[nysbirds-l] job posting: NY Breeding Bird Atlas III Project Coordinator

[Kathryn Schneider]

>From 2020-2025, New York State will be the first state to conduct its third 
>Breeding Bird Atlas, this time using eBird to facilitate data collection. This 
>Atlas is a partnership between the New York Natural Heritage Program , SUNY 
>ESF faculty, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the 
>New York State Ornithological Association, Audubon NY, Cornell University, and 
>the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. The Coordinator will play key roles in 
>running the atlas’s day-to-day operations, engaging experienced and novice 
>birders, and ensuring the collection of high-quality data on New York’s birds. 
>Applications for this five-year position are now being accepted and should be 
>submitted by September 3, 2018 to receive optimal consideration.  Read all the 
>details here: 
>https://esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=101123 
><https://esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=101123>
Please help us find the perfect person for this important position by sharing 
this announcement with qualified applicants.

Kathryn Schneider
NY BBA III Steering Committee Co-chair


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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA shorebird Field Trip to Montezuma

[Kathryn Schneider]

About 30 birders participated in the New York State Ornithological 
Association’s Sunday field trip at the Montezuma wetlands complex. The outing, 
led by Kevin McGowan, capped off the NYSOA's shorebird weekend that included a 
Saturday workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center and dinner in Seneca Falls.  
The field trip gave us a chance to practice using Kevin’s techniques and tips 
for identifying these challenging birds. At Benning Marsh we had good views of 
a single Pectoral Sandpiper with Semipalmated Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, 
Semipalmated Plovers, and Lesser Yellowlegs. At Knox-Marcellus we saw many of 
the same birds but also added a Ruddy Turnstone, Stilt Sandpipers, White-rumped 
Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher, and a juvenile Wilson’s 
Phalarope that was a life bird for some of us. A young Sora also popped in and 
out of the cattails. Many thanks to Kevin for a wonderfully informative and 
helpful workshop and a terrific birding experience.

Kathryn Schneider
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[nysbirds-l] Reminder--NYSOA Shorebird Workshop and Field Trip, August 26-27, 2017

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird 
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of August 26-27.  Kevin 
McGowan from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will present a shorebird 
identification workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center from 2-4 p.m. on 
Saturday, August 26th. The workshop is free and open to the public.  On Sunday 
from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kevin and other shorebird experts help us take this 
information into the field and look at live shorebirds in the Montezuma 
Wetlands Complex. Registration is required for the Sunday field trips.  For 
details and registration information visit the NYSOA website at nybirds.org 
<http://nybirds.org/>.

Kathryn Schneider, for NYSOA
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Shorebird Workshop and Field Trip, August 26-27, 2017

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird 
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of August 26-27.  Kevin 
McGowan from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will present a shorebird 
identification workshop at the Montezuma Audubon Center from 2-4 p.m. on 
Saturday, August 26th. The workshop is free and open to the public.  On Sunday 
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information into the field and look at live shorebirds in the Montezuma 
Wetlands Complex. Registration is required for the Sunday field trips.  For 
details and registration information visit the NYSOA website at nybirds.org.

Kathryn Schneider, for NYSOA


 
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[nysbirds-l] American Pipit Germantown

[Kathryn Schneider]

Several weeks ago I signed up for the NYSOA Winter Waterfowl Weekend in Oswego 
so I was thrilled to be able to see the Clark’s Grebe on both Saturday and 
Sunday along with a bunch of other great birds.  The weather was pretty brutal 
so there was still some light left when we got home and we decided to try for 
the Great Cormorants previously reported by others in Germantown.We found 2 
still perched on the channel marker, another lifer for me.  Bill spotted an 
American Pipit foraging along the shoreline.  There’s a lot of habitat on the 
lawns above the river but the poor lone bird was foraging on the wrack line by 
the boat launch.  Pictures and list on eBird at 
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Kathryn Schneider
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[nysbirds-l] Deadline and Name Change

[Kathryn Schneider]

