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Kirtland Bird Club
Meetings & Trips
2007 - 2008
Meeting Minutes

September

Wednesday, September 3rd
at  7:30 PM

Antonio Salvadori will present
“Searching for the Grasswrens
Across the Deserts of Australia” 

Our friend from Ontario returns to talk about the birds he feels he knows better than any others. After two years of living in Australia and 15 subsequent visits, Antonio has a wealth of knowledge to share.  There are 26 world species and 18 Australian species  in the family Maluridae which includes Fairy Wrens, Emu-wrens and Grasswrens.  Mr. Salvadori will introduce us to some of these long-tailed wonders tonight. In 1980 Toni spent a year in Australia during which time he fell in love with Aussie birds-they are some of the most fascinating and intriguing birds on earth. During his latest visit to the continent in 2007 he traveled through some of the interior deserts to seek out some of these rare and elusive grasswrens.  

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 6th
Headlands Beach State Park at 8:00 AM

Gabe Leidy 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.

 

October

Wednesday, October 1st
at 7:30 PM

“Chasing Rarities
in Gambell and St. Paul”


Presented by Dwight Chasar 

In September of 2007  Dwight traveled to one of the most remote towns in Alaska. Gambell is on the Northwest Cape of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, 200 miles southwest of Nome. St. Paul Island sits in the Pribilofs also in the Bering Sea. Dwight will tell us about his adventures with rarities including first North American record of Brown Hawk Owl.

About Dwight...
Dwight is a past president and long time member of the Kirtland Bird Club. He volunteers and leads bird walks at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park as well as conducted census work in the spring and fall. He has written many articles for the Cleveland Bird Calender and is also a member of the Ohio Birds Records Committee.

Non-members are welcome!
 

October Field Trip
Saturday, October 11th
Dike 14 at 8:00 AM

Andy Jones will lead us in search of migrating
sparrows. And late migrants.

Directions: Cleveland Memorial Shoreway/I-90  to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive exit.  Proceed west on North Marginal Drive to the first East 72nd Street parking lot closest to the gate.  

 

November

Wednesday, November 5th
at 7:30 PM

Elliot J. Tramer will present

“Miraculous Journeys” 

Migrating songbirds weighing as little as nine paper clips routinely make non-stop flights of hundreds of miles often over water.  How do they do this without running out of energy or dying of thirst?  Which songbirds are the champion long distance travelers?  What routes do they follow?  The remarkable adaptations of migratory songbirds will be the subject of Dr. Tramer’s presentation.

About Dr. Tramer...
Dr. Tramer is a professor at the University of Toledo, in the Department of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences.  He has been affiliated with the University since 1969, and an avid birder for longer than that. In fact he got his start in birding with the Kirtland Bird Club back in the 1950’s.  Leaders of that time such as Vera Carrothers, Don Newman, Bert Raynes and others were his first tutors. Dr. Tramer has many publications to his credit, including an interestingly titled, “Bird Behavior During a Total Solar Eclipse, published in the Wilson Bulletin in 2000.  Dr. Tramer studies the birds of Oak Openings and has for many years. He has also spent much time in Central America studying neotropical migrants. He is a co-author of 2002’s Birds of the Toledo Area, a book familiar to many Ohio birders.

Non-members are welcome!
 


November Field Trip
Saturday, November 8th, 8:00 AM

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 20, 2008

Contact Coordinator, Tom Le Page at 440 356-4035
if you wish to participate on a team.

 

Local Trip Contact - Paula Lozano 216 226-7511
Long Distance Field Trip Contact - Henry Burton 216 255-1919
Other Inquires - 216 556-0700

 

 


Page last updated on Monday August 04, 2008

 


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