Upcoming Speaker Programs and Club Meetings
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM -
NOTE: this is the second Wednesday of the October Registration details coming soon! Mentor Marsh’s Marvelous Birding Presenter: Becky Donaldson Location: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Mentor Marsh Naturalist Becky Donaldson will regale us with tales of how Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve has been transformed with the stewardship efforts of the Natural Areas team with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. With plant life in the marsh rebounding, so are the insects, birds and other animals! Come along for an illustrated tale of the returning biodiversity and some of the avian treasures at Mentor Marsh! |
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Becky Donaldson is the Mentor Marsh Naturalist Manager in the Natural Areas Division of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. She’s been at the Marsh since 2008, before the restoration and offers perspectives of helping these efforts and watching the diversity rebound. Becky leads Sunday hikes at the Marsh, staffs the Second Saturday Science Open House, leads special hikes and programs for groups like KBC, leads teams of volunteers including scouts on stewardship volunteer projects at the Marsh and more!
In 2021, Becky joined ODNR’s Division of Natural Areas and Preserves in the Scenic Rivers program as an Eco-analyst/Stream Quality Monitoring Coordinator where she oversees the stream quality monitoring program and stewards scenic river lands. In addition, she is an active member of Blackbrook Audubon Society where she leads bird walks and currently serves as board president. |
Becky earned her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University, but originally hails from Northeast Ohio. She grew up on a dairy farm and hurried to finish chores so she could play outside and especially in the creek. Part of Becky’s passion is spreading the word about biodiversity and conservation efforts, like the successful restoration of Mentor Marsh, and urges us all to tackle invasives and plant native plants in our own yards and neighborhoods to work towards restoring biodiversity everywhere!
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Registration details coming soon! Black Swamp Bird Observatory's Songbird Research - Data and more! Speaker: Ryan Jacob, Banding Projects Director at Black Swamp Bird Observatory Location: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes For over 30 years, Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) has been researching migrating and breeding songbirds in northwest Ohio. With hundreds of thousands of birds banded and encounters made, there's an almost endless number of stories, insights, and moments of inspiration to be told. |
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In this presentation, BSBO's Banding Projects Director, Ryan Jacob, will highlight remarkable feats made by banded birds and give a glimpse into BSBO's long-term dataset. Ryan will also discuss a project initiated with the support of Kirtland Bird Club to track Prothonotary Warblers through the Motus network of automated radio telemetry towers.
Ryan banding a Prothonotary Warbler
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Ryan Jacob is a Toledo, Ohio native who discovered his passion for birds while working as a naturalist for the state parks and during his many seasons at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) Navarre Marsh banding station. With a background in philosophy and years of travel across North America, he not only has a wide knowledge of birds and the outdoors, but an understanding and appreciation for the natural world at large. Ryan manages BSBO’s Navarre Marsh passerine banding research station, working with a team of volunteers and seasonal staff to operate this constant-effort mist netting operation during spring and fall migration. He also coordinates BSBO’s Motus and radio telemetry work, and operates BSBO’s MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) stations. Ryan is a North American Banding Council certified bander and trainer.
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KBC MONTHLY PROGRAMS
Kirtland Bird Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month, September through June at 7:00 p.m. Each meeting Announcements precede the speaker program and a short business meeting follows it. There are opportunities to socialize and/or discuss bird-related topics of interest to club members and guests at the end of the meeting and sometimes prior to the start of the meeting.
Meetings are generally free and all are welcome (subject to limits on meeting facility capacity)!
During warmer months meeting are held in person. We meet via Zoom during wintery months and when public health conditions warrant it. All meeting announcements include location and will be updated as needed. We record as many of our meetings as possible and make them available on our website.
Click HERE for past speaker programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for past Bird Identification programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for upcoming Field Trips and Bird Walks
Click HERE to learn about other birding events in our area.
CLICK HERE TO SUGGEST A TOPIC - or a FIELD TRIP - or a MEETING LOCATION!
Meetings are generally free and all are welcome (subject to limits on meeting facility capacity)!
During warmer months meeting are held in person. We meet via Zoom during wintery months and when public health conditions warrant it. All meeting announcements include location and will be updated as needed. We record as many of our meetings as possible and make them available on our website.
Click HERE for past speaker programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for past Bird Identification programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for upcoming Field Trips and Bird Walks
Click HERE to learn about other birding events in our area.
CLICK HERE TO SUGGEST A TOPIC - or a FIELD TRIP - or a MEETING LOCATION!
Click HERE to JOIN KBC OR MAKE A DONATION