Just a reminder that discounted lodging at the NYS Birders Conference and NYSOA 
Annual meeting ends September 6th.  After this date, the rooms in our block 
will be released and room rates will be based on availability.  Registration 
has been brisk so don’t delay!  Also, as of September 1 our hotel, formerly the 
Holiday Inn changed its name to the Radisson Hotel.  To make your reservation 
at the special conference rate call 518-458-7250 and give the code HMB.  
Details at https://hmbc.net/nysoa/ <https://hmbc.net/nysoa/>
 Kathryn Schneider

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[nysbirds-l] Birder's Conference deadline

[Kathryn Schneider]

Just a reminder that the deadline to submit abstracts for the Scientific Paper 
Session at the NYS Birders Conference and 2015 NYSOA Annual meeting is August 
15.  The meeting is hosted by the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club and will be held at 
the Holiday Inn Wolf Road in Albany, NY October 2-4. The paper session is 
Saturday afternoon, October 3rd from 1:30-4:30pm. Students, environmental 
monitoring groups, resource managers, and scientists are encouraged to share 
recent research on such topics as avian behavior, life history, ecology, 
migration, or the effects of climate change, land use, invasive species, and 
disease on bird populations. Talks are limited to 20 minutes including 
questions.  For more information and to submit abstracts contact Dawn O'Neal, 
2015 Scientific Paper Session Co-Chair, d...@huyckpreserve.org 
.  Meeting details and registration at 
https://hmbc.net/nysoa/ .

Posted on behalf of Dawn O’Neal Scientific Paper Session Co-Chair

Kathy Schneider
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[nysbirds-l] NYS Birders Conference and NYSOA Annual Meeting

[Kathryn Schneider]

Registration is now open for the NYS Birders Conference and 68th NYSOA Annual 
Meeting hosted by the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club in Albany, New York, October 2-4, 
2015.  This year’s conference promises to be an exciting event, chock full of 
great birding and educational activities, along with opportunities to catch up 
with old friends and make new ones. Highlights include a keynote by Jon Dunn, 
noted birding tour leader and author, a Friday night reception at the New York 
State Museum Bird Hall, behind the scenes tours of the museum’s ornithology 
collection and labs, book signings, field trips, workshops, papers, and more.  
Details, including information on discounts for early registration and lodging, 
can be found at https://hmbc.net/nysoa <https://hmbc.net/nysoa>.  

Kathryn Schneider, President

NYSOA
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Senate vote on 1081 Feral Cats

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association also has a long history of 
opposition to feral cat colonies.  See nybirds.org <http://nybirds.org/> for 
our stand on this conservation issue.

Kathryn Schneider
President
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Michael Galas  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> Forwarding this message  for Gerry Rising > <mailto:insr...@buffalo.edu>>: 
>> 
>> 
>> The bill that establishes support for feral cat colonies passed the NY 
>> Senate. Please use the address below to urge the governor to veto this bill. 
>> Here is the vote tabulation:
>> 
>> <https://www.governor.ny.gov/contact <https://www.governor.ny.gov/contact>>
>> 
>> Below is how the Senate voted for 1081...
>> 
>> VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 24, 2015
>> 
>> Ayes (48): Amedore, Boyle, Breslin, Comrie, Croci, Diaz, Dilan, Espaillat, 
>> Farley, Felder, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Hamilton, Hannon, Hoylman, 
>> Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, Latimer, LaValle, Marchione, 
>> Martins, Montgomery, Murphy, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Ortt, Panepinto, Parker, 
>> Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Sanders, Savino, 
>> Serino, Serrano, Skelos, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Venditto, Young
>> 
>> Nays (12): Avella, Bonacic, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Flanagan, Funke, Griffo, 
>> Hassell-Thomps, Little, Marcellino, Seward, Valesky
>> 
>> Absent (1): Sampson
>> 
>> Excused (2): Addabbo, Libous
>> 
>> Final attempt for NY. Contact the Governor and tell him to veto the bill.
>> 
>> https://www.governor.ny.gov/contact <https://www.governor.ny.gov/contact>
>> 
>> This is despite the fact that all these organizations oppose the process 
>> this bill supports:
>> 
>> American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
>> American Ornithologists Union
>> National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians
>> American Bird Conservancy
>> People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
>> Committee on Environmental Issues of the American Veterinarian Medical 
>> Association
>> New York Chapter of the Audubon Society
>> 
>> 
> Mike & Sylvia Galas
> michael.gal...@gmail.com <mailto:michael.gal...@gmail.com>
> 716-345-5419 cell
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[nysbirds-l] Call for papers NYS Birders Conference/NYSOA

