Members and guests welcome and expected!!  See you there.





Chimney Swifts: Nature's Imperiled Avian Insectivores

October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm



We've all seen Chimney Swifts, those cigar-shaped birds twittering and
flitting high in the air over central Ohio. You may have heard that they eat
prodigious quantities of mosquitoes (go swifts!). You may even have seen
hundreds of them spiraling into chimneys here in the Columbus area. But what
do we really know about these birds of summer? And what dangers to they face
here in Ohio and elsewhere?

Please join us as we welcome Judy Semroc, who discuss Chimney Swift life
history, nesting requirements, benefits and our human impact  of this unique
and beautiful species. Judy also will share ideas on how people can invite
and help this species to visit and even nest on their properties. Think of
them as being the natural way to keep mosquitos at bay!

Judy Semroc currently works in the Natural Areas Division for the
<https://www.cmnh.org/> Cleveland Museum of Natural History as a
Conservation Specialist. She is the founder of Operation Botanic Rescue, a
volunteer plant rescue group, Quail Hollow Land Conservancy and Chrysalis in
Time, the first Ohio chapter of the  <http://naba.org/> North American
Butterfly Association (NABA). In 2013, Judy was the recipient of the
Outstanding Staff Achievement Award for the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History. Along with Larry Rosche and Linda Gilbert, Judy co-authored the
popular field guide Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio in 2012.
As a former Petroleum Geologist and science teacher, Judy loves to learn
about and share her passion for the natural world through hikes,
interpretive programs and photography.



6:30 - 7:00 pm: Bird quiz and informal social time with light refreshments.
Come and meet old friends.or make new ones

7:00 - 7:30 pm: Conservation Spotlight: A Young Birder at Hog Island.
Adriana Losey will tell us about her experience attending the famous Audubon
Camp at Hog Island, Maine. Adriana is a member of the Central Ohio Chapter
of the Ohio Young Birders, the young birders group sponsored by Columbus
Audubon. Columbus Audubon provided a grant from the John Wilson Memorial
Fund to help her spend a week at the camp on Hog Island this past summer.



7:30 - 9:00 pm: Main program, door prizes

This Columbus Audubon program is free and open to the public. Programs are
held at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center (505 West Whittier Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43215 in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier
Peninsula).




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