will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted > a few days later, on our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > From: Nancy Tonachel Gabriel <n...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:51:28 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 4 > > Does the course still include field trips as well as lectures? > > On Feb 9, 2025, at 12:16 PM, Sandy Podulka > <s...@cornell.edu<mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote: > > It may not look like it right now, but I promise you that spring IS coming. > Treat yourself to something fun this year. Registration is now open for the > Cayuga Bird Club’s Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress, held Tuesday > evenings, 7 to 9 pm, March 18 through May 13 (no class 4/29) at Kendal at > Ithaca. You can attend each class either in person OR via Zoom this coming > spring. This is a great way to learn more about birds and their lives! Dr. > Kress’s presentations, enhanced with audio recordings, videos, and gorgeous > photos, will include bird ID, song, behavior, migration, conservation, > attracting birds, and more. > > Classes will be recorded for students to view or review at their convenience. > Details and registration at: > www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology<http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology> > Questions? email: > cbc.ornithol...@gmail.com<mailto:cbc.ornithol...@gmail.com> > > The class is suitable for beginners, but even seasoned birders will find > their lives enriched by exploring fascinating aspects of the lives of birds > they thought they knew. Makes a great gift for yourself or a birding friend, > including people in senior care facilities with access to the internet. > > Sandy Podulka > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! > From: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:47:34 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 5 > > No. > Lectures & handouts. > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca-377 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 9, 2025, at 7:51 PM, Nancy Tonachel Gabriel <n...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Does the course still include field trips as well as lectures? > > On Feb 9, 2025, at 12:16 PM, Sandy Podulka > <s...@cornell.edu<mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote: > > It may not look like it right now, but I promise you that spring IS coming. > Treat yourself to something fun this year. Registration is now open for the > Cayuga Bird Club’s Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress, held Tuesday > evenings, 7 to 9 pm, March 18 through May 13 (no class 4/29) at Kendal at > Ithaca. You can attend each class either in person OR via Zoom this coming > spring. This is a great way to learn more about birds and their lives! Dr. > Kress’s presentations, enhanced with audio recordings, videos, and gorgeous > photos, will include bird ID, song, behavior, migration, conservation, > attracting birds, and more. > > Classes will be recorded for students to view or review at their convenience. > Details and registration at: > www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology<http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology> > Questions? email: > cbc.ornithol...@gmail.com<mailto:cbc.ornithol...@gmail.com> > > The class is suitable for beginners, but even seasoned birders will find > their lives enriched by exploring fascinating aspects of the lives of birds > they thought they knew. Makes a great gift for yourself or a birding friend, > including people in senior care facilities with access to the internet. > > Sandy Podulka > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") 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