Re:[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

[Stella Miller]

Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon wraps up its two part series on climate change 
with the following program at the Cold Spring Harbor Library:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 7:00 PMUnhappy Feet: The Impact of Climate Change 
on Penguins
Professor Alan Clark has researched the ecology of multiple penguin species, 
including Magellanic, Little Blue, and African Penguins. In this presentation, 
Dr. Clark will provide background information on the natural history of 
penguins as well as briefly introduce the general topic of climate change. The 
primary focus of his talk will be how climate change is  impacting penguin 
species worldwide and help explain the complexity of how climate change and 
penguin populations intersect.
J. Alan Clark, Ph.D., J.D. is an Associate Professor of Biology at Fordham 
University and Program Coordinator for Fordham’s Graduate Certificate in 
Conservation Biology. Alan is also Adjust Faculty at Fordham’s School of Law. 
In addition to undergraduate degrees in both religion and music education, Alan 
has graduate degrees in Natural Resource Policy, Law, and Biology. Alan is 
primarily interested in behavioral ecology and conservation biology. He studies 
the role of vocalizations in individual identification, assessment of male 
quality, social facilitation, and breeding behavior in birds. Alan is also 
keenly interested in how law, policy, and science interact regarding issues 
facing threatened species. Alan’s current research projects include the effects 
of light and noise pollution on birds and bats migrating at night through major 
urban areas, the impact of “green roofs” on bird and invertebrate populations, 
and mate choice in Little Blue and African Penguins. Of primary interest to 
Alan is the role of conservation in urban ecology. Remember, our programs are 
free and always open to the public!
Best,
Stella Miller


"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy

  From: Deborah Allen 
 To: NYSBIRDS-L  
 Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:22 PM
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 - Eastern 
Meadowlark & Cape May Warblers
   
Central Park, NYC 
Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 
Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the 
Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am. 

Good News - the Ramble is OPEN. 

>From 6:40am - 7:10 no early-morning flights of any species noted from the deck 
>of Belvedere Castle. But there was a modest increase today in the numbers of 
>White-breasted Nuthatches and White-throated Sparrows. 

Highlights: Slow today with difficult lighting conditions, but we saw at least 
2 Cape May Warblers at the Pinetum, a Wood Thrush between the Ramble & Tupelo 
Field, an Eastern Meadowlark on the Great Lawn, and 12-15 Red-breasted 
Nuthatches.

Canada Goose
Mallard - at least 9 on Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - at least a dozen over the Boathouse
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers
Cooper's Hawk - first-year flew in and perched uphill from the Boathouse 
(Carine Mitchell)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 10 in the Pinetum, others at Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - residents
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - uphill from the Boathouse
Eastern Phoebe Tupelo Field
Red-eyed Vireo - uphill from the Boathouse
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12-15 various locations
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
House Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Carolina Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50
Swainson's Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Wood Thrush - between the Ramble & Tupelo Field
Gray Catbird - various locations
Brown Thrasher - just below Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli)
House Finch - Maintenance Field
Black-and-white Warbler - uphill from the Boathouse
American Redstart - 8
Cape May Warbler - at least 2 at the Pinetum
Northern Parula - 5
Magnolia Warbler - Belvedere Castle
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female uphill from 
the Boathosue)
Pine Warbler - Pinetum
Eastern Towhee - 5
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard 
Common Grackle - many in areas with oaks
Eastern Meadowlark - Great Lawn (Bob) 

Today in Riverside Park a memorial for Jeff Nulle brought in his friends, 
relatives, and colleagues from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We are 
grateful to them and to Jeff's brother Greg, and most of all to Jeff for a life 
lived with honesty and grace and for Jeff's tireless efforts on behalf of the 
local environment, especially his beloved Riverside Park.

