DELAWARE COUNTY BIRD CLUB PROGRAM LINE-UP



The Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program presentations take place
on the fourth Monday of each month, September through April, except in
November and December when they are held on alternate days to accommodate
the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Meetings are held in the lodge at
Deer Haven Preserve at 4183 Liberty Road, Delaware OH, 43015.



Doors open at the new time of 6:30 PM and programs begin at 7:00 PM and will
be followed by reports of local bird sightings and socializing. Meeting
dates can also be found on the Preservation Parks Calendar at this link:
http://www.preservationparks.com/events-calendar/





Delaware County Bird Club: The State of Bird Conservation in Ohio

Monday, October 23 @ 7:00 pm



Please join us as we welcome Matt Shumar to review the State of Bird
Conservation in Ohio: Lessons from the Second Atlas.

Twenty-five years after the publication of the state's first breeding bird
atlas,  <http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07127-5.html> The
Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio brings our knowledge of the state's
bird populations up to date and provides important new information. The
Atlas documents the current distribution and changes in status for more than
two hundred bird species in Ohio, including five new breeding species and
five species not known to have bred in over fifty years.  More than nine
hundred dedicated birdwatchers completed surveys of birds across the state
from 2006 to 2011. Additionally, trained staff collected new data on bird
abundance using point-count surveys. These counts tabulated not only species
but individual birds as well, enabling precise estimates of the actual
statewide populations for many of the breeding species detected. In all,
more than one million bird records were compiled by birders and professional
researchers for the second Atlas, providing an unprecedented snapshot of the
bird life of Ohio. Matthew will discuss how information generated from the
Atlas is providing important insight into factors driving changes in bird
populations including changes in land use and climate.



Matthew Shumar is a wildlife biologist specializing in ornithology and
landscape ecology, with specific interests in assessing anthropogenic
effects on Neotropical migrants. He is also interested in engaging the
public into citizen science efforts and exploring new opportunities for
collaborative efforts between academia, agency professionals, and amateur
ecologists. In addition to his role as Program Coordinator for the Ohio Bird
Conservation Initiative, he is in charge of web communications for the
Association of Field Ornithologists and is the co-editor of the recently
published Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio.



DCBC future Nov. and Dec.  programs:



November 13th: "Hey, We're in California... Let's Take a Road Trip!" Rich
Bradley, Associate Emeritus Professor, The Ohio State University.

     Rich Bradley will take us on a "road trip" starting in Oakland/Berkeley
California and heading through northeastern California, Oregon and
Washington. This is the tale of a camping trip with a high school chum and
birder extraordinaire (Rusty Scalf) during the summer of 2014. They visited
Lassen Volcanic National Park, sagebrush county in eastern Oregon, the
Washington and Oregon coast and the giant redwood county. The birding (and
spidering) was good and the scenery was spectacular.



December 11th: Delaware Reservoir Christmas Bird Count Preview, Dr. Rich
Bradley, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University.

     Rich will review the history of the Christmas Bird Count, focusing on
our count here in Delaware. This year will be the 30th annual count for our
area. This is a great opportunity for new birders to our area to learn about
the Christmas Bird Count and how to participate. We will discuss counting
techniques as well as have some fun estimating flock size from photographs.
There will be another brief "bird quiz" as well. (FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON
THE COUNT - WHO TO CONTACT AND WHERE TO MONITOR - THE FULL ARTICLE WILL BE
IN THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER.)






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