[cayugabirds-l] World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target | Climate crisis | The Guardian

2024-05-08 Thread Regi Teasley
We must redouble our efforts to salvage a livable world. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature Regi Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. Terry Tempest Williams -- (copy & paste any URL belo

[cayugabirds-l] Wildlife Photo Ethics

2024-05-08 Thread Carl Steckler
I am going to really stick my neck out here, please don't chop it off. I was recently asked by a new birder and photographer about "when is a wildlife photo not a wildlife photo?" She asked if a photo taken at a zoo of a bird was really a wildlife photo? She also asked about post production. How

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Wildlife Photo Ethics

2024-05-08 Thread Suan Yong
With respect to touch ups and blending and AI, I think anything is fine as long as you're honest about what you've done and where you got it (in the wild, at a zoo or aviary, etc). Contests and publications can, of course, set rules on what is acceptable. The real ethically problematic part is d

[cayugabirds-l] Darwin's wonderful words

2024-05-08 Thread Peter Saracino
A point I seem to continually ponder in this season of new beginnings as I amazingly consider the various and sundry birds available to the discerning eye: herons, humming birds, cranes, warblers, raptors, vultures, marsh birds, etc., etc. It brings to my mind the last paraphrase of the 1st editio

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly

2024-05-08 Thread Ken Haas
I agree with Marie. However there is an alternative. Last year I found a product called “Bird Jelly”. It is manufactured by Lizzie Mae’s Bird Seed and Dry Good in Millersburg, OH. Go to www.LizzieMaesBirdSeed.com. Ingredients: Cane sugar, Grapes, water, pectin, Lemon Juice, Citric Acid. It says

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly

2024-05-08 Thread Steve Donohue
This is a big issue. We need to fight for the poor species that unwittingly feed on these potential poisons - put out by either uninformed birders, or birders that just don't care. On Wed, May 8, 2024, 8:36 PM Ken Haas wrote: > I agree with Marie. However there is an alternative. Last year I f

[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club May meeting

2024-05-08 Thread Colleen Richards
The next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be next Monday, May 13 at 7:30 at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd., Ithaca, NY.Meetings start with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation sta