Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-04 Thread Scott Brim
On Android I prefer a free thing called GPS essentials. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-03 Thread Rob Blye
geoklop...@gmail.com To: cayugabirds-l cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:35:50 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve. OK, Tompkins County, Town of Danby, roughly half a mile south of Station Road, 3/4 mile west of Bald Hill Road, 7/8 mile east

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2013-05-03 Thread Glenn Wilson
George's post made me laugh out loud - but when a Lat Lon are readily available, the location can be found very easily. I usually do not post on this list because so many know so much more than I do - but I like the idea of lat and Lon, I'm going to try to post that info on our local list and

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2013-05-03 Thread Asher Hockett
*I can tell you from substantial experience that giving the county, township and road is not nearly enough information to get most birders onto the birds whose absence I was reporting yesterday.* Yes, indeed!! It's very hard to get onto them when they are absent! asher -Never play it the same

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2013-05-03 Thread Don
Newfield ---Original Message--- From: Rob Blye Date: 5/3/2013 12:19:06 PM To: Geo Kloppel Cc: cayugabirds-l Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve. Cayuga bird list serv participants, I heartily embrace the request to provide a location when posting

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-03 Thread Glenn Wilson
Many apps give you your GPS location and many will help you get their. One $0.99 iPhone app Don't Get Lost lets you COPY the Lat and Lon so you can paste them into an email. I Agree trying to get those digits moved over by memory I'd difficult. Too bad a hyperlink doesn't exist yet (that I know

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-03 Thread Erica Marx
Perhaps this *Google Map of **Finger Lakes Birding Sites *would be a useful resource? Created in 2008 (not by me; just sharing this!), last edited in May, 2012. Hundreds of birding sites in the Cayuga and Seneca Lake basin are on the map, most with a brief description. Click Collaborate and you

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2013-05-03 Thread Linda Orkin
These map resources are also available on the Cayugabirdclub.org web page. Linda Orkin. Ithaca NY Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Erica Marx ericavanet...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps this Google Map of Finger Lakes Birding Sites would be a useful resource? Created in 2008

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-03 Thread Geo Kloppel
On the iPhone, the Google Earth app lets you copy the coordinates of any location you're viewing (touch OPTIONS and swipe to POSITION to find the copiable coordinates). Then you can paste them into an email or anywhere else you wish. If you paste them into Apple Maps, the mapping app can take

[cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-02 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, It would be really great if we could all remember to mention the location when we are posting sightings to this listserve. We all become so familiar with the area that we sometimes forget, but we must remember the new people to this list and to the area who might not be able to

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2013-05-02 Thread John and Fritzie Blizzard
Thanks Laura ... I've often thought the same thing. Help others. Also remember, when forwarding someone's post, please delete all the Cayugabirds info at the end as well as non-pertinent info. I side-tracked to Mud Lock this a.m. saw the ospreys at the former eagle nest. We saw no fewer than

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-02 Thread Geo Kloppel
I think I'm the one who omitted mention of a location today, so for the benefit of new readers, the one known regular breeding location for Worm-Eating Warblers in the Cayuga Basin is Thatcher's Pinnacles (Danby State Forest, overlooking the upper Cayuga Inlet valley at West Danby). -Geo On

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-02 Thread Donna Scott
Please give the town, as well as the road name when posting to the list. I am guilty of this omission myself sometimes. Thx. Donna scott Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On May 2, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi all, It would be really great if we could all

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....

2013-05-02 Thread Geo Kloppel
OK, Tompkins County, Town of Danby, roughly half a mile south of Station Road, 3/4 mile west of Bald Hill Road, 7/8 mile east of NY 34. Latitude Longitude in decimal degrees: 42.31605N 76.50678W (approximate, per Google Earth; if you prefer another coordinate system you probably already have