Deb Allen

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Re:[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

[Stella Miller]

Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon wraps up its two part series on climate change 
with the following program at the Cold Spring Harbor Library:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 7:00 PMUnhappy Feet: The Impact of Climate Change 
on Penguins
Professor Alan Clark has researched the ecology of multiple penguin species, 
including Magellanic, Little Blue, and African Penguins. In this presentation, 
Dr. Clark will provide background information on the natural history of 
penguins as well as briefly introduce the general topic of climate change. The 
primary focus of his talk will be how climate change is  impacting penguin 
species worldwide and help explain the complexity of how climate change and 
penguin populations intersect.
J. Alan Clark, Ph.D., J.D. is an Associate Professor of Biology at Fordham 
University and Program Coordinator for Fordham’s Graduate Certificate in 
Conservation Biology. Alan is also Adjust Faculty at Fordham’s School of Law. 
In addition to undergraduate degrees in both religion and music education, Alan 
has graduate degrees in Natural Resource Policy, Law, and Biology. Alan is 
primarily interested in behavioral ecology and conservation biology. He studies 
the role of vocalizations in individual identification, assessment of male 
quality, social facilitation, and breeding behavior in birds. Alan is also 
keenly interested in how law, policy, and science interact regarding issues 
facing threatened species. Alan’s current research projects include the effects 
of light and noise pollution on birds and bats migrating at night through major 
urban areas, the impact of “green roofs” on bird and invertebrate populations, 
and mate choice in Little Blue and African Penguins. Of primary interest to 
Alan is the role of conservation in urban ecology. Remember, our programs are 
free and always open to the public!
Best,
Stella Miller


"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy

  From: Deborah Allen 
 To: NYSBIRDS-L  
 Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:22 PM
 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 - Eastern 
Meadowlark & Cape May Warblers
   
Central Park, NYC 
Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 
Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the 
Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am. 

Good News - the Ramble is OPEN. 

>From 6:40am - 7:10 no early-morning flights of any species noted from the deck 
>of Belvedere Castle. But there was a modest increase today in the numbers of 
>White-breasted Nuthatches and White-throated Sparrows. 

Highlights: Slow today with difficult lighting conditions, but we saw at least 
2 Cape May Warblers at the Pinetum, a Wood Thrush between the Ramble & Tupelo 
Field, an Eastern Meadowlark on the Great Lawn, and 12-15 Red-breasted 
Nuthatches.

Canada Goose
Mallard - at least 9 on Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - at least a dozen over the Boathouse
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers
Cooper's Hawk - first-year flew in and perched uphill from the Boathouse 
(Carine Mitchell)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 10 in the Pinetum, others at Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - residents
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - uphill from the Boathouse
Eastern Phoebe Tupelo Field
Red-eyed Vireo - uphill from the Boathouse
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12-15 various locations
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
House Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Carolina Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50
Swainson's Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Wood Thrush - between the Ramble & Tupelo Field
Gray Catbird - various locations
Brown Thrasher - just below Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli)
House Finch - Maintenance Field
Black-and-white Warbler - uphill from the Boathouse
American Redstart - 8
Cape May Warbler - at least 2 at the Pinetum
Northern Parula - 5
Magnolia Warbler - Belvedere Castle
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female uphill from 
the Boathosue)
Pine Warbler - Pinetum
Eastern Towhee - 5
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard 
Common Grackle - many in areas with oaks
Eastern Meadowlark - Great Lawn (Bob) 

Today in Riverside Park a memorial for Jeff Nulle brought in his friends, 
relatives, and colleagues from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We are 
grateful to them and to Jeff's brother Greg, and most of all to Jeff for a life 
lived with honesty and grace and for Jeff's tireless efforts on behalf of the 
local environment, especially his beloved Riverside Park.

