[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

2014-12-09 Thread Stella Miller 

Please join us tonight for our monthly program.  Tonight's topic is a critical 
one...the conservation of tigers.  If we cannot save our most charismatic 
species, what hope do other less "sexy" species have?  Tonight we will discuss 
the efforts being made to conserve tigers in the wild:

Tigers: Can we Save Our Most Charismatic Species? with Peter Clyne, PhD of the 
Wildlife Conservation Society
December 10, 7pm

Wild tigers are down to a historic low of 3,200 compared to 100,000 at the 
beginning of the 20th century. These 3,200 are now found in scattered fragments 
across tropical Asia and Russia. Of these fragments, only 42 of them are large 
enough to hold viable populations of tigers (defined as enough land to hold at 
least 25 breeding female tigers). Called Source Sites, these 42 fragments hold 
60% of the remaining tigers. These Source Sites are the last realistic hope for 
wild tigers. But although it may sound bleak, the reality for tigers in most of 
these Source Sites is considerably more optimistic provided high-quality 
protection is given to them.
Join us tonight as Dr. Clyne discusses the specifics of these tiger 
conservation efforts in these 25 Source Sites.
Dr. Peter Clyne is an Assistant Director in the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 
Asia Program. Dr. Clyne’s hippie parents took him to rural India when he was 11 
to live in an ashram. During his teens, he shuttled back and forth between 
India and the U.S., where he fell in love with southern Asia. His undergraduate 
degree is in South Asia regional studies. After college Clyne worked for an NGO 
teaching Hindi literacy to illiterate adults living in village India. After 
returning to the states, he decided to pursue a higher degree in biology. His 
PhD is in molecular neuroscience (on the sense of smell and taste) from Yale, 
and he did a post-doc in neuroscience (on synaptic architecture) at the 
University of California-San Francisco. An avid birdwatcher, Dr. Clyne joined 
WCS five years ago, working on conservation efforts in India, Myanmar, 
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The program will be 
held at the Cold Spring Harbor Library.  For more information on 
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon, please visit our website.
Stella Miller


"Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy  
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[nysbirds-l] Longspur

2014-12-09 Thread syschiff 
A lovely day to catch up on my research.  Last Sunday, when I left the 
Ground-Dove feeding on the west portion of the lot, I found a large group of 
Horned Larks on the east side. Scanning through, I found a first year LONGSPUR. 
I originally picked it out by shape. Usually one looks for a darker bird. 
Studying it, the bird appeared to look bland. It bothered me then, but they all 
flew off before I could get a picture.

I spent some time studying up on Longspurs this morning. I kept thinking about 
the prior Chestnut-collared Longspur, and now I'm not absolutely positive it 
was a Lapland, although it may very well be one.

I think that any Longspurs at Jones Beach should be looked over very carefully.

Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - State, Counties & Locations Updated

2014-12-09 Thread Ben Cacace 
The county and location pages have been updated on the wiki. Updates
involve # of species and color codings based on species # plus updating the
2014 periods on the tables to display the Month: Dec./2014 and the two
month period Nov. - Dec. 2014.

For the following county pages the Top 10 locations appears at the top of
the list: Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins,
Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau, Suffolk and
Westchester Counties. For New York County (Borough of Manhattan) all
hotspots have location pages.

On all county and location pages there's a table showing the months,
seasons and several time frames for the current year. Clicking any of these
will bring up a complete list of species and other taxa with bar charts
representing abundance. To see a list of species for all periods click on
the name above the months i.e. New York State (460 spp.).

After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP button to the right of
each species which will display a map of the latest sightings. Red icons
show sightings within the past 30 days. Click on the icons to see who
reported the species then click on 'Checklist' to view their full list.

Click around. Check out 'My Location Life List', 'My County Life List' and
'My State Life List' links. Click 'Overview' on any of the pages to bring
up a sortable list of all species along with the latest checklists
submitted and a list of the Top eBirders. Click on 'Directions' to bring up
a Google Map page. Clicking 'Directions' on Google Maps then 'Transit' will
plot a route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can refine your
search. Works with 'Driving' and 'Walking' too.

