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SUMMARY:November Meeting in Person & via Zoom with Speaker Jean-Francois Therrien\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 9 \nJean-Francois Therrien\, Ph. D.\, \nSenior Scientist and Graduate Study Director\nHawk Mountain Sanctuary \nJean-François Therrien\, senior research biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Photo by Bill Uhrich 11/6/2018 Copyright Reading Eagle \nAfter completing an academic internship with Hawk Mountain in the fall of 2002\, Jean-Francois Therrien returned nine years later as a biologist. He now leads the Sanctuary’s research projects in the Arctic and is involved in several studies\, including the movement ecology of New World vultures and peregrine falcons across the Americas. He also oversees all of the associated graduate students studying raptor ecology worldwide. \nWhen he’s not monitoring the long-term American kestrel nest-box program or helping with the migration counts from the Sanctuary’s lookout\, JF can be found teaching statistics to Sanctuary trainees and enjoying life with his wife and two children. \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/november-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-jean-francois-therrien-ph-d/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:December Meeting in person or online via Zoom with Speaker Scott Weidensaul - "A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds"
DESCRIPTION:Due to a vote being held to change the RBA Bylaws\, we will also be meeting in-person at Asbury Church.\n \nThursday\, December 14 \nScott Weidensaul \nA World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds \nEven as scientists make astounding discoveries about the navigational and physiological feats that enable migratory birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains\, go weeks without sleep or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch\, humans have brought many migrants to the brink. Based on his bestselling new book “A World on the Wing\,” author and researcher Scott Weidensaul takes you around the globe — with researchers in the lab and field probing the limits of what migrating birds can do\, to the shores of the Yellow Sea in China and the remote mountains of northeastern India where tribal villages saved the greatest gathering of falcons on the planet — to learn how people are fighting to understand and save the world’s great bird migrations.\n \nScott Weidensaul is the author of more than two dozen books on natural history\, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist “Living on the Wind” and his latest\, the New York Times bestseller “A World on the Wing.” Weidensaul is a contributing editor for Audubon and writes for a variety of other publications\, including BWD and Living Bird. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society and an active field researcher\, studying saw-whet owl migration for more than two decades\, as well as winter hummingbirds\, bird migration in Alaska\, and the winter movements of snowy owls through Project SNOWstorm\, which he co-founded.\n\n\nProposed Change to the RBA Bylaws \nAt this meeting\, we also will vote on the following change to the RBA Bylaws:  \nIf a successor to President cannot be found among the membership\, the President may serve more than two consecutive terms under the following conditions: (1) the acting President agrees to serve the additional term\, (2) there is unanimous agreement from the Board of Directors\, and (3) the President is re-elected by the membership during the election of Directors at the first annual membership meeting of the fiscal year.  \nIn the event that a President serving more than two years does occur\, the acting Past President may also stay to serve on the Board of Directors under the conditions:  (1) the acting Past President agrees to serve the additional term\, (2) there is unanimous agreement from the Board of Directors. If the acting Past President does not choose to stay on the Board\, their role will be filled by a past Board member with at least one year of experience. This member would be chosen by the current acting Board and needs to achieve a majority vote in favor by the Board.  \nTo join the meeting online\, click the Zoom link below. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out! \n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/december-meeting-via-zoom-only-with-speaker-scott-weidensaul-a-world-on-the-wing-the-global-odyssey-of-migratory-birds/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:Annual RBA Winter Dinner
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\nAnnual RBA Winter Dinner \nSaturday\, January 20\, 2024\n5:00pm – 9:00 pm\nAsbury First United Methodist Church\n1050 East Avenue Rochester\, NY \nReserve your seat:\nWanda Thistle\n585-281-0956 \nPlease include: your name\, the number of people attending\, and the side dish you will be bringing. Come hungry! Everyone brings a dish to pass (gluten free and vegetarian dishes are gladly welcomed\, as are your usual favorites). The main entrees are Roasted Turkey and Honey Basted Ham. \nNo Alcohol: The church requests that no alcoholic beverages be consumed on the premises. \nThe White Albatross table returns! Sell or trade artwork\, field guides\, and other gently used items. If you bring something for the Table\, be sure to price it\, and let us know if you want the sale price to go as a donation to RBA or back to you. \nMember presentations: Our evening entertainment will be presentations by members of photos from their travels or from local birding adventures\, as well as artwork or carvings. If you plan to give a presentation\, please let us know and how long it will take. Info about whom to contact will be in the December newsletter. \nPlease email Richard Ashworth or phone him at (585) 381-2189\, who will be coordinating this segment. \nMany hands make light work. \nIf you can help with this event\, please contact Wanda Thistle at 585-281-0956.
