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Acid Rain Conference Speakers
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 20 comments Add a comment >>CENTRAL ADIRONDACKS ARTS AND SCIENCES ADVOCACY (CAASA)
Presents a Lecture Series
ACID RAIN AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
EFFECTS ON ADIRONDACK ECOSYSTEMS
The burning of fossil fuels affects the global climate by its contribution of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere and the deposition of pollutants on the earth and water of the planet. The waterways of the Adirondack Mountains are, in many ways, especially fragile and prone to disruption by this climate change and these pollutants. Come spend an afternoon with a panel of experts and learn of these effects on our waterways and what needs to be done to mediate or reverse them.
Threats to Adirondack Ecosystems: Acid Rain, Mercury, and Climate Change
Dr. Jerry Jenkins, Wildlife Conservation Society and free lance writer
Long Term Trends in Acid Rain Emissions and Water Chemistry in Adirondack Lakes and Streams
Ms. Karen Roy, New York State DEC and Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation
Effects of Acid Rain on Fishes in Adirondack Lakes and Streams
Mr. Howard Siminon, New York State DEC (retired)
Effects of Acid Rain on Streams, Soils, and Forests of the Adirondack Region
Dr. Greg Lawrence, United States Geological Survey
Recent Climatic Trends and Ecological Responses in the Adirondacks
Dr. Curt Stager, Paul Smiths College
The Arts Center, NYS Rt. 28, Old Forge, NY
Wednesday 3 March 2010
12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Free of Charge and Open to the Public
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Backyard Bird Count Options 2/10/10
Posted on February 10th, 2010 3 comments Add a comment >>
GBBC participant newsletter – February 2010Photo by Caroline Goodrich, Florida. 2009 GBBC Are You Ready for the GBBC?
The Great Backyard Bird Count is almost here! It starts this Friday, February 12, and continues through Monday, February 15. It’s easy and fun to participate. Just watch birds for at least 15 minutes at any locaton on one or more days of the count and report the highest number of each species you see together at one tme. For more information and birding tips be sure to visit the GBBC website and check out this year’s great drawing prizes for GBBC participants. You must do your bird counts over the four days of the GBBC but you have until March 1 to enter your information through the GBBC website and to send us your entries for the GBBC photo contest.
Snazzy New Maps
We’ve just added new and improved navigable Google maps to the GBBC website. Use the plus/minus buttons to zoom in closer and move around the map of North America (or any state and province map, including Hawaii, in the results section). The maps will be updated every half-hour during the GBBC so you can see them change as the reports pour in.
Photo by Andrea Bolton, Ontario. 2009 GBBC Tell Us Your StoriesPlease take a moment after the GBBC to tell us about special experiences you may have had–whether it was sharing bird-watching quality time with a grandchild, spotting a species you’ve never seen before, or anything else that made participation meaningful to you. We’ll share a selection of your stories on the GBBC website after the count. You can send a short paragraph (and photos, if you have them) to any of the following:Audubon: citizenscience@audubon.org
Bird Studies Canada: gbbc@birdscanada.org
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: gbbc@cornell.edu
Join us for what promises to be the greatest Great Backyard Bird Count ever!
Tom Bancroft, VP and Chief Scientist, National Audubon Society
Janis Dickinson, Citizen Science Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology -
Other visitors to your Bird Feeder
Posted on February 8th, 2010 1 comment - Add a comment >>One night last week I looked out in the spot light a saw a Barred Owl looking for a snack under the feeder. It let me take a couple of pictures before it caught something on the ground a flew away.
Friday 1/29/10 about noon I was catching Goldfinch to band in a Potter Trap when i looked out and a Northern Shrike had caught one of my Goldfinch throught the cage. I went out and retrieved two others that were in the trap and left the dead one. I opened the cage door and came back inside. The Shrike came right back looking for his meal. I got a few good pictures of him before he went into the trap. I retrieved him from the trap with a gloved hand and he is now wearing a band on his leg.
The 13th Great Backyard Bird Count takes place Friday February 12 through Monday February 15, 2010. The National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are calling on everyone to “Count for Fun, Count for the Future!” During last year’s count , participants turned in more than 93,600 checklists online, creating the continents largest instantaneous snapshots of bird populations ever recorded. This year maybe this record can be broken. You can submit your bird list from your backyard or on a hike you take in the woods to www.birdcount.org. If you don’t have a computer, I would be glad to send in your list so give me a call at 357-5150 to get your birds counted and join in the fun.
Northern Shrike
Barred Owl
Keep those feeders full as you never know what may come for a treat. Gary Lee 2/3/10
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Duck Count Region 7-Adirondacks
Posted on February 8th, 2010 2 comments Add a comment >>Duck Count Essex, Frankilin, Clinton and Hamilton Counties 2010
The final count of Ducks in Region 7 was quite impressive with most of them being on Lake Champlain, Snow Goose 3, Canada Goose 188, Am. Black Duck 92, Mallard Duck 873, Redhead 17, Ring-necked Duck 23, Lesser scaup 2, Mixed Lesser and Greater Scaup 1,300, Bufflehead 169, Common Goldeneye 6,595, Barrow’s Goldeneye 5, Hooded Merganser 20, Common Merganser 1,234, Red-breasted Merganser 3, Red-throated Loon 1, Common Loon 6, Pied-billed Grebe 2, Horned Grebe 30, Double-crested Cormorant 14 for a total of 10,077 birds. The parties also saw three Bald Eagles, hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls, several Herring Gulls and several Greater Black-backed Gulls.
Gary N. Lee-Naturalist and Retired Forest Ranger I
Profile
Name: Gary
Bio: Gary Lee is a passionate birder and naturalist who worked as a New York State forest ranger for thirty-five years, mostly in the Moose River Plains and West Canada Lakes Wilderness. With John M.C. Peterson, he coauthored Adirondack Birding: 60 Great Places to Find Birds, distributed by the Adirondack Mountain Club. He has written a weekly newspaper column, often focusing on birds and other wildlife, since 1986, first for the Adirondack Express, later for Adirondack Weekly. His photographs of birds have appeared in the Adirondack Explorer and other publications. Gary is a graduate of the New York State Ranger School in Wanakena. He lives in Inlet with his wife, Karen. They have three children and four grandchildren.
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