Issue 10, Shot Glass 7

******************************************************************  *The Shotglass 10.7 - July 2005 *The electronic supplement to The Cup *  Compiled by Jay McGowan ******************************************************************   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< PILGRIMS' PROGRESS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  July 2005 David Cup Totals  234 Tim Lenz  233 Bob McGuire 228 Jay McGowan 225 Mike Andersen 224 Steve Fast 223+Mike Harvey 222 Dave Nutter 219 Mark Chao 215+Scott Haber 214 Kevin McGowan 197+Bard Prentiss 196 Dan Lebbin 192+Ken Rosenberg 191 Anne Marie Johnson 189 Perri McGowan 172 Matt Medler   91 Tringa (the Dog) McGowan  58 Martin (the Cat) McGowan  48 Frank "Pusser D. Cat" Fast   July 2005 McIlroy Award Totals  180 Tim Lenz 167+Ken Rosenberg 151 Mark Chao 141 Jay McGowan 113 Kevin McGowan   July 2005 Evans Trophy Totals  175 Jay McGowan 162 Kevin McGowan 153 Steve Fast 144 Perri McGowan 140+Bard Prentiss   July 2005 Yard Totals  100+John Fitzpatrick, Ellis Hollow  98 Nancy Dickinson  94 McGowan/Kline Family, Dryden  73 Anne Marie Johnson, Caroline  72+Pixie Senesac    July 2005 Lansing Competition Totals  169 Mark Chao 143 Jay McGowan 115 Kevin McGowan    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  BASIN COMPOSITE DEPOSIT   Here is the total list for the end of July (247 species):  Mute Swan, , Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, CACKLING GOOSE, Brant, G. W-F  GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Am. Black Duck,  Gadwall, N. Pintail, Am. Wigeon, EURASIAN WIGEON, N. Shoveler, B-w  Teal, G-w Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, R-n Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser  Scaup, L-t Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, W-w Scoter, C. Goldeneye,  Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, C. Merganser, R-b Merganser, Ruddy Duck,  R-n Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, C. Loon, P-b Grebe, Horned  Grebe, R-n Grebe, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, D-c Cormorant,  Am. Bittern, Least Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron,  B-c Night-Heron, GLOSSY IBIS, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, N.  Harrier, S-s Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, N. Goshawk, R-s Hawk, B-w Hawk, R-t  Hawk, R-l Hawk, Golden Eagle, Am. Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon,  GYRFALCON, C. Moorhen, Am. Coot, Virginia Rail, Sora, SANDHILL CRANE,  B-b Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser  Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper,  Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, W-r Sandpiper,  Baird's Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Stilt  Sandpiper, S-b Dowitcher, Am. Woodcock, Wilson's Snipe, LITTLE GULL,  Bonaparte's Gull, R-b Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull,  Lesser B-b Gull, Great B-b Gull, Caspian Tern, C. Tern, Forster's Tern,  Black Tern, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Y-b Cuckoo, B-b Cuckoo, L-e  Owl, S-e Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, N. S-w Owl, E. Screech-Owl,  C. Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, R-t Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, R-h  Woodpecker, R-b Woodpecker, Y-b Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy  Woodpecker, N. Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, E.  Wood-Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Y-b Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher,  Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested  Flycatcher, E. Kingbird, N. Shrike, R-e Vireo, Warbling Vireo,  Philadelphia Vireo, WHITE-EYED VIREO, Y-t Vireo, B-h Vireo, Blue Jay,  C. Raven, Am. Crow, Fish Crow, Horned Lark, Purple Martin, N. R-w  Swallow, Bank Swallow, Tree Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow,  Tufted Titmouse, B-c Chickadee, R-b Nuthatch, W-b Nuthatch, Brown  Creeper, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, SEDGE WREN, Marsh  Wren, G-c Kinglet, R-c Kinglet, B-g Gnatcatcher, E. Bluebird, MOUNTAIN  BLUEBIRD, Am. Robin, Wood Thrush, Veery, Swainson's Thrush, G-c Thrush,  Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, N. Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European  Starling, Am. Pipit, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, Cedar Waxwing, N. Parula, O-c  Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, B-w Warbler, G-w Warbler, Nashville  Warbler, Yellow Warbler, C-s Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May  Warbler, B-t Blue Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Y-r  Warbler, B-t Green Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine  Warbler, B-b Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, W-e Warbler, B-&-w Warbler,  Am. Redstart, Ovenbird, N. Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Mourning  Warbler, C. Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler, Hooded  Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, N. Cardinal, R-b Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, E.  Towhee, Am. Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, Chipping  Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, W-t  Sparrow, W-c Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow,  Swamp Sparrow, D-e Junco, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, E.  Meadowlark, Bobolink, B-h Cowbird, R-w Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, C.  Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Evening Grosbeak, Purple  Finch, House Finch, C. Redpoll, Pine Siskin, Am. Goldfinch, House  Sparrow.   TIM LENZ’S MISSES: Eurasian Wigeon, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, Glossy Ibis, Northern  Goshawk, Baird’s Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-eared Owl,  Northern Saw-whet Owl, White-eyed Vireo, Bohemian Waxwing, Orange- crowned Warbler, Evening Grosbeak.   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$    -------------------------------------  MORE ICE CREAM FOR BIRDERS  -------------------------------------  by Mark Chao   You like shorebirds?  You like ice cream?  Got a copy of Matt Sarver's  article (see the latest issue of The Cup) in your glove compartment?   If so, listen up.  There is a formidable new contender for ice-cream  supremacy in the Basin.  It's called the Cayuga Lake Creamery.  Once you get your fill of birds at MNWR, head south on Rte. 89.  After  about half an hour, shortly after entering Interlaken, you'll find  Cayuga Lake Creamery on the left side of the road.  (Don't confuse this  with a similarly-named establishment further up the lake, the one with  the miniature golf course.  The minigolf is probably fine, especially  for diehards like Ryan Douglas, but Bob McGuire reports that the food  and shakes are just so-so.)    Upon entering Cayuga Lake Creamery, you will be greeted with the  powerful vanilla aroma of fresh waffle cones.  The place is clean and  bright, with tables inside and on a deck outside.  The scoopers I met  are friendly young women, who all look a lot happier than the sometimes  sullen staff at Purity.  And behind the back lawn, there is a woodland  edge with some apparent potential for migrating warblers in September  and October.  And the ice cream. . . wow!!  I've never had anything quite like it.   It tastes like cold, rich, fresh cream.  The texture is perfect --  dense and extremely smooth.  Each spoonful comes off the scoop as a  broad elastic strand, not in stiff nuggets as with overfrozen  supermarket ice cream.  Ever had gelato?  This is close.  I knew  seconds after tasting it that it was by far the best ice cream in the  area, and surely among the best I've ever had.  Bob McGuire and Tim  Lenz tried it the next day, and they agree.    There's a good reason for the fresh taste -- it's homemade on the  premises!  Some flavors are constants on the menu, and others rotate in  and out.  Miyoko, our kids, and I ended up trying vanilla, chocolate,  mint chocolate chunk, pistachio, cherry jubilee, and peach.  All have  that outstanding fresh-cream flavor, that perfect texture, and fine  ingredients such as real vanilla beans and chunks of fresh peaches,  without any weird stuff like green coloring.  (Note that cherry jubilee  is black-cherry ice cream.  Avoid "cherry vanilla" unless you have a  taste for maraschino cherries.)  One other reason, perhaps, for the compelling fresh-cream taste of this  ice cream is that it has only modest amounts of sugar.  The lack of  sweetness is immediately obvious.  At first it seems odd, perhaps even  mildly dissatisfying.  It does make the flavors of the ice cream harder  to pick up.  But after a little adjustment, I found the relative lack  of sweetness to be quite pleasing.  The incredible texture, combined  with the lack of sweetness, make it very hard to stop eating this ice  cream.  I am usually satisfied with just a couple of spoonsful, but  with this stuff, I finished a whole bowl and then went back for more.   To paraphrase Oscar Wilde (who was speaking of cigarettes), this ice  cream "is the perfect type of perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it  leaves one unsatisfied.  What more can one want?"  (It's also more expensive than other ice creams -- $1.95 for a kiddie  scoop, $2.50 for a single, and up.  As you can infer by now, I think  the premium quality absolutely warrants the premium price.  And maybe  penurious Cornell students can mooch off Tim, now that he is a member  of the salaried middle class.)  Cayuga Lake Creamery sells hot food too -- including hamburgers, Boca  Burgers (!), hot dogs, regular and curly fries, chili, and tossed  salad.  And on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, you can get  homemade pizza!   I didn't taste any of these items, so you'll have to  taste and judge for yourself.  Keep in mind that Cayuga Lake Creamery  is probably a little farther from Montezuma than Pete's Treats is --  but if you call ahead, you can have a hot pizza ready for you when you  get there!  Cayuga Lake Creamery is located on Route 89 in Interlaken.  It's open  till 10 PM daily through the summer, and will remain open through mid- October.  Phone number is (607) 532-9492.  You can also check out  www.cayugalakecreamery.com.  Happy eating!  ----------------------------------------------------    Good birding!  -Jay