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

[Stella Miller]

Please join us tonight for our monthly program.  Tonight's topic is a critical 
one...the conservation of tigers.  If we cannot save our most charismatic 
species, what hope do other less "sexy" species have?  Tonight we will discuss 
the efforts being made to conserve tigers in the wild:

Tigers: Can we Save Our Most Charismatic Species? with Peter Clyne, PhD of the 
Wildlife Conservation Society
December 10, 7pm

Wild tigers are down to a historic low of 3,200 compared to 100,000 at the 
beginning of the 20th century. These 3,200 are now found in scattered fragments 
across tropical Asia and Russia. Of these fragments, only 42 of them are large 
enough to hold viable populations of tigers (defined as enough land to hold at 
least 25 breeding female tigers). Called Source Sites, these 42 fragments hold 
60% of the remaining tigers. These Source Sites are the last realistic hope for 
wild tigers. But although it may sound bleak, the reality for tigers in most of 
these Source Sites is considerably more optimistic provided high-quality 
protection is given to them.
Join us tonight as Dr. Clyne discusses the specifics of these tiger 
conservation efforts in these 25 Source Sites.
Dr. Peter Clyne is an Assistant Director in the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 
Asia Program. Dr. Clyne’s hippie parents took him to rural India when he was 11 
to live in an ashram. During his teens, he shuttled back and forth between 
India and the U.S., where he fell in love with southern Asia. His undergraduate 
degree is in South Asia regional studies. After college Clyne worked for an NGO 
teaching Hindi literacy to illiterate adults living in village India. After 
returning to the states, he decided to pursue a higher degree in biology. His 
PhD is in molecular neuroscience (on the sense of smell and taste) from Yale, 
and he did a post-doc in neuroscience (on synaptic architecture) at the 
University of California-San Francisco. An avid birdwatcher, Dr. Clyne joined 
WCS five years ago, working on conservation efforts in India, Myanmar, 
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The program will be 
held at the Cold Spring Harbor Library.  For more information on 
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon, please visit our website.
Stella Miller


"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy  
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[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

[Stella Miller]

Please join us tonight for our monthly program.  Tonight's topic is a critical 
one...the conservation of tigers.  If we cannot save our most charismatic 
species, what hope do other less sexy species have?  Tonight we will discuss 
the efforts being made to conserve tigers in the wild:

Tigers: Can we Save Our Most Charismatic Species? with Peter Clyne, PhD of the 
Wildlife Conservation Society
December 10, 7pm

Wild tigers are down to a historic low of 3,200 compared to 100,000 at the 
beginning of the 20th century. These 3,200 are now found in scattered fragments 
across tropical Asia and Russia. Of these fragments, only 42 of them are large 
enough to hold viable populations of tigers (defined as enough land to hold at 
least 25 breeding female tigers). Called Source Sites, these 42 fragments hold 
60% of the remaining tigers. These Source Sites are the last realistic hope for 
wild tigers. But although it may sound bleak, the reality for tigers in most of 
these Source Sites is considerably more optimistic provided high-quality 
protection is given to them.
Join us tonight as Dr. Clyne discusses the specifics of these tiger 
conservation efforts in these 25 Source Sites.
Dr. Peter Clyne is an Assistant Director in the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 
Asia Program. Dr. Clyne’s hippie parents took him to rural India when he was 11 
to live in an ashram. During his teens, he shuttled back and forth between 
India and the U.S., where he fell in love with southern Asia. His undergraduate 
degree is in South Asia regional studies. After college Clyne worked for an NGO 
teaching Hindi literacy to illiterate adults living in village India. After 
returning to the states, he decided to pursue a higher degree in biology. His 
PhD is in molecular neuroscience (on the sense of smell and taste) from Yale, 
and he did a post-doc in neuroscience (on synaptic architecture) at the 
University of California-San Francisco. An avid birdwatcher, Dr. Clyne joined 
WCS five years ago, working on conservation efforts in India, Myanmar, 
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The program will be 
held at the Cold Spring Harbor Library.  For more information on 
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon, please visit our website.
Stella Miller


Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man. Thomas Lovejoy  
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ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html

Please submit your observations to eBird:
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