Re:[cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-15 Thread Randolph Scott Little
On May 14, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Diane Morton dianegmor...@gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=dianegmor...@gmail.com wrote: I have a copy of a booklet called Stewart Park, Its History, Buildings and Plantings, published for Earth Day, 1990. Here is what it says about that tract of land: When the future

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-15 Thread Linda Orkin
On my way to the library right now to get this book. Would be nice to get the definitive answer. I am not invested in this one way or the other, just want to get it right. Linda Orkin On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Randolph Scott Little r...@att.net wrote: On May 14, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Diane

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
To: Christopher Wood Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his untimely death - the area now often called the swan pond. Cayuga Bird Club

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Catherine Cooke
/ -- *From:* bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of nutter.d...@me.com[ nutter.d...@me.com] *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 PM *To:* Christopher Wood *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Geo Kloppel
It hardly seems an honor to the memory of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the Cayuga Bird Club's first president, for the eBird team or the city or the authors of the waterfront plan to preempt his club's authority regarding the proper name of the sanctuary that he dedicated on its behalf as Renwick

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Diane Morton
/ -- *From:* bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu [ bounce-91398343-3493...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of nutter.d...@me.com[ nutter.d...@me.com] *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 PM *To:* Christopher Wood *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Linda Orkin
...@me.com [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 PM To: Christopher Wood Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-91566342-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:35 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes It hardly seems an honor to the memory of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the Cayuga Bird Club's first president

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Linda Orkin
, Geoffrey Nulle --- On *Tue, 5/14/13, Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Linda Orkin wingmagi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes To: Diane Morton dianegmor...@gmail.com Cc: Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu, CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread Chris Proulx
Hi all, Just a quick note to add more context. The City and the private group, The Friends of Stewart Park, have been awarded a grant to make some renovations to the Boat House that would allow limited use of the second floor. Additional grants will likely be applied for to further restore the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-14 Thread nutter.dave
What can or should be done to educate the public, now that we know that Fuertes' name was attached to the swan pond area, not the woods south of Stewart Park?* Website: It ought to be easy to get the City of Ithaca Website changed from Fuertes to Renwick.* Arch: As part of the Cayuga Bird Club

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Renwick versus Fuertes

2013-05-13 Thread nutter . dave
Yes, Fuertes made great contributions. There's a bronze plaque where a sanctuary was created in his honor shortly after his untimely death - the area now often called the swan pond. Cayuga Bird Club Historian Jane Graves has the documentation of this - contemporary newspaper accounts of the plans