Date: 5/3/25 7:27 am From: Colleen Richards <clr82...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club May meeting
The Cayuga Bird Club May meeting will be Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:30pm (book signing 6:45pm) at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Our speaker, Tina Morris, will present her book "Return to the Sky: The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped Restore the Bald Eagle".
In talking to us about "Return to the Sky", Tina Morris will share her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about birds of prey. She will also talk about the birds themselves!
In the fall of 1975, on the eve of the US bicentennial, The Peregrine Fund at Cornell, led by Tom Cade, was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. Tina, supported by Peregrine biologists, was handed an assignment to rehabilitate a population that had been devastated by the effects of DDT.
The challenges were prodigious--there was no model to emulate for a bird of the eagle's size, for one--but Tina soon found that her own path to self-discovery and confidence-building was deeply connected with the survival of the species she was chosen to protect. Ultimately, Tina and the team spent two years playing "mother" to seven eaglets at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, east of Seneca Falls in New York.
At a time when the mass extinction of bird species is a critical global topic, Return to the Sky reminds us how, with a mix of common sense, resilience, and resolve, humans can be effective stewards of the natural world.
About the Speaker: Tina completed her graduate work in ornithology and wildlife biology at Cornell in 1978, writing her thesis on the adaptations of hacking techniques to reintroduce bald eagles. Following her studies at Cornell, she worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nature Conservancy for several years, focusing on endangered species and critical habitat conservation, before embarking on a 23-year career teaching English and biology. Since her retirement in 2020, she has devoted her time to her own writing, especially creative non-fiction with a science or nature focus. Thirty years ago, with four children in tow, Tina and her husband bought a farm in northern Massachusetts, which they manage as a wildlife sanctuary, promoting biodiversity and habitat protection for species in decline.
Book Signing: Tina will be signing copies of her book from 6:45-7:30pm. Books will be available for purchase from Wild Birds Unlimited, or you can purchase the book ahead of time from your favorite bookseller.
Evening Schedule:
6:45pm: book signing, cookies, and socializing
7:20 pm: reading of the basin bird list
7:30pm: Cayuga Bird Club meeting
~7:50pm: presentation by Tina Morris ************There will also be a speaker dinner at 5:30 pm at Sumo Restaurant with Tina and her husband. If interested in attending, please rsvp to <clr82...> by noon on Monday, May 12. Have a great week of birding! Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club
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