Date: 11/6/26 8:32 am From: Monica Adelman <monicaladelman...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Events this weekend (+ Monday CBC Meeting)
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Saturday, November 7Beginner Bird Walk (with Paul Anderson and Janie Leff)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Lab of Ornithology
Join us at 9:30 a.m. for a walk around Sapsucker Woods looking and
listening for birds. Walks last about 1½-2 hours and are targeted for
beginners, though all levels are welcome. Meet by the Lab of Ornithology
visitor center entrance. No registration necessary. Binoculars are
available for loan, though you should bring your own if you have them. The
Visitor Center does not open until 10 a.m. There is a porta-potty in the
parking lot.
Owl Banding at Connecticut Hill
6:20 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. | Connecticut Hill Cemetery
Saw-whet Owl banding at Connecticut Hill has begun, and members of the
public are invited to come see these cute little creatures up close.
Banding is scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays through November 14. Net
checks begin 1.5 hours after sunset and last for three hours. To avoid
stressing the birds too much we are limiting visitor numbers, so please
sign up on the spreadsheet below if you're interested in attending. All
sessions are subject to weather cancellation (from rain or wind), so check
the spreadsheet before coming out: cancellations will be highlighted in
red. PLEASE GO TO THE CBC CALENDAR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.
Signup sheet: https://tinyurl.com/chowls-2026
Sunday, November 8Beginner Bird Walk (with Ken Haas and Gwen Gallagher)
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Lab of Ornithology
Join us at 9:30 a.m. for a walk around Sapsucker Woods looking and
listening for birds. Walks last about 1½-2 hours and are targeted for
beginners, though all levels are welcome. Meet by the Lab of Ornithology
visitor center entrance. No registration necessary. Binoculars are
available for loan, though you should bring your own if you have them. The
Visitor Center does not open until 10am. There is a porta-potty in the
parking lot.
Annual Loon Watch with Jared Dawson & Scott Sutcliffe
6:18 a.m. – 8:18 a.m. | Taughannock Falls State Park
This is an annual event to look for migrating loons (almost all Common)
that head south for winter. Initially, there will be dawn flights of loons
from northerly portions of Cayuga Lake, then by 7:30 a.m. we will start to
see loons coming over from Lake Ontario and points north. We might also
witness other migrating waterfowl like scoters and Long-tailed Ducks, as
well as the occasional Red-throated Loon. Migration is a weather-dependent
event, which depends on a decent north to northwest wind. The precise times
are part of a protocol that counts the loons in 15-minute periods beginning
15 minutes before sunrise at 6:18 a.m. on the 8th. On a good north-wind day
we might see hundreds of loons migrating over Cayuga Lake, which can make
for an exciting morning.
North wind means cold and blustery, so dress properly for the weather.
Bring warm gloves and hats and handwarmers. Also carry warm liquids to keep
you warm.
Location: Take the main entrance to the park (southeast of the creek), then
hug left towards the northernmost parking lot.
Monday, November 9Cayuga Bird Club Meeting
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Lab of Ornithology
Speaker: Jody Enck, PhD, Conservation Social Scientist, Cayuga Bird Club
Conservation Committee Chair, Former Cayuga Bird Club President (2015-2017)
Topic: 8 years of habitat improvement work in Lighthouse Point Woods,
Ithaca - Lessons Learned
Summary: The Conservation Action Committee of the Cayuga Bird Club has been
working to improve bird habitat down at Lighthouse Point Woods since 2019.
We’ve made a lot of progress removing non-native plant species and planting
native trees and shrubs. We’ve also developed important relationships
through our public engagement efforts with school groups, non-profit
organizations, and college classes. We are proud of our accomplishments.
Still, recurring problems and uncertainty about which of many potential
pathways forward have led to the need to examine why and how we operate as
a group of folks committed to developing a shared space for birds, birders
and other community members. This presentation will celebrate our
accomplishments and will reveal how social science tools can help us
reframe why and how we do our important work.
About the Cayuga Bird Club Meetings: This meeting is free and open to the
public. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. for social time before the reading of the
basin bird list at 7:20 p.m. Club business begins at 7:30 p.m., followed by
the speaker's presentation starting around 8:00 p.m. and ending by 9:00
p.m.
