Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon wraps up its two part series on climate change
with the following program at the Cold Spring Harbor Library:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 7:00 PMUnhappy Feet: The Impact of Climate Change
on Penguins
Professor Alan Clark has researched the ecology of multiple penguin species,
including Magellanic, Little Blue, and African Penguins. In this presentation,
Dr. Clark will provide background information on the natural history of
penguins as well as briefly introduce the general topic of climate change. The
primary focus of his talk will be how climate change is impacting penguin
species worldwide and help explain the complexity of how climate change and
penguin populations intersect.
J. Alan Clark, Ph.D., J.D. is an Associate Professor of Biology at Fordham
University and Program Coordinator for Fordham’s Graduate Certificate in
Conservation Biology. Alan is also Adjust Faculty at Fordham’s School of Law.
In addition to undergraduate degrees in both religion and music education, Alan
has graduate degrees in Natural Resource Policy, Law, and Biology. Alan is
primarily interested in behavioral ecology and conservation biology. He studies
the role of vocalizations in individual identification, assessment of male
quality, social facilitation, and breeding behavior in birds. Alan is also
keenly interested in how law, policy, and science interact regarding issues
facing threatened species. Alan’s current research projects include the effects
of light and noise pollution on birds and bats migrating at night through major
urban areas, the impact of “green roofs” on bird and invertebrate populations,
and mate choice in Little Blue and African Penguins. Of primary interest to
Alan is the role of conservation in urban ecology. Remember, our programs are
free and always open to the public!
Best,
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
From: Deborah Allen <[email protected]>
To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2016 6:22 PM
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 - Eastern
Meadowlark & Cape May Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Saturday Oct. 8, 2016
Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the
Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am.
Good News - the Ramble is OPEN.
>From 6:40am - 7:10 no early-morning flights of any species noted from the deck
>of Belvedere Castle. But there was a modest increase today in the numbers of
>White-breasted Nuthatches and White-throated Sparrows.
Highlights: Slow today with difficult lighting conditions, but we saw at least
2 Cape May Warblers at the Pinetum, a Wood Thrush between the Ramble & Tupelo
Field, an Eastern Meadowlark on the Great Lawn, and 12-15 Red-breasted
Nuthatches.
Canada Goose
Mallard - at least 9 on Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - at least a dozen over the Boathouse
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers
Cooper's Hawk - first-year flew in and perched uphill from the Boathouse
(Carine Mitchell)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 10 in the Pinetum, others at Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - residents
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - uphill from the Boathouse
Eastern Phoebe Tupelo Field
Red-eyed Vireo - uphill from the Boathouse
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12-15 various locations
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
House Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Carolina Wren - Shakespeare Garden
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50
Swainson's Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden
Wood Thrush - between the Ramble & Tupelo Field
Gray Catbird - various locations
Brown Thrasher - just below Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli)
House Finch - Maintenance Field
Black-and-white Warbler - uphill from the Boathouse
American Redstart - 8
Cape May Warbler - at least 2 at the Pinetum
Northern Parula - 5
Magnolia Warbler - Belvedere Castle
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female uphill from
the Boathosue)
Pine Warbler - Pinetum
Eastern Towhee - 5
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard
Common Grackle - many in areas with oaks
Eastern Meadowlark - Great Lawn (Bob)
Today in Riverside Park a memorial for Jeff Nulle brought in his friends,
relatives, and colleagues from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We are
grateful to them and to Jeff's brother Greg, and most of all to Jeff for a life
lived with honesty and grace and for Jeff's tireless efforts on behalf of the
local environment, especially his beloved Riverside Park.
Deb Allen
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