[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club December meeting - Dec. 10

2018-12-05 Thread Colleen Richards 
 Next Monday, December 10, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird 
Club. Bob McGuire and Marie Read,  will give their presentation, "Icelandic 
Saga".Marie and Bob spent a combined total of three weeks photographing and 
recording the birds of Iceland. Join them for a tour of this exotic land: the 
remote highlands, seabird cliffs, and offshore islands. Lots of puffins, too! 
Bob McGuire is a former president of the Cayuga Bird Club and editor of Birding 
The Cayuga Lake Basin. An avid birder and sound recordist, Bob has contributed 
over 4000 recordings to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library. His 
personal collection includes the vocalizations of nearly 600 North American 
birds.
 
 Marie Read is a professional wildlife photographer and author, based in 
Freeville NY, who specializes in birds and their behavior. Her images are 
published worldwide in magazines, books, and calendars, and she has authored 
many magazine articles as well as several books. Her latest book, Mastering 
Bird Photography, will be available as an e-book in December and in print in 
March 2019.
 
The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Doors open 
at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird 
club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. All are 
welcome.Members are invited to join the speakers for dinner at the Taste of 
Thai Express (Rt. 13N downtown) just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please 
RSVP to Colleen Richards at cl...@juno.com  by noon Monday so reservations can 
be made.Have a great weekend.
Colleen Richards
Corresponding Secretary, Cayuga Bird Club

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[cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeaks in NE Ithaca, Wed 12/5

2018-12-05 Thread Mark Chao 
On Wednesday morning, eight EVENING GROSBEAKS (1 adult male) visited our
yard in northeast Ithaca.   Besides black oil sunflower seeds in our hopper
feeder, they also ate maple seeds and maybe buds or seeds of a couple other
tree species.  Mostly, they just perched quietly in the sunshine.  This is
the first time we’ve ever seen Evening Grosbeaks in our yard in our 17+
years in Ithaca.



Also this morning (9:05 AM), Wesley Hochachka saw at least two female
Evening Grosbeaks in Sapsucker Woods in an ash tree east of the building by
the north-side feeder station, but they flew off somewhere within about a
minute.



eBird shows at least a couple dozen Evening Grosbeak records around
Tompkins County since November 2018, including more than a few this week so
far, including a county high count of 44 (13+ adult males) by Jay McGowan
along Irish Settlement Road a couple of days ago.



Mark Chao

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