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-winter-dinner-2/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers,Winter Dinner
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SUMMARY:February:  Dr. Jordan Boersma - “Leveraging Hunter Knowledge to Find and Conserve Bird Species in New Guinea”
DESCRIPTION: Thursday\, February 8\, 2024 – “Leveraging Hunter Knowledge to Find and Conserve Bird Species in New Guinea”\n \nDr. Jordan Boersma\nCornell Lab of Ornithology \nJordan will talk about how his team leveraged the immense natural history knowledge of local hunters to find the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon\, a species with no scientific documentation since the 1800s. They used an innovative approach to gauge accuracy of knowledge and determine whether this critically endangered species was familiar to local hunters\, then worked with experienced hunters to capture the first-ever photos and video of this species. He will also highlight pending efforts to conserve the remaining habitat for the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon\, and how their methods can be applied to other elusive and potentially imperiled species. Depending on his field schedule\, he may also have stories to share about using the same methods to search for another bird species with no previous photographic evidence. \nDr. Jordan Boersma’s curiosity for birds developed in his backyard in W Michigan\, where he spent his childhood. He headed west to study wildlife biology at the University of Montana\, which led to an opportunity to study ornate and elusive birds in Borneo\, where he spent much of four years before pursuing a Ph.D at Washington State University. His dissertation work centered on physiology and behavior of fairywrens\, a colorful and socially complex family of birds native to Australia and New Guinea. During extensive field seasons in New Guinea he learned that indigenous people harbored immense knowledge of local fauna\, and is now working with local communities to study and conserve rare and potentially imperiled species as a postdoctoral researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. \n  \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/february-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-dr-jordan-boersma-leveraging-hunter-knowledge-to-find-and-conserve-bird-species-in-new-guinea/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:March:  Emily Engle = "Behind the Scenes of Merlin Sound ID"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 14\, 2024\n \nEmily Engle\nOutreach Coordinator\, Cornell Lab of Ornithology \nThe Merlin Bird ID app\, created by the Cornell lab of Ornithology\, is a global field guide and a powerful tool to help identify the birds around you. Merlin can help you identify 1\,000+ bird species by sound even when you can’t see them—but how does it work? We’ll take a behind the scenes look at Merlin to learn how Sound ID was developed\, and how you can help us expand Merlin to cover more species worldwide. \nHailing from Santa Barbara\, Emily Engle grew up hiking the mountains and exploring the tidepools of California’s central coast. Hands-on experiences in the outdoors gave her a love for the natural world and inspired her to pursue an education learning how to protect it. Fueled by a passion for connecting people to nature\, science\, and conservation\, Emily earned her degree in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz. From researching mountain lions in the West to guiding as a naturalist in Georgia’s Golden Isles\, her work has allowed her to explore the critical interdependence between people and wildlife. After falling in love with the birds and landscapes of coastal Georgia\, she moved to Ithaca and began her role as an Outreach Coordinator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology aiding in the celebration of birds\, community science\, and conservation action through Merlin and eBird. \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/march-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-alli-smith/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T190000
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SUMMARY:April:  Dr. Andrew Farnsworth - "Birdcast"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 11\, 2024 – “Birdcast”\n \nDr. Andrew Farnsworth\nSenior Research Associate\, Cornell Lab of Ornithology \nAndrew Farnsworth is a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Andrew began birding at age 5 and quickly developed his longstanding fascination with bird migration. His current research efforts advance the use and application of rapidly expanding technologies to study bird movements across scales including weather surveillance radar\, audio and video recording and monitoring tools\, citizen science datasets\, and machine learning techniques. Andrew received his BS in Natural Resources from Cornell\, MS in Zoology from Clemson University\, and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University. \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/april-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-dr-andrew-farnsworth-birdcast/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:May:  Dr. Michael Schrimpf - "Studying Open-ocean Bird Distributions Using eBird"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 9\, 2024 – “Studying Open-ocean Bird Distributions Using eBird” \nDr. Michael Schrimpf \nPost-doctoral Fellow\, Cornell Lab of Ornithology \nDr. Michael Schrimpf is a seabird ecologist who grew up in Wisconsin\, and first developed an interest in birds in college. That interest\, combined with a desire to explore the oceans\, led to his graduate work with seabirds. He studied alcids like Common Murres and Rhinoceros Auklets on the West Coast while completing a master’s degree at the University of Washington\, and then began working in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean during his PhD work at Stony Brook University\, on Long Island\, NY. His current work at Cornell involves partnering with expedition cruise companies to understand how eBird data from ships can help map seabird distributions. \n  \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/may-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-dr-michael-scrimpf-studying-open-ocean-bird-distributions-using-ebird/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T173000
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SUMMARY:Annual RBA Picnic at Burroughs Audubon Nature Club - Rain or Shine!
