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Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
at 7:30 p.m.
Antonio Salvadori will present
Birding In Madagascar
Our
friend
Antonio
returns with an illustrated talk that
will cover his recent trip to this fascinating island
with a group of birding friends. In his talk Antonio
will discuss, not only the many island endemic species
of birds, but also the many interesting lemurs, geckos,
chameleons - including the world's smallest one - and
interesting insects. He will also discuss the recent
political problems on the island, the way of life of the
people and some of the difficulties and problems one
might encounter when organizing a birding trip to this
fascinating country.
About Antonio...
Antonio, or Toni as most people know him, was born in
Italy but raised in Ireland where his passion for birds
began. He went to Canada in 1963 and was introduced to
bird banding which he enjoyed so much he has since
banded over 100,000 birds on many continents. In the
late ‘60s, Antonio independently developed the four
letter bird banding identification code while working at
Long Point and Manomet bird observatories in Ontario.
This code is now widely accepted.
Non-members are welcome!
KBC September Field Trip
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Headlands Beach State Park
8:00 a.m.
Jerry Talkington will lead us in search of fall
migrants.
Directions:
I-90
East to US-20 East to SR-44 (Heisley Road) north to the
park entrance. Meet at the north end of the fishermen’s
parking lot.
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October |
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Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
at 7:30 p.m.
Jim McCormac will present
The Wonderful World of Warblers
Few
groups of songbirds, or any other group of birds for
that matter, generate the excitement that warblers do.
Springtime brings warbler fever to birders, and reports
of expeditions frequently include special mention of
warblers and how many species were tallied.
It’s
no mystery why these brightly colored sprites stimulate
such passion. Warblers are like feathered jewels, the
males resplendent in rainbow hues in the spring. Some
are rare, and finding a Connecticut Warbler, for
instance, is akin to discovering buried treasure. But
warblers are excellent environmental barometers and
long-distance migrants that bind many states and
countries together.
Jim
will explore the big picture of warblers: what they are,
the habitats they occupy in summer and winter, their
interesting and diverse songs, and most importantly, the
conservation issues peculiar
to warblers.
About
Jim . . .
Jim
works for the Ohio Division of Wildlife, specializing in
birds, education, and wildlife diversity issues. Prior
to that, he was a botanist with the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources’ Division of Natural Areas. He is
president of the Ohio Ornithological Society, and served
for seven years as secretary of the Ohio Bird Records
Committee. Jim is author of Birds of Ohio (Lone
Pine 2004); Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural
Heritage (Kent State University Press 2009); and
The Great Lakes Nature Guide (Lone Pine 2009). He is
the 2009 recipient of the Ludlow Griscom award, given
annually by the American Birding Association to
individuals who have made significant regional
contributions to ornithology.
Non-members are welcome!
October Field Trip
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Shaker Lakes Nature Center
Julie West's big Sit
8:30 a.m.
Our leader is Laura Gooch
Target species: Late fall migrants.
Laura will lead us for a walk around the lake and
then we will join Julie West’s Annual Big Sit.
Directions: The Nature Center is located at
2600 S. Park Blvd. North of Shaker Blvd and West of
Lee Road.
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November |
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Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
at 7:30 p.m.
Ian Ausprey will present
Work at the Terrestrial Wildlife
Ecology Lab at The Ohio State University
Ian,
the first recipient of KBC’s Ohio Avian Project
Initiative grant, will describe the exciting work at the
Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab at The Ohio State
University. The Lab’s goal is to provide the citizens of
Ohio with expert information on the ecology and
management of Ohio's wildlife resources. Over the past
decade a number of research projects have examined how
human-induced habitat modification influences the
ecology of landbirds during their annual life cycle.
This talk will discuss 1) How urbanization and timber
harvesting influence the demography and habitat
associations of birds during the breeding and
post-fledging periods, 2) How migratory birds use
forest fragments in city parks and along the southern
Lake Erie shore, and 3) How wintering migratory
landbirds use shade coffee plantations in Venezuela.
About Ian . . .
Ian grew up in Downeast Maine and received his
undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from
Middlebury College (VT). After having thoroughly enjoyed
spending his formative years in bucolic New England he
spent several years traveling North America as a
freelance field ornithologist. His experiences included
studying shorebirds on the North Slope of Alaska with
the Wildlife Conservation Society, tracking endangered
Hawaiian honeycreepers with the USGS, and monitoring
migratory birds in Oregon, California, and Costa Rica
with the Klamath Bird Observatory. Ian is a certified
Trainer with the North American Banding Council and has
evaluated bird banding biologists in the United States
and Latin America. He is now pursing a Masters degree
in Wildlife Ecology at The Ohio State University and
recently received a grant from the Kirtland Bird Club's
Ohio Avian Project Initiative in support of his research
regarding the effects of urbanization on fledgling
songbirds.
Non-members are welcome!
November Field Trip
Saturday, November 7, 2009
8:00 a.m.
To Perry Park and Moving West
We
will visit locations along the shoreline with John
Pogacnik. Our target birds are Cave Swallows and
Jaegers and who knows what surprises we will find!
Directions:
Take Rte 2 to Rte 20 and follow Rte 20 to Perry Park
Road. On Perry Park Road turn left and follow the road
north right into the park.

December
Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Contact Coordinator, Jerry
Talkington at
jerry073352 "AT"att.net
(Please replace the "AT" with @)
if you wish to participate on a team.
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