Date: 10/16/25 2:16 pm From: Shelley Page <shelleypage.imagine...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Oct 16 Thursday Birding Meetup Recap and Oct 23 Plans
Sometimes we bird with a sense of history, a sense of carrying on a tradition of awe, wonder and stewardship from our ancestors. Today's Thursday Birding Meetup at Frontenac Point put us in touch with the rich history of Louis Agassiz Fuertes birding there and teaching Boy Scouts about birding at this gorgeous stretch of lakeside beauty at the former Camp Barton, now a public park in the making. We were fortunate that Tim Gallagher joined us this morning and could share about this history including letting us know about the commemorative metal arch to honor Fuertes that is no longer there (we will investigate what happened to it!). So, 15 of us birded in the footsteps of Fuertes and encountered 21 species (thanks to Diane Morton for our ebird list) including some surprises. We expected the 30 cormorants and the gang of gulls (270 ring bills and 3 Herrings fluttering in the morning sun) as well as a cute kingfisher and an immature eagle. A peregrine falcon streaked overhead! Plus four bluebirds and seven yellow-rumped warblers brightened the morning! We birded along the lake and left a gorge exploration for another day. We will definitely be back in some other seasons to check out the birds at a place that seems destined to be another Cayuga Basin birding hot spot. Afterward, seven of us enjoyed the ever satisfying breakfast offerings at The Falls in Trumansburg. Want to join us next week Oct 23? Meet us at 7:30 am at the Sculpture Garden parking area in the Cornell Arboretum. From Ithaca, take Rt. 366 (Dryden Rd.) east and turn left on Caldwell Rd just beyond the Vet School. At the bottom of the hill, turn right into the Arboretum and continue straight to find the Sculpture Garden parking area. Shelley Page *she/they/ki*
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