DESCRIPTION:·      Please bring your own dinner\, as you prefer. If you would like to grill\, please bring your own meat. RBA will provide charcoal. \n·      We will provide plates\, cups\, plastic utensils\, and ice.  \n·      The picnic is always informal and fun. There’s no formal program; it’s just a lot of birders talking about birds\, travel\, and other adventures. \n·      The BANC facility is located in an ideal place to see birds. This is a great opportunity to enjoy this lovely spot\, with an after-dinner walk to look for breeding songbirds and year-round residents. \nLooking forward to see you there!  \nDirections: From Route 96 turn onto Fishers Road\, go 1.3 miles. Right on to Railroad Mills Road\, go 0.2 miles. BANC parking is on the right. Address is 301 Railroad Mills Road\, Pittsford\, NY 14534
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-picnic-at-burroughs-audubon-nature-club-rain-or-shine/
LOCATION:Burroughs-Audubon Nature Club\, 301 Railroad Mills Road\, Pittsford\, NY\, 14534\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Picnic,Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T190000
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SUMMARY:September:  Michael Adriaansen - “Land Management and Preservation Along Important Bird Migration Routes in New York vs. Texas”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 12\, 2024\n \nSpeaker:  Michael Adriaansen – “Land Management and Preservation Along Important Bird Migration Routes in New York vs. Texas” \nThis presentation will compare the land management in New York and Texas along important bird migration routes and how it affects bird species diversity. \nMichael Adriaansen has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Binghamton University\, and a master’s degree in Environmental Interpretation from SUNY – ESF. He worked as an environmental educator for NYSDEC at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve in Buffalo for more than 15 years. Presently\, he works as an environmental educator with NYS Parks at Niagara Falls. He recently took a trip to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and recorded many life birds. His presentation will be filled with pictures and a few videos from this trip. \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/september-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-michael-adriaansen/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T193000
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SUMMARY:September SPECIAL EVENT:  "Marine Birds of the Americas:  A Conversation with Sea McKeon" facilitated by author and RBA President Randi Minetor
DESCRIPTION:Special Events in September \nRBA is partnering with our friends at the Seneca Park Zoo and Genesee Valley Audubon Society to bring you two events with Sea McKeon\, American Bird Conservancy Marine Program Director\, during his consultation visit to Rochester. Join us for the first of two exciting events! \nWednesday\, September 25\, 6:30 – 7:30 pm\nMarine Birds of the Americas:  A Conversation with Sea McKeon\, facilitated by author and RBA President Randi Minetor  \nBrighton Memorial Library Learning Center\n2300 Elmwood Avenue\, Brighton\nFree and open to the public; hearing loop system; wheelchair accessible \nJoin Sea McKeon\, Marine Program Director for the American Bird Conservancy (ABC)\, in a lively discussion with Randi Minetor\, as he shares highlights from recent travels to Peru and other destinations\, and the conservation work of ABC throughout the Americas. In partnership with the Rochester Birding Association. For more information\, visit www.senecaparkzoo.org/birdability
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/september-special-event-1/
LOCATION:Brighton Memorial Libary Learning Center\, 2300 Elmwood Avenue\, Brighton\, 14618\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T083000
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SUMMARY:September SPECIAL EVENT:  Sea McKeon - "Intro to Birding through Nature Journaling"
DESCRIPTION:Special Events in September \nRBA is partnering with our friends at the Seneca Park Zoo and Genesee Valley Audubon Society to bring you two events with Sea McKeon\, American Bird Conservancy Marine Program Director\, during his consultation visit to Rochester. Join us for the second of two exciting events! \nSaturday\, September 28\, 8:30 – 10:30 am\nIntro to Birding through Nature Journaling with ABC’s Sea McKeon \nSeneca Park\, Longhouse Shelter \n2222 St. Paul St.\, Rochester\nFree and open to the public; preregistration required and limited to 16 people \nParticipants will learn fundamentals of birding through a Sit and Bird session and will discover how nature journaling (with words and/or drawing) helps our observational skills.  No artistic talent required! Suitable for ages 12 to 120; binoculars available and nature journals provided. \nA Birdability event: all paths are wheelchair accessible; participants are encouraged to bring camp chairs or blankets to sit on. In partnership with Genesee Valley Audubon. For more information and to register\, visit www.senecaparkzoo.org/birdability
