Sunday, February 7th - video recording available soon

Gull ID with Gautam Apte

Gautam reviewed identification tips for the seven common gulls seen in Lake Erie off of Cleveland and discussed less commonly seen gulls as well.

Click here  to view a video recording of this presentation

Click here to view the powerpoint Gautam showed during his presentation - Thanks, Gautam!
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Click here for past Bird Identification programs and video links to those programs.

Click HERE​ if you would like to join us for this talk but are not already a member of our club.

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Saturday, December --, 2021

CLEVELAND ​CIRCLE
​CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 

​The Kirtland Bird Club has a long tradition of supporting the Cleveland Christmas Bird Count.  The Circle in which counting takes place is shown below.  Anyone can participate in the count, whether you are counting birds at your backyard feeders or tromping through woods and fields.

​Contact KBC member Andy Jones, coordinator and compiler, to participate.

The Kirtland Bird Club has a long tradition of supporting the Cleveland Christmas Bird Count.  Anyone can participate in the count, whether you are counting birds at your backyard feeders or tromping through woods and fields.

Other Christmas Bird Counts in our area are typically scheduled for other days.  You can find the location of those counts and their contact info by clicking the interactive map HERE.

Click HERE for an interactive map showing the extent of Christmas Bird Counts worldwide!

click HERE to read more about the the history of Christmas Bird Counts.

​Christmas Bird Count
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Midnight to Midnight!
 
Established Groups 

• Because of COVID, groups are limited to previous participants, with an expectation that all participants will stay properly masked, maintain proper hand hygiene, and socially distance themselves from other participants.
• Group leaders and participants should speak with each other about plans.

Other folks and those wanting to bird solo 

• Our Christmas Bird Count compiler Andy Jones encourages everyone to count birds on their own!
• Neighborhood and feeder birds do count!

  

Contact Andy Jones with questions

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MONTHLY MEETINGS LOCATION:
We meet 
at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval, University Circle
Cleveland, OH
                                 On the first Wednesday of the month                                                          September through June
 >>In Person meetings our on Hold due to COVID-19<<

​CHEERS - New Initiative led by Cleveland Metroparks to Improve the Lakefront - KBC is involved!
     
The year-long study "will focus on leveraging nature-based solutions to improve the environment, reconnect communities to the lake, enhance public health and wellness, bolster the economy, and improve aquatic and terrestrial habitats".

​Read about the Cheers project on Cleveland.com.  Provide your input on the Cheers website - add your ideas, or take a survey that also gives you an opportunity to be counted and share your thoughts with the developers.   KBC members  Laura Gooch, Julie West, Lukas Padegimas, and Patty Kellner are involved

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