Hi Shaibal, I have moved to North Carolina. You could remove my name from the mailing list for hard copies. Might save you a penny or two mailing and printing. Keep up your great contribution to bird knowledge and conservation. Thanks. Bill Zitek
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2020, at 12:12 AM, & [NYSBIRDS] digest > <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > > NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Wednesday, September 23, 2020. > > 1. RE: Kingbird Mailing Problem > 2. Re: Kingbird Mailing Problem > 3. Return of the Riverhead Vultures > 4. Fwd: eBird Report - Constantia Yard, Sep 22, 2020 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: RE: Kingbird Mailing Problem > From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:17:36 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > I'm writing with an update regarding the Kingbird mailing problems. > > In following up with people waiting for long overdue hard copies, we learned > that some (but not all) involved people who had unknowingly renewed their > memberships under "digital only." > > But we know that in other cases hard copies are really out there somewhere. > Yesterday (21 September) we finally received our own missing hard copy of The > Kingbird via USPS! > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-124927292-11143...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-124927292-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra > [shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 8:57 AM > To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kingbird Mailing Problem > > Many of the participants in this forum are also members of the New York State > Ornithological Association and are familiar with its quarterly journal, The > Kingbird. Even those who are not members might be interested to know more > about the organization and its publications, which members currently may > choose to receive digitally or in print (but not both, for logistical > reasons): > > https://nybirds.org/ > > Kingbird Volume 70 Number 2 was published digitally on 12 August and mailed > on 13 August, but it has come to our attention that many members expecting > hard copies still haven't received them. The problem appears to be with the > USPS, because people who have not received copies are set up on our mailing > list exactly like those who have received them. We apologize for the > inconvenience and would like (a) to learn the full scope of the problem; and > (b) provide digital access to as many affected members as possible. > > If you have been expecting a hard copy of Kingbird 70-2 and have not received > it please email me and copy Patricia Lindsay at gelochelidon AT gmail.com. > > Sincerely, > Shaibal S. Mitra > Editor, The Kingbird > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Kingbird Mailing Problem > From: Charles Witek <charleswi...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:10:52 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > It looks like they're finally arriving in Suffolk County. I got mine in > West Babylon today. > > >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 4:18 PM Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> >> wrote: >> >> I'm writing with an update regarding the Kingbird mailing problems. >> >> In following up with people waiting for long overdue hard copies, we >> learned that some (but not all) involved people who had unknowingly renewed >> their memberships under "digital only." >> >> But we know that in other cases hard copies are really out there >> somewhere. Yesterday (21 September) we finally received our own missing >> hard copy of The Kingbird via USPS! >> >> Shai Mitra >> Bay Shore >> ________________________________________ >> From: bounce-124927292-11143...@list.cornell.edu [ >> bounce-124927292-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shaibal Mitra [ >> shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 8:57 AM >> To: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) >> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kingbird Mailing Problem >> >> Many of the participants in this forum are also members of the New York >> State Ornithological Association and are familiar with its quarterly >> journal, The Kingbird. Even those who are not members might be interested >> to know more about the organization and its publications, which members >> currently may choose to receive digitally or in print (but not both, for >> logistical reasons): >> >> https://nybirds.org/ >> >> Kingbird Volume 70 Number 2 was published digitally on 12 August and >> mailed on 13 August, but it has come to our attention that many members >> expecting hard copies still haven't received them. The problem appears to >> be with the USPS, because people who have not received copies are set up on >> our mailing list exactly like those who have received them. We apologize >> for the inconvenience and would like (a) to learn the full scope of the >> problem; and (b) provide digital access to as many affected members as >> possible. >> >> If you have been expecting a hard copy of Kingbird 70-2 and have not >> received it please email me and copy Patricia Lindsay at gelochelidon AT >> gmail.com. >> >> Sincerely, >> Shaibal S. Mitra >> Editor, The Kingbird >> -- >> >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >> 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Return of the Riverhead Vultures > From: robert adamo <radamo4...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:00:43 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Once again, on my return leg from the Riverhead Library, I swung by the > Roanoke Ave Elementary School, only to find it barren - however, right > opposite it atop the roof and antenna of the Riverhead Fire Dep't were 8 > vultures...3 of them *Coragyps atratus* ! The time was 1515, the sun was in > evidence, and I was able to get some die-no-mite* shots ! > > Cheers, > Bob > * Thanks to Jimmy ! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Constantia Yard, Sep 22, 2020 > From: Mickey Scilingo <mickey.scili...@gte.net> > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 02:31:17 +0000 (UTC) > X-Message-Number: 4 > > I had another day with the sky full of Blue Jays. See my eBird report below. > > > > Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scilingo@gte.net315-679-6299 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu > To: mickey.scili...@gte.net > Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 10:11 pm > Subject: eBird Report - Constantia Yard, Sep 22, 2020 > > Constantia Yard, Oswego, New York, US > Sep 22, 2020 7:03 AM - 12:03 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Checklist Comments: Another big day for Blue Jay migration, bigger than > yesterday. > 42 species > > Canada Goose 1 > Wild Turkey 6 > Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 34 > Mourning Dove 2 > Double-crested Cormorant 1 > > Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) 5 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 > Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2 > Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 > > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 > Merlin (Taiga) 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 > Red-eyed Vireo 1 > > Blue Jay 8040 Another outstanding day. Unbelievable numbers. By 9:00 I > was already over 5100. Added another 2200 in the next hour before the > numbers finally tailed off after 10:00. There were so many more that I was > unable to count. They were flying at all levels in the sky, with many being > invisible to the naked eye. > American Crow 3 > Common Raven 1 > Black-capped Chickadee 116 Multiple groups of 8 to 10 birds apparently > migrating, continuously moving east to west. I counted them as they crossed > the road into my yard. > > Tufted Titmouse 5 > Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 10 > Brown Creeper 1 > Carolina Wren 2 > > European Starling 15 > Gray Catbird 6 > Brown Thrasher 1 > Eastern Bluebird 3 > American Robin 4 > > Cedar Waxwing 25 > Purple Finch (Eastern) 3 > Pine Siskin 1 > American Goldfinch 30 > White-throated Sparrow 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 35 > > Cape May Warbler 1 > Magnolia Warbler 2 > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 > Black-throated Green Warbler 1 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 > > View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73929028 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home) > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