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/september-special-event-sea-mckeon-intro-to-birding-through-nature-journaling/
LOCATION:Seneca Park\, 2222 St. Paul Street\, Rochester\, NY\, 14621\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T210000
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SUMMARY:October:  Mark Deutschlander  - “Radiotracking Migratory Songbirds with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 10\, 2024\n \nSpeaker:  Mark Deutschlander – “Radiotracking Migratory Songbirds with the Motus Wildlife Tracking System”\n \nAdvances in technology have created new opportunities to study avian migration and better understand \nMark Deutschlander \nthe full life cycle of migratory birds. While tracking technologies allow us to learn where birds go\, these technologies also can provide detailed knowledge about the pace of migration\, decision making related to breeding constraints or energetic\, and the evolutionary trade-offs in migration. Several case studies will help illustrate the impacts of new tracking technologies\, particularly radiotracking\, and some new regional projects using Motus radiotracking on migratory songbirds will be discussed. \nMark Deutschlander is a Professor of Biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges\, where he teaches courses about physiology\, ornithology\, and migration. His research focuses on understanding navigation and orientation mechanisms in migratory songbirds\, as well as the energetics of migration. \n \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/october-mark-deutschlander-radiotracking-migratory-songbirds-with-the-motus-wildlife-tracking-system/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:November:  Maria Castano
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 14\, 2024\n \nMaria Castano\nDoctoral candidate and Biologist\, University of Rochester  \nFlame-rumped Tanager \nMaria Castano is a Colombian biologist studying the role of behavior as a driver of population differentiation. The outstanding bird diversity of her home country made her an enthusiastic birder and ornithologist. She earned her BS at Universidad de los Andes\, where she completed her undergraduate thesis about the amazing experience of performing a long-term population monitoring study about patterns of space use of montane birds. Maria joined the TropBioLab at the University of Rochester in Fall 2020\, with the specific interest in how visual and acoustic signals involved in mate choice are shaped by ecological pressures that ultimately result in reproductive isolation of neotropical birds. Her dissertation project at UR focuses on the Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) subspecies complex—two subspecies that exhibit subtle morphological differences\, but dramatic variation in the carotenoid-based plumage color of the rump. \n  \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/november-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-maria-castano/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:December:  Dr. Elsie Shogren - "The moment of truth for speciation: Myzomela honeyeaters in the Solomon Islands"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 12\, 2024\nSpeaker:  Dr. Elsie Shogren – “The moment of truth for speciation: Myzomela honeyeaters in the Solomon Islands” \nDr. Elsie Shogren grew up exploring muddy creeks and observing wildlife around the family farm in Nebraska. She channeled her fascination with biology as an undergraduate at Cornell University\, where she discovered field work and ornithology collecting data on Tree Swallows in Ithaca\, NY and Alberta\, Canada. After graduating\, Elsie continued developing her research interests\, assisting with projects on Red-backed Fairywrens in Australia\, Greater Prairie Chickens in Nebraska\, and Piping Plovers in South Dakota. Deciding to focus on the interplay of sexual and natural selection for her PhD at Kansas State University\, she studied the consequences of rainfall for survival\, behavior\, and evolution in sexually-selected Neotropical Manakins. As a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rochester\, Elsie is now exploring the genetic\, ecological\, and behavioral factors that maintain species boundaries between two Myzomela honeyeaters that have recently come into contact and are hybridizing in the Solomon Islands of the south Pacific. \n  \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/december-meeting-in-person-via-zoom-with-speaker-else-shogren/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:RBA's 50th Anniversary Dinner Celebration
DESCRIPTION:When:   Sunday\, February 2\, 2025    5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. \nWhere:  RIT Inn and Conference Center\, 5257 West Henrietta Road\, Henrietta \nSchedule:\n5:00 p.m. – Reception with cash bar\n6:00 p.m. – Dinner\n6:45 p.m. – Dessert and Program \nRSVP:\nThe dinner is compliments of the RBA\, but reservation in advance is required. Please register by Wednesday\, January 15\, 2025. \n 
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/rbas-50th-anniversary-dinner-celebration/
