Wednesday, January __, 2023
Ornithology News and Discoveries from 2022
Presented by Dr. Andy Jones
Ornithology News and Discoveries from 2022
Presented by Dr. Andy Jones
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Dr. Andy Jones, curator of ornithology at Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will give his annual update on what's new in ornithology. There are thousands of academic papers published every year on the biology of birds. These new discoveries are sometimes highlighted in newspapers, magazines, and on your Facebook feed, but far too many simply don't get the public attention that they deserve. Dr. Jones will highlight the taxonomic changes that birders will want to know about, as well as other discoveries that will simply make us more observant and more informed birders.
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Dr. Andy Jones holds the William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Chair and is Curator of Ornithologist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. He received his BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and his PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Jones originally hails from east Tennessee, where his passion for natural history began at an early age; his first field notes were a count of toads in his front yard at age five. His current research involves the evolutionary history of birds, diagnosing new hybrid combinations, and migration insights from Lights Out Cleveland. Dr. Jones is responsible for the Museum’s collection of avian specimens, which consists of over 35,000 study skins as well as thousands of nests, eggs, and skeletons. His other tasks include providing various services to the scientific community, the media, the Museum’s exhibitions and education divisions and the public at large. Dr. Jones has served as the Secretary of the American Ornithological Society since 2014, and in 2017 was elected as a Fellow of that organization.
Register HERE to register for this free program.
Note: Club members automatically receive a Zoom link.
Note: Club members automatically receive a Zoom link.
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Birdwatching for Everyone - Six sessions and done! Big THANKS to our audience and all of our presenters! Videos and resources from past sessions can be found HERE Email info@kirtlandbirdclub.org if you'd like to learn more about how to become a birdwatcher! And check out our New Birder resource page! |
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Meet Us at the Lakefront!
Saturday, September 25th, 2-5 PM
Find us on the biggest grassy area at N Gordon Park
- Guided Tours: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve
- Loaner Binoculars Available
Access is from North Marginal Road
Click HERE to see this location on an interactive map
Saturday, September 25th, 2-5 PM
Find us on the biggest grassy area at N Gordon Park
- Guided Tours: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve
- Loaner Binoculars Available
Access is from North Marginal Road
Click HERE to see this location on an interactive map
June is LGBTQIA Pride Month ! Show your PRIDE ! Get your swag HERE !
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 on Zoom
The Bird Nerds of Collinwood with Nicole Jackson
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We heard from The Bird Nerds, a group of Collinwood middle and high school students who learned to bird from their teacher, Buster Banish, on after school and weekend field trips. The Bird Nerds have had some terrific adventures and they shared the challenges and triumphs of their journey, including tips and techniques for new birders. |
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Nicole Jackson, environmental educator and co-founder of #BlackBirdersWeek, moderated.. Read more about Nicole HERE. #BlackBirdersWeek 2021 took place May 30th to June 5th. |
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - click HERE for the video recording of this program
The Bird-Friendly City
Presented by Dr. Timothy Beatley
How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s?
In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, took us on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shared empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley described, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species.
What he shares motivates us to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples on which to draw. Whether birds are migrating and need temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.
Presented by Dr. Timothy Beatley
How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collide with buildings. Ground-feeding sparrows fall prey to feral cats. Hawks and other birds-of-prey are sickened by rat poison. These name just a few of the myriad hazards. How do our cities need to change in order to reduce the threats, often created unintentionally, that have resulted in nearly three billion birds lost in North America alone since the 1970s?
In The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, a longtime advocate for intertwining the built and natural environments, took us on a global tour of cities that are reinventing the status quo with birds in mind. Efforts span a fascinating breadth of approaches: public education, urban planning and design, habitat restoration, architecture, art, civil disobedience, and more. Beatley shared empowering examples, including: advocates for “catios,” enclosed outdoor spaces that allow cats to enjoy backyards without being able to catch birds; a public relations campaign for vultures; and innovations in building design that balance aesthetics with preventing bird strikes. Through these changes and the others Beatley described, it is possible to make our urban environments more welcoming to many bird species.
What he shares motivates us to implement and advocate for bird-friendly changes, with inspiring examples on which to draw. Whether birds are migrating and need temporary shelter or are taking up permanent residence in a backyard, when the environment is safer for birds, humans are happier as well.
Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last twenty-five years. Much of Beatley’s work focuses on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities and towns can fundamentally reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. Beatley believes that sustainable and resilient cities represent our best hope for addressing today’s environmental challenges. - Ref: https://www.arch.virginia.edu/people/tim-beatley
Upcoming KBC Speakers - dates to be announced
More details to follow!
- Renowned Botanist/land preservation specialist Jim Bissell
- KBC member Dwight Chasar on the history of birding in Northeast Ohio
- Bird guide/author/traveler Ethan Kistler
More details to follow!
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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 if you would like to join us for this talk but are not already a member of our club.
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.
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.
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Christmas Bird Count
Saturday, December 19, 2020 Midnight to Midnight! Established Groups
Other folks and those wanting to bird solo
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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
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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