Cayuga Bird Club Meeting Minutes 11 January 2021 Zoom Webinar 7:30pm-9pm Presentation: Share Your Photos Night, hosted by Kevin McGowan. Seventeen members presented five photos each: 1 Paul Anderson 2 Jane Bain 3 Wes Blauvelt 4 Judy Burrill 5 Barbara Clise 6 Myron Frost 7 Ken Haas 8 Bob Horn 9 Andre Laclair 10 Tracy McLellan 11 Ann Mitchell 12 Kevin Murphy 13 Sandy Podulka 14 Ton Schat 15 Donna Scott 16 Tom Shepard 17 Suan Yong followed by Kevin McGowan presenting some close-ups as an ID quiz. Meeting Portion: Next Month’s Webinar presentation will be Monday, February 8, 2021 With Sandy Podulka presenting: The Pantanal of Brazil Zoom Social Hours will be first Monday of each Month Next one: Monday, February 1, 2021, 7:30pm Webinar and CBC Meetings are the second Mondays of each month Next One: February 8, 2021, 7:30pm Look on CBC calendar for both links Spring Field Ornithology with Steve Kress 7-9 pm via Zoom 8 weeks beginning March 30, 2021 Tuesdays March 30 - May 8 $125 per household Look on CBC website for more information Dryden Lake Dam is leaking, options are repair/replace (expensive) or destroy The DEC may remove the dam, which will eliminate the lake and severely reduce wildlife and recreation there. Please write to: 1. DEC Cortland Office: 1285 Fisher Avenue, Cortland NY 13045 2. And keep an eye our for public comment period and notify CBC President, Suan Yong and the CBC list-serve. Does anyone want to take the lead as a CBC member and dig further into this issue for the club? BBA III Sponsor a Species Cayuga Bird Club has sponsored The Osprey The Osprey has a great recovery story for our area in the last decade! Anyone interested in sponsoring a species: Find link and information at: https://newyorkbirdatlas.org/ Jim Tanaka, a psychology professor in Victoria, British Columbia presented via Zoom about his study of perceptual skills of expert birders. He is looking for expert birding volunteers to participate in his study. He will send more information to the list-serve. Chat time was short due to the late hour. |
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