[Kathryn Schneider]

Local organizers are soliciting proposals for oral presentations and posters 
for the Scientific Paper Session at the 2015 NYSOA Annual meeting to be held at 
the Holiday Inn Wolf Rd. in Albany, NY October 2-4. The paper session will be 
Saturday afternoon, October 3rd from 1-4:30pm. Graduate and undergraduate 
students, environmental monitoring groups, resource managers, and scientists 
are encouraged to share recent research on such topics as avian behavior, life 
history, ecology, migration, or the effects of climate change, land use, 
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minutes including questions. The deadline for abstract submission is August 15. 
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[nysbirds-l] Save the Date!

[Kathryn Schneider]

The Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club is hard at work planning the 2015 NYS Birders 
Conference and NYSOA Annual Meeting in Albany, New York, October 2-4, 2015.  So 
far the weekend includes a keynote by Jon Dunn, noted birding tour leader and 
author, behind the scenes tours of the ornithology collection at the NYS 
Museum, book signings, field trips, workshops, papers, and more.  Watch the 
HMBC and NYSOA websites for details and registration information.

Kathy Schneider, President

NYSOA


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[nysbirds-l] important NYSOA Conference deadlines

[Kathryn Schneider]

A couple of important deadlines are fast approaching for this fall’s NYSOA 
Annual Meeting / NYS Birders Conference, which will be held in Ithaca September 
19-21, 2014:
 
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DISCOUNT is available only through August 15.
RAMADA DISCOUNTED ROOM RATE is available only through August 19.
 
This year’s conference promises to be a very exciting event, chock full of 
great birding and educational activities, along with opportunities to catch up 
with old friends and make new ones. Highlights include a Friday evening 
reception at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Saturday morning field trips with 
local experts, a scientific paper session, and a banquet on Saturday featuring 
keynote speaker Dr. Bridget Stutchbury, who will let us in on the results of 
her New Discoveries in Bird Migration.
 
More information and a registration form are available on the NYSOA website, 
http://www.nybirds.org.  Fall in the Finger Lakes is both beautiful and busy, 
so sign up now!
 
Kathy Schneider
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[nysbirds-l] Upcoming NYSOA program and field trip

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association’s next field trip will feature a 
tour of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History (www.rtpi.org) in 
Jamestown, NY along with a field experience led by the Institute’s bird 
experts. RTPI currently houses most of the late Roger Tory Peterson’s papers, 
books, and art work. A field trip to nearby grassland habitat will search for 
Henslow’s Sparrow as well as other grassland associated birds. The tour and 
field trip are planned for Saturday, July 12, 2014. A presentation will be held 
at the institute at 7 pm on Friday, July 11, 2014. During this presentation, 
RTPI staff will overview the Institute’s holdings and purposes as well as 
preview the field experience planned for Saturday morning.

Friday’s presentation is open to all who are interested. For a quality 
experience, it is necessary to limit the RTPI tour and field trip to 25 
participants; therefore first preference is given to those who are individual, 
student, or family members of NYSOA or youth members (accompanied by a parent) 
of the NYS Young Birders Club (NYSYBC). Those who are not in one of the above 
categories may register for the RTPI tour and field trip and will be 
accommodated should there be space available. For membership information, 
please visit the NYSOA web site at www.nybirds.org or the NYSYBC web site at 
www.nysyoungbirders.org.


Jamestown is located in southwestern New York State approximately 60 miles 
south of Buffalo, NY off Interstate 86/Southern Tier Expressway. Visit RTPI's 
contact page (http://rtpi.org/contact/) for our location and additional 
information. There are several motels located within a few minutes of RTPI 
including Comfort Inn, Hampton Inn, and Red Roof Inn. Preregistration is 
required. For more information and to register, please contact Tim Baird via 
e-mail at timbair...@gmail.com, or by phone at: 716-945-2539.