Home page:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Clickable map:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#ClickableMap

Alphabetical list of counties:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#Alphabetical

Enjoy!

Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Red Knot Rufa Subspecies Listed

2014-12-09 Thread Andrew Baksh 
See e-mail below from the NJ list serve, which I think is noteworthy.

風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu   *The Art of War*


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Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!


Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

Begin forwarded message:

*From:* Eric Stiles 
*Date:* December 9, 2014 at 5:43:35 PM EST
*To:* jerse...@lists.princeton.edu
*Subject:* *[JERSEYBI] Red Knot Rufa Subspecies Listed*
*Reply-To:* Eric Stiles 

Dear All:



After lots of hard work from the research and advocacy community, the US
Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the listing of the Red Knot rufa
subspecies as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/12/09/us-names-red-knot-bird-threatened-species/20152191/
).
Special thanks to Dr. Larry Niles, Amanda Dey and the team of international
researchers who have driven the science on this.  Also a whole list of
non-profits have worked hard to achieve the listing including NJ Audubon,
American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon, Defenders for Wildlife,
American Littoral Society, Delaware Riverkeeper, the Eastern Environmental
Law Center and others.  Congrats to all on achieving this milestone which
will be key to the Red Knot conservation work in the US.



Sincerely,

Eric Stiles

President & CEO

New Jersey Audubon Society

__

11 Hardscrabble Road

Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924

Phone: 908.766.5104 ext 13  Fax: 908.766.7775

Website: www.njaudubon.org



Making New Jersey a Better Place for People and Wildlife Since 1897

List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=jerseybi
How to report NJ bird sightings: 

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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [JERSEYBI] Red Knot Rufa Subspecies Listed

2014-12-09 Thread Andrew Baksh 
See e-mail below from the NJ list serve, which I think is noteworthy.

風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu  *The Art of War*
http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War

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Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!


Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com

Begin forwarded message:

*From:* Eric Stiles eric.sti...@njaudubon.org
*Date:* December 9, 2014 at 5:43:35 PM EST
*To:* jerse...@lists.princeton.edu
*Subject:* *[JERSEYBI] Red Knot Rufa Subspecies Listed*
*Reply-To:* Eric Stiles eric.sti...@njaudubon.org

Dear All:



After lots of hard work from the research and advocacy community, the US
Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the listing of the Red Knot rufa
subspecies as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/12/09/us-names-red-knot-bird-threatened-species/20152191/
).
Special thanks to Dr. Larry Niles, Amanda Dey and the team of international
researchers who have driven the science on this.  Also a whole list of
non-profits have worked hard to achieve the listing including NJ Audubon,
American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon, Defenders for Wildlife,
American Littoral Society, Delaware Riverkeeper, the Eastern Environmental
Law Center and others.  Congrats to all on achieving this milestone which
will be key to the Red Knot conservation work in the US.



Sincerely,

Eric Stiles

President  CEO

New Jersey Audubon Society

__

11 Hardscrabble Road

Bernardsville, New Jersey 07924

Phone: 908.766.5104 ext 13  Fax: 908.766.7775

Website: www.njaudubon.org



Making New Jersey a Better Place for People and Wildlife Since 1897

List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=jerseybi
How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] NYS eBird Hotspots - State, Counties Locations Updated

2014-12-09 Thread Ben Cacace 
The county and location pages have been updated on the wiki. Updates
involve # of species and color codings based on species # plus updating the
2014 periods on the tables to display the Month: Dec./2014 and the two
month period Nov. - Dec. 2014.

For the following county pages the Top 10 locations appears at the top of
the list: Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orange, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins,
Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau, Suffolk and
Westchester Counties. For New York County (Borough of Manhattan) all
hotspots have location pages.

