Re: [cayugabirds-l] Request for this listserve.....
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 can add info edit the map too. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8source=embedmsa=0msid=200479205930842819575.000445465d665faee559fll=42.527208,-76.716386spn=1.09908,2.469177z=9 Erica On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Glenn Wilson wil...@stny.rr.com wrote: 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 of) that you could click on a lat/Lon pair that would take you to map! Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com -- 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/ -- -- Erica Marx (760) 301-6402 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] seeking binocular donation
Hi, I am piggybacking a bit on Ken's Living Bird binocular review email to say that if all this new binocular talk results in you upgrading your binos, I am seeking the donation of a few pairs of nice binoculars for a community-run ecotourism project in Taveuni, Fiji. Chris and I (and baby Kieran) were in Lavena for ~2 weeks last month, and it was the highlight of our time in Fiji. You can read reviews on Trip Advisor for the coastalhttp://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297562-d308618-Reviews-L=%20avena_Coastal_Walk-Taveuni_Island.html walkhttp://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297562-d308618-Reviews-L=%20avena_Coastal_Walk-Taveuni_Island.html and the lodgehttp://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g297562-d1380358-Rev=%20iews-Lavena_Lodge-Taveuni_Island.html to get the idea. This is a place where many international birders come to see the Silktailhttp://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3D61=%2042 , Orange Dovehttp://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?i=%20d=3D2702 , and other sought after birds but they of course bring their own binoculars then leave. The guides in the village do not have binoculars (our guide had been working with tourists for 17 years, and he did not even own shoes let alone a camera or binoculars!). We spent enough time with a couple of the guides to know that they would appreciate and care for binoculars if they owned them (which is not always the case with donated materials). Everything they know about the birds is via their time without binoculars and the occasional time they have a chance to look through a tourist's binos. So I left motivated to find at least a couple pairs of binoculars to send them. I'm getting my Nikon Monarchs repaired so if you have any binoculars to donate, please contact me! Oh, and if you are going to Fiji soon let me know so I can send you with the binoculars to deliver them! thanks much and happy birding! Erica On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.eduwrote: Hi all, Here is a heads up that we are soon going to conduct another giant binocular review for Living Bird magazine and web site — we have more than 100 binocular models ready to be reviewed! Jessie Barry and I will be leading the review and writing up the results. As with past optics reviews we've conducted, we are inviting all interested birders (of all skill levels!) to participate in the review and contribute your opinions and subjective scores for as many models as you choose. We also welcome any young birders to help us select the most kid-friendly binoculars. We will conduct the review at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology sometime during the first two weeks of May — probably on multiple days. Stay tuned for more details! KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (wk) 607-254-2412 (cell) 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://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 eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- Erica Marx (760) 301-6402 -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Invite to book signing and first lecture of Spring Field Ornithology (free)
Hi, Have you heard of Spring Field Ornithology, the popular 8-week birding course taught by the Lab of Ornithology? Want to see what it is all about? Well, now is the time to check it out for free, and come to a book signing of Birding the Cayuga Lake Basin at the same time! When: Wednesday, March 21st 6:30 pm - Book signing by Marie Read and Kevin McGowan 7:30 pm - Lecture: Key tips to identify birds by Steve Kress, VP for Bird Conservation, National Audubon Society 8:30 pm - Lecture: Local winter land birds Doors open at 6pm. Coffee cookies provided. Location: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca NY 14850 You are welcome to come to the book signing or the whole evening's activities even if you are not a part of this year's class. More info about SFO: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo To enroll: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo/register-1 More info about the book signing: http://sfocornell.ning.com/profiles/blogs/book-signing-march-21-at-6-30pm We will continue to accept registrations in this year's class as space permits. However, if you know you want to sign up for the field trip section(s), I recommend signing up by this Friday (March 14th) to ensure you have a place. Feel free to contact me at the numbers below if you have any questions. Erica -- Erica Marx Course Coordinator Spring Field Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)254-2466 (office) 607-279-6402 (cell) - -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] SFO volunteers needed
Hi, I am looking for 2 volunteers for this year's Spring Field Ornithology class, March 21- May 13th. First, a volunteer for Wednesday nights to help set up and clean up from the Wednesday night lectures, in exchange for free participation in the lecture portion of the class. Second, for free field trips, I am looking for a computer-efficient, detail-oriented person to compile and tally the weekly checklists from the field trips. This involves getting the checklists from the 4-8 trip leaders, entering the data online, and formatting the compiled data to a pdf that I will then upload to the class website. The challenge with this job is getting all the data entered formatted by Monday so the checklists can be on the website by Tuesday morning. Finally, I hope you saw Peter Cashwell's great article about SFO, You Must Believe in Spring, in the latest issue of Living Bird? http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2404ac=acIf you've taken SFO, you'll recognize familiar faces, and if you haven't taken the class, it will make you happy about spring coming back here soon! Erica -- Erica Marx Course Coordinator Spring Field Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo (607)254-2466 (office) 607-279-6402 (cell) -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] 2012 Spring Field Ornithology registration opens today, Dec 15
Hello birding friends, Nothing makes the impending winter seem shorter than to realize that Spring Field Ornithology begins in just 3 months! We're opening registration earlier this year so you have a chance give SFO as a gift this holiday season. For those of you not familiar with the course, Spring Field Ornithology is a combination field and lecture 8-week course that has been taught by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for over 30 years. The class consists of Wednesday night lectures, weekend field trips (Saturdays or Sundays) to central NY birding hotspots, and two optional overnight trips. The lecture section also includes two visits to the bird collections of the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates and a nighttime 'owl prowl.' The overnight trips go to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Cape May, New Jersey. You may sign up for the lecture and field trip sections separately. Instruction is by Steve Kress, Vice President for Bird Conservation for National Audubon, guest lecturers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and local birding experts. The field trips are organized by beginning, intermediate and advanced birding levels, with instruction tailored to the interests and abilities of your group. There is a sense of community that builds throughout the course, and many people enjoy the trips so much that they return to take them year after year with their friends! The course begins Wednesday, March 21 and runs through May 13th. Registration opens today, Thursday, December 15th and there is a $10 discount on the field trip section for registrations received by Feb 1st. *Gift Special* - If you purchase SFO as a gift, or if you have a friend in this year's class who is taking the class for the first time with you, your friend will receive a free copy of the Birds of Sapsucker Woods book on the first day of class. If you'd like to receive the book for the holidays, just let me know. See the website to watch a video about the course, look at photos, review the course schedule and enroll at* **http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo * If you have questions, feel free to contact me at sfocl...@cornell.edu or call 607-254-2466. Thanks and happy holidays! Erica -- Erica Marx Course Coordinator Spring Field Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/sfo (607)254-2466 (office) 607-279-6402 (cell) -- 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/ --
