Yes! Funny thing - my start there, too. Bob
> On Feb 10, 2025, at 10:40 AM, Lanie Wilmarth <[email protected]> wrote: > > The SFO's field trips....those were the days. It's how I got my start! > > Lanie Wilmarth > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM Donna Lee Scott <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Steve, > I am Sorry that I forgot about that one excellent field trip your course > offers! > > I was thinking of the days past of ‘spring field ornithology’ (SFO) when > there were field trips every week on Saturdays and Sundays. > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca-377 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 10, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Stephen W. Kress <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> 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 >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 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 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 13:52:17 +0000 >>> X-Message-Number: 1 >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Colleen Richards <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club February meeting >>> Reply-To: Colleen Richards <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> >>> 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/ >>> <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 >>> <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/ >>> <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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 >>> <https://www.youtube.com/@cayugabirdclub>>. >>> -- >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm >>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm>> >>> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm >>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm>> >>> Subscribe, Configuration and >>> Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> >>> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm>> >>> Archives: >>> The Mail >>> Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html>> >>> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds>> >>> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/ <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>>! >>> -- >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Subject: Register for Spring Ornithology with Steve Kress! >>> From: Sandy Podulka <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 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 >>> <http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/spring-ornithology> >>> >>> Questions? email: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 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 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> 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 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 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 <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> 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. 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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. 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