Hello- Just a reminder that there's no Monday Night Seminar next week (spring break), and the speaker for the following week (March 28) cancelled. Our next Monday Night Seminar will be held at the new Cornell Plantations Nevin Welcome Center on campus, where the new President of the American Birding Association, Jeff Gordon, will be speaking. You can always get the most up-to-date information on the Monday Night Seminars at <birds.cornell.edu/mns>
I'll send out a reminder the week before--thanks! Next seminar: **Monday, APRIL 04**, 2011 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM "Birding Together: Towards a 21st Century Birding Ethic" by Jeff Gordon ***This talk will be hosted by Cornell Plantations at the new Nevin Welcome Center on campus. *** There's wide agreement that the study and appreciation of birds is an inherently good thing, for many of us the source of some of life's most enduring pleasures. Yet it often seems that the consensus ends there. For a basically collegial group of people, birders can get awfully contentious when the discussion turns to exactly how one ought to practice the skill, hobby, science, art, and/or sport of birding. That so many terms could be applied to birding is in itself indicative of birding's controversial nature. Join Jeffrey Gordon, president of the American Birding Association, as he attempts to shed a bit of light on some of these issues, in hopes of opening a discussion that leads to a better future for both birds and the people who watch them. Speaker info: Jeff Gordon President, American Birding Association Learn more about the ABA online at http://aba.org Hear more of Jeff's thoughts by checking out his blog at http://jeffreyagordon.com/ or following him on twitter @jeffgyr ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