Kathy Schneider
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Bashakill Birding Weekend March 29-30

[Kathryn Schneider]

If you’re tired of winter, maybe it’s time to plan a spring bird trip.  The New 
York State Ornithological Association is offering an early spring presentation 
and field trip at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area in Sullivan County the 
weekend of March 29-30, 2014.As a part of this event, Bashakill authorities 
 Lance Verderame and John Haas of the Sullivan County Audubon Society will give 
a presentation entitled Birds of the Bashakill.  Their program will discuss 
breeding birds and rarities that have occurred at this wildlife management 
area, one of the largest wetlands in southeastern New York.  Their talk, which 
is free and open to the public, will take place on Saturday, March 29th 
beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Drama Building at Mamakating Town Park, 27-29 
Mamakating Road, Bloomingburg.  The Sunday morning field trip will begin at 
7:00 a.m. and last 2-3 hours, visiting all the available open water areas and 
other accessible nearby sites that are likely to support interesting birds.  We 
anticipate an abundance of waterfowl. To facilitate our planning, field trip 
participants must preregister by emailing Kathy Schneider at 
falll...@nycap.rr.com or calling her at (518) 799-3457.   More information 
about the expertise and experience of the trip leaders, arrangements, lodging, 
directions, and membership in NYSOA and can be found at the NYSOA website, 
http://nybirds.org.

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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Winter Bird Workshop in Canton this Saturday

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a workshop and field 
trip in Canton, New York this weekend.  The field trip is full, but the 
Saturday workshop is free and open to the public.  Join us if you can!  
Adirondack bird expert Joan Collins will give a presentation entitled Winter 
Bird Visitors of Northern New York  in the Rushton Room at the Best Western 
Plus University Inn at 90 Main Street, Canton, New York beginning at 3:00 p.m.  
 All are welcome.

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[nysbirds-l] field trip discounted lodging deadline

[Kathryn Schneider]

I just wanted people to know that the discounted lodging for this trip ends 
December 12th.  The field trip is almost full but the workshop is free and open 
to the public.

The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a workshop and field 
trip in Canton, New York on the weekend of January 12-13, 2013.  On Saturday, 
Adirondack bird expert Joan Collins will give a presentation entitled Winter 
Bird Visitors of Northern New York.  The presentation, which is free and open 
to the public, will take place at the Best Western Plus University Inn at 90 
Main Street, Canton, New York beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January12th.  
On Sunday beginning at 7:30 a.m. Joan Collins and Mary Beth Warburton will lead 
a traveling field trip through the St. Lawrence Valley in search of uncommon 
winter visitors to the North Country. The field trip is open to individual, 
student, family and life members of NYSOA but limited to 20 participants. Field 
trip attendees must preregister for the field trip by calling Kathy Schneider 
at (518) 799-3457 or emailing her at falll...@nycap.rr.com.

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leaders, along with trip arrangements, including time sensitive discounted 
lodging, directions and membership in the New York State Ornithological 
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Boreal Bird Weekend

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA) held a boreal bird 
workshop and field trip this weekend in the Adirondacks.  Wendy and Steve Hall 
at the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington 
hosted the workshop, given by John and Pat Thaxton.  The Thaxtons showed slides 
of a variety of boreal specialists, reviewed their field marks and 
vocalizations, and discussed their distribution and status.  They also 
presented little known facts about their natural history. Special thanks to 
Wendy and Steve for the surprise hors d'oeuvres.

On Sunday, the Thaxton team led a field trip to Whiteface Mountain, Bigelow 
Road, Bloomingdale Road and Paul Smith’s.  The weather was spectacular, the 
bugs were few and the birding camaraderie was palpable.  Seventeen birders from 
all over New York State and two from Massachusetts participated in this event 
and were rewarded with long looks at a very cooperative Bicknell’s Thrush that 
sat on an exposed perch for several minutes near the hairpin turn on Whiteface. 
 Other noteworthy species from this tour of Adirondack birding hotspots 
included:  Osprey, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Gray Jays with young at a 
feeder, Common Raven, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Blue-headed Vireo, 
Nashville Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, 
Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, Lincoln’s 
Sparrow, Dark-eyed Juncos with young.  NYSOA would like to publicly thank the 
Thaxtons for sharing their time and expertise and for making this exciting trip 
possible.