On all county and location pages there's a table showing the months,
seasons and several time frames for the current year. Clicking any of these
will bring up a complete list of species and other taxa with bar charts
representing abundance. To see a list of species for all periods click on
the name above the months i.e. New York State (460 spp.).

After bringing up a bar chart list you'll see a MAP button to the right of
each species which will display a map of the latest sightings. Red icons
show sightings within the past 30 days. Click on the icons to see who
reported the species then click on 'Checklist' to view their full list.

Click around. Check out 'My Location Life List', 'My County Life List' and
'My State Life List' links. Click 'Overview' on any of the pages to bring
up a sortable list of all species along with the latest checklists
submitted and a list of the Top eBirders. Click on 'Directions' to bring up
a Google Map page. Clicking 'Directions' on Google Maps then 'Transit' will
plot a route. By clicking 'More Options and Times' you can refine your
search. Works with 'Driving' and 'Walking' too.

Home page:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York

Clickable map:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#ClickableMap

Alphabetical list of counties:
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York#Alphabetical

Enjoy!

Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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[nysbirds-l] Longspur

2014-12-09 Thread syschiff 
A lovely day to catch up on my research.  Last Sunday, when I left the 
Ground-Dove feeding on the west portion of the lot, I found a large group of 
Horned Larks on the east side. Scanning through, I found a first year LONGSPUR. 
I originally picked it out by shape. Usually one looks for a darker bird. 
Studying it, the bird appeared to look bland. It bothered me then, but they all 
flew off before I could get a picture.

I spent some time studying up on Longspurs this morning. I kept thinking about 
the prior Chestnut-collared Longspur, and now I'm not absolutely positive it 
was a Lapland, although it may very well be one.

I think that any Longspurs at Jones Beach should be looked over very carefully.

Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Monthly Nature Program

2014-12-09 Thread Stella Miller 

Please join us tonight for our monthly program.  Tonight's topic is a critical 
one...the conservation of tigers.  If we cannot save our most charismatic 
species, what hope do other less sexy species have?  Tonight we will discuss 
the efforts being made to conserve tigers in the wild:

Tigers: Can we Save Our Most Charismatic Species? with Peter Clyne, PhD of the 
Wildlife Conservation Society
December 10, 7pm

Wild tigers are down to a historic low of 3,200 compared to 100,000 at the 
beginning of the 20th century. These 3,200 are now found in scattered fragments 
across tropical Asia and Russia. Of these fragments, only 42 of them are large 
enough to hold viable populations of tigers (defined as enough land to hold at 
least 25 breeding female tigers). Called Source Sites, these 42 fragments hold 
60% of the remaining tigers. These Source Sites are the last realistic hope for 
wild tigers. But although it may sound bleak, the reality for tigers in most of 
these Source Sites is considerably more optimistic provided high-quality 
protection is given to them.
Join us tonight as Dr. Clyne discusses the specifics of these tiger 
conservation efforts in these 25 Source Sites.
Dr. Peter Clyne is an Assistant Director in the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 
Asia Program. Dr. Clyne’s hippie parents took him to rural India when he was 11 
to live in an ashram. During his teens, he shuttled back and forth between 
India and the U.S., where he fell in love with southern Asia. His undergraduate 
degree is in South Asia regional studies. After college Clyne worked for an NGO 
teaching Hindi literacy to illiterate adults living in village India. After 
returning to the states, he decided to pursue a higher degree in biology. His 
PhD is in molecular neuroscience (on the sense of smell and taste) from Yale, 
and he did a post-doc in neuroscience (on synaptic architecture) at the 
University of California-San Francisco. An avid birdwatcher, Dr. Clyne joined 
WCS five years ago, working on conservation efforts in India, Myanmar, 
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The program will be 
held at the Cold Spring Harbor Library.  For more information on 
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon, please visit our website.
Stella Miller


Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding 
whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the 
understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is 
between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man. Thomas Lovejoy  
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http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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