Thanks, Sandy, for the great report. Sounds like a really worthwhile event.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Sandy Wold <sandra.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not a bird bander (yet), but I went to the recent 2017 meeting anyway > to learn more about it and see if I would want to do the training. I was > impressed by the passion and comradry of this group and left with a great > appreciation for all the people who put in tens of thousands of hours > laying the foundation of what seems to be our modern day "citizen science." > A few of these members had recently passed, and they were honored as were > living members who made huge contributions. > > The speakers list was rich and varied and intense at times with > back-to-back presentations (4-5 in the morning 4-5 in the afternoon). Most > presenters seemed to be leaders of bird banding stations and were sharing > innovations in banding technique and/or interesting observations or how > they solved different challenges. > > One of the presenters was a couple from the Westchester county who > described all of the places a saw-whet owl would sleep or hunt. It was > fascinating because it would spend a lot of time in places you would not > expect: behind a large shopping plaza parking lot, crossing four lane > expressways nightly, clusters of 3-5 tall evergreen trees, and down in > tangles where it would wait for a mouse. I loved seeing how they paid > attention to the type of tree the bird preferred and percent of time found > in that tree or perched low on a tangle where there was nothing growing > making for easy hunting.... > > Another highlight was hearing about the conservation efforts of a Lab of O > student (Santos) and his work/results tagging a very large Chilean > woodpecker. He shared a lot of data and video footage...even footage of a > woodpecker murdering (yes, murdering) another woodpecker of its own species > and how those woodpecker manage their territories and locating their > territories. > > I have misplaced my notes from the meeting, but I hope that gives you a > sense of the meeting. If you are interested, next year's meeting will be > in June 2018 in Acadia! Accommodations sound very affordable, and the > food there is excellent! > > I have an extra copy of the October to December 2016 North American Bird > Bander peer-reviewed journal if anyone wants it. I can bring it to the > next Monday meeting or arrange for a downtown pick up. > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > 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> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- asher -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