Kathy Schneider

NYSOA VP and field trip organizer

Stuyvesant Falls
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA workshop and field trip this weekend

[Kathryn Schneider]

Just a reminder that the New York State Ornithological Association is offering 
a boreal bird workshop and field trip in Wilmington, New York next weekend,  
July 7-8, 2012.  On Saturday, Adirondack bird experts, John and Pat Thaxton 
will give a presentation entitled The Usual Suspects: A Rogue's Gallery of 
Adirondack Boreal Specialties.   The presentation, which is free and open to 
the public, will take place at the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and 
Rehabilitation Center, 977 Springfield Road near Wilmington beginning at 3:00 
p.m. on Saturday, July 7th.  More information can be found at the NYSOA 
website, nybirds.org.  


Kathy Schneider
NYSOA field trip organizer and VP
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA gull identification workshop and field trip in Canada January 7-8, 2012

[Kathryn Schneider]

There are still a few (very few) spots left on NYSOA's gull field trip to be 
held in Ontario, Canada on Sunday, January 8, 2012.  The Saturday workshop by 
gull expert Jean Iron of Toronto is free and open to the public, but the Sunday 
field trip, led by Willie D’Anna, an authority on gull identification in the 
Niagara Region, requires preregistration.   More information about the speaker 
and field trip leader, trip arrangements, directions and membership in the New 
York State Ornithological Association can be found at the NYSOA website, 
nybirds.org.  If you are interested in the field trip please preregister by 
calling Kathy Schneider at (518) 799-3457 or emailing her at falll...@berk.com.


Kathy Schneider
Stuyvesant Falls, NY
 



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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Gull Workshop and Niagara River Field Trip January 7-8, 2012

[Kathryn Schneider]

The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a gull identification 
workshop and field trip on the weekend of January 7-8, 2012.  On Saturday, 
Niagara River gull expert, Jean Iron of Toronto will conduct a workshop on 
Winter Gull Watching in Ontario and Niagara. The seminar, which is free and 
open to the public, will take place in the Judy LaMarsh room of the Niagara 
Falls Public Library at 4848 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario from 2-4 
p.m. on Saturday, January 7th.  The Sunday field trip from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. will 
be led by Willie D’Anna, an authority on gull identification in the Niagara 
Region.  Nineteen species of gulls have been recorded on the river. The field 
trip is open to individual, student, family and life members of NYSOA but 
limited to 40 participants. Attendees must preregister for the field trip by 
calling Kathy Schneider at (518) 799-3457 or emailing her at falll...@berk.com.

 More information about the exceptional expertise of the speaker and field trip 
leader, trip arrangements, directions and membership in the New York State 
Ornithological Association can be found at the NYSOA website, nybirds.org.
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[nysbirds-l] NYSOA Shorebird Workshop and Field Trip September 17-18

[Kathryn Schneider]

Here’s your chance to learn one of Mother Nature’s most challenging groups of 
birds. The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a shorebird 
identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of September 17-18, 2011. 
 Kevin McGowan, former NYSOA president and co-editor of The Second Atlas of 
Breeding Birds in New York State, will conduct a shorebird identification 
workshop and lead a field trip to the Montezuma Wetlands Complex, one of the 
state’s most important inland shorebird stopover sites.  The workshop, which is 
free and open to the public, will take place at the Montezuma Audubon Center 
from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, September 17th. The Sunday morning field trip is 
open to all current members of NYSOA but limited to 20 participants. Attendees 
must register in advance by calling Kathy Schneider at (518) 799-3457 or 
emailing her at falll...@berk.com.   Additional details are available on 
NYSOA's website, www.nybirds.org.

 Kathy Schneider

NYSOA Publicity Chair
Stuyvesant Falls, NY
 
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