[cayugabirds-l] David Cup--Looking for a map

2014-01-27 Thread Richard Tkachuck
Dave Nutter described the David Cup area. Has anyone developed a digital map with boundaries as described below? Is the map in the CBC guide to the basin accurate? There is a map on the Cayuga Bird Club website, but seems to contradict some of the comments below. For example the Owasco Outlet comme

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup news

2014-01-26 Thread Dave Nutter
To all David Cup participants and bemused onlookers, past, current, & future:* I made 2014 tables for the major categories. New categories can also be added. * Only a few people have started filling out 2014 info so far. Please join us. * I moved all the 2013 tables to a new page "2013 Cup" accesse

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup corrections

2014-01-25 Thread Dave Nutter
1. It has been pointed out to me that Chris Wood should currently possess the cup since he won it in 2012 and Jay McGowan has yet to be awarded it for 2013. They have been the top rivals for awhile.2. I am not the administrator of the wiki site, but I have done a lot of editing when it looked like

Re: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup

2014-01-25 Thread Dave Nutter
The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin, published in 1925, was by Cornell Professors Karl M. Wiegand and Arthur J. Eames. It has a fold-out map with the basin outlined along with various waterbodies.--Dave NutterOn Jan 25, 2014, at 03:04 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:No, the details of the David Cup are not s

Re: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup

2014-01-25 Thread Dave Nutter
No, the details of the David Cup are not supposed to be secret. Sorry to be so long to reply. The David Cup is named after Karl David, who I believe was a math professor at Wells College, as well as a birding fanatic. The McIlroy Cup is named after Dorothy McIlroy, a great local birder who was a p

RE: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup

2014-01-25 Thread iisamom9...@aol.com
Very nice synopsis. Thank you! -Original Message- From: Meena Madhav Haribal To: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; Richard Tkachuck Sent: Sat, Jan 25, 2014 2:00 pm Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup  Hi Richard and all, Here are some of the answers.   The Cup was started by group of birders, I

RE: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup

2014-01-25 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
orrect Anne Marie? Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-112147959-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Richard Tkachuck Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:02 PM To

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Tkachuck
I have failed to ferret out the intricate details of the David Cup and the McLroy Award. Searching for answers has become more difficult that learning the secret handshake of the Masons or learning the membership of the Illuminati. Will someone break the oath and tell me the answers to the followin

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup Rules Found!

2014-01-24 Thread Richard Tkachuck
Geo Koppel located the following. As I would like to include this in the next issue of the CBC Newsletter to encourage participation and close to the original wording--which is a hoot. I would ask those who participate in the contest to comment if the rules are still valid, or if there is consens

RE: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup again

2014-01-22 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup again I think this copy of the original 1995 rules is what you want, Richard: http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10/cup_rules.html -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] David Cup again

2014-01-22 Thread Geo Kloppel
I think this copy of the original 1995 rules is what you want, Richard: http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10/cup_rules.html -Geo Kloppel -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBi

[cayugabirds-l] David Cup again

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Tkachuck
So it appears that there are no rules for this that are easily available. I remember a few years ago someone wrote some rules that were posted on this list. It defined the region, it said that hearing by ear was OK to list; I think it said that, as I remember, that if one saw a "Horned Screamer" th