LOCATION:RIT Inn and Conference Center\, 5257 West Henrietta Road\, Henrietta\, NY\, 14467\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers,Winter Dinner
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SUMMARY:February:  Denver Holt - "Step into the World of Owls: 35 Years of Research by the Owl Research Institute"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 13\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Denver Holt – “Step into the World of Owls: 35 Years of Research by the Owl Research Institute”  \n\nFounded by Denver Holt in 1987\, the Owl Research Institute (ORI) stands as one of the most active owl research groups in the world. For over 35 years\, ORI has been dedicated to the pursuit of in-depth and lasting studies that illuminate the enigmatic world of owls and their intricate ecology. While many wildlife biologists have gradually shifted away from fieldwork\, ORI continues the determined exploration of owl habitats throughout the entire year. \nORI maintains eight major owl research studies\, some of which have 30 to 37 years of data. Simultaneously\, younger projects offer 5 to 10 years of invaluable observations. Join owl expert Denver Holt for an insightful overview of ORI’s extensive projects and immerse yourself in his philosophies on the majestic Snowy Owl\, the elusive Long-eared Owl\, the captivating Short-eared Owl\, the regal Great Gray Owl\, mysterious Boreal Owl\, the adorable Saw-whet Owl\, the diminutive Pygmy Owl\, and so much more! \nDenver Holt is a widely published author who has been featured in many articles from National Geographic to the New York Times\, as well as in many television programs. He has educated and entertained people from all walks of life and enjoys guiding\, meeting new people\, and expanding his knowledge of wildlife and the natural world. \n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/february-denver-holt-step-into-the-world-of-owls-35-years-of-research-by-the-owl-research-institute/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:March:  Nathan Senner - "A year in the life of a long-distance migratory shorebird"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 13\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Nathan Senner\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst\nTopic:  “A year in the life of a long-distance migratory shorebird” \n\nNathan Senner started studying birds at the age of 14. After earning a B.A. from Carleton College\, he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to follow Hudsonian Godwits on their annual migration from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America and back. He continued this research while pursuing his PhD at Cornell University with Dr. John Fitzpatrick. From there\, he traveled across the Atlantic for a postdoc with Dr. Theunis Piersma at the University of Groningen studying the flexibility of Black-tailed Godwit annual cycles. Following that\, he was a postdoc at the University of Montana with Dr. Zachary Cheviron investigating the population dynamics of high-elevation deer mice. He has been an assistant professor since 2019 and in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2022\, where his lab mostly focuses on the population and movement ecology of long-distance migratory birds. \n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/march-nathan-senner-topic-tbd/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:April:  Randi Minetor - "How Birds Created the World … and Other Stories from The Complete Language of Birds"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 10\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Randi Minetor – “How Birds Created the World … and Other Stories from The Complete Language of Birds” \n\nAncient Egyptians believed that the Earth began as an egg laid by a giant goose. Ojibwa people of America’s northern plains tell of a Great Flood that swept away the world’s evils\, and the bird that braved the deep waters to bring a bit of soil up from the bottom to restore land at the surface. European scientists once believed that swans survived the winters by turning themselves into barnacles and adhering to the bottoms of ships\, transforming back into swans in spring. These and many other tales told in Randi Minetor’s latest book\, The Complete Language of Birds\, bring us back to a time when birds seemed like magical beings with the answers for so many of the world’s questions. \nBestselling author Randi Minetor has written more than 90 books\, including the Birdfinding and Best Easy Bird Guides series for Falcon Guides/Globe Pequot Press\, and she is the author of Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening for Lyons Press. Her most recent book\, The Complete Language of Birds\, is an encyclopedia that unites classic illustrations\, science\, folklore\, and mythology about more than 400 bird species around the world. She writes for Birding Magazine\, serves as an editor of regional reports for North American Birds\, and has served as president of the Rochester Birding Association. \n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/april-randi-minetor-how-birds-created-the-world/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:May:  Tim Gallagher\, Editor\, Living Bird magazine (retired) - "The Peregrines of Taughannock Gorge"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 8\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Tim Gallagher\, Editor\, Living Bird magazine (retired) \nThe Peregrine Falcon eyrie at Taughannock Falls State Park is one of the most famous falcon nests in the world\, thanks to a photograph ornithologist Arthur Allen took in 1926. In the picture\, an adult Peregrine is perched on a limb in front of the waterfall with her chicks on a ledge nearby. Tim Gallagher first saw the picture in an old copy of A.C. Bent’s Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey when he was twelve years old and already a falcon fanatic. He’s loved it ever since. Years later\, in 1990\, when he came to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to be interviewed for the editor position at Living Bird\, he asked if someone could take him to Taughannock Falls so he could see this place that had such a special hold on him. It was a profound experience but also sad\, because the falcons had not nested there since 1946—early victims of DDT which eventually caused the Peregrine Falcon population to crash across North America. The falcons finally started nesting in Taughannock Gorge again in 2020\, after a 74-year absence. In his illustrated talk\, Tim will discuss the fascinating history of the Taughannock Peregrine eyrie—from when it was found by famed Ithaca bird artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes in 1909 to the present. \nTim Gallagher is an award-winning author\, wildlife photographer\, and magazine editor. He served as editor-in-chief of Living Bird\, the flagship publication of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology\, for more than 25 years and was one of the founding editors of WildBird magazine. Tim got his first field guide at the age of eight and has been obsessively watching birds ever since. He is the author of several books\, including Parts Unknown\, Wild Bird Photography\, The Grail Bird\, Falcon Fever\, and Imperial Dreams\, and is co-author of several more. \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/may-tim-gallagher/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:September:  Richard Fuller - "Connecting the USA with Australia: Migratory shorebirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 11\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Richard Fuller – “Connecting the USA with Australia: Migratory shorebirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway”\n \n  \nRichard Fuller is a Professor at the University of Queensland. He studies how people have affected the natural world around them\, and how some of their destructive effects can best be reversed. The research group works on pure and applied topics in biodiversity and conservation\, with a strong emphasis on building collaborative conservation to save migratory species. He is also an incurable birder. See www.fullerlab.org \nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/september-richard-fuller/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:October:  Bobby Harrison - "My search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 9\, 2025\nSpeaker:   \nBobby Harrison – “My search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker” \n\nThe struggle to prove the Ivory-billed Woodpecker still exists has obsessed believers and exasperated doubters for a century. Photographer Bobby Harrision has been working for decades to document the species once and for all before the government declares it extinct. He and Tim Gallagher\, at the time the editor of Cornell Lab of Ornithlogy’s Living Bird magazine\, were the last to see a bird that may have been an Ivory-billed during an expedition to the Big Woods of the Arkansas Delta in 2004. Harrison has captured video of what may have been an Ivory-billed since then\, but the controversy continues—and he continues to search the swamps of eastern Arkansas to get a definitive image of the elusive bird. \nBobby Harrison is an award-winning nature photographer\, speaker\, writer and educator based in Huntsville\, Alabama.  Mr. Harrison holds a B.F.A. in Photography from Andrew’s University in Berrien Springs\, Michigan\, and a M.S. in Media Technology from Alabama A&M University.  He served as the Director of the Art Program at Oakwood University from 1992 until his retirement in 2022\, holding the rank of Associate Professor.  He is also a charter member of the North American Nature Photography Association and served on the Board of Directors from January 2001 to February 2004.\n \nMr. Harrison has published articles and photographs in various national and international magazines and calendars such as: Audubon\, Living bird\, Birder’s World\, Wildbird\, Nature’s Best\, Bird Watchers Digest\, Natural History\, National and International Wildlife\, American Photo\, Birds and Blooms\, Sinra\, Outdoor Photographer\, Outdoor and Travel Photographer\, as well as other publications. Calendars include Birder’s World\, Audubon\, and Sanibel Island.  He is currently a columnist for the magazine\, Creation Illustrated.\n \nHis travels have taken him from the Pribilof Islands and the Alaska mainland to Venezuela\, from the Arizona deserts to coastal Maine to photograph his favorite subject:  birds.   He has traveled widely throughout North America giving\npresentations on birds and bird photography.\n \nMr. Harrison has published photographs and more than 100 articles in various national and international nature magazines.  He is also one of the featured photographers in a thirteen-part television series entitled “Nature’s Best Photography”.  His bird photography has garnered numerous awards including the 2021 Lucie Awards competition for wildlife photography\, the 2018 Audubon Photography Awards top 100 images\, and three awards in the widely acclaimed Nature’s Best International Photography Awards competition. \n \nIn 2005 Mr. Harrison was elected a Fellow of The Explores Club in New York City.  On March 18\, 2006 he\, along with his colleague Tim Gallagher of Cornell University received The Explores Clubs Presidents Award for Conservation at their annual gala.  This prestigious award is given for a significant contribution to science through exploration.\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/october-bobby-harrison-searching-for-the-ivory-billed-woodpecker/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:November:  Andrea Patterson - "40 Years of Banding At Braddock Bay: What Have We Learned?"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 13\, 2025\n40 Years of Banding At Braddock Bay: What Have We Learned? – Andrea Patterson\n\nBraddock Bay Bird Observatory has been banding birds on the south shore of Lake Ontario since 1986\, and we’ve collected data on more than 300\,000 birds. Thanks to a platoon of collaborating researchers including local professors and their undergraduate and graduate students\, our data has been used to answer a variety of questions concerning the behavior\, ecology\, and biology of birds. Join us for a romp through 40 years of research\, as we tackle questions like:\n\n\nHave we noticed any changes in bird populations or migrations over time?\nAre migrating flocks just associations of birds that happen to be coordinated by time\, place\, and species\, or is there something more meaningful at work?\nWhy do birds carry extra fat in the spring?\nWhy do some insectivores switch their diet to fruit in the fall?\nIs it possible to distinguish individual Magnolia Warblers just by their night flight calls???\nWhat is that thing on the chin of that Great Crested Flycatcher?\n\n\nWe promise that you don’t need a knowledge of statistics or the scientific method to understand and enjoy this fun overview of our work.\n\n\nBiography: \nAndrea Patterson began volunteering at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory in 2009\, and banded her first bird in the spring of 2010 when she took a bander training class from Elizabeth Brooks.  Since then\, she has handled more than 20\,000 birds as part of the Observatory’s long-term migration study and has been lucky enough to spend time banding Saltmarsh and Nelson’s Sparrows in New Hampshire\, rails (including one Black Rail!) in Louisiana\, and Tawny-crowned Greenlets in Belize.  Now the executive director of the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory\, Andrea coordinates the migration\, summer\, and owl monitoring programs; facilitates the use of the Observatory as a field site for a half-dozen research affiliates; and teaches four banding classes annually.\n\n\n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/november-andrea-patterson-40-years-of-banding-at-braddock-bay-what-have-we-learned/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:December:  Jennifer Ackerman - "What an Owl Knows"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 11\, 2025\nSpeaker:  Jennifer Ackerman – “What an Owl Knows” \nFor millennia\, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than 30\,000 years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight\, owls are often a symbol of wisdom\, knowledge\, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls? Scientists have only recently begun to understand in deep detail the complex nature of these extraordinary birds. Some 260 species of owls exist today\, and they reside on every continent except Antarctica\, but they are far more difficult to find and study than other birds because they are cryptic\, camouflaged\, and mostly active in the dark of night. Join Jennifer in a multimedia presentation on what we have learned lately about the nature of the world’s most enigmatic birds. With remarkable photos\, videos\, and audio recordings\, Jennifer explores the rich biology and natural history of owls and examines remarkable new scientific discoveries about their brains and behavior. \nAward-winning science writer and speaker Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about nature and science for more than three decades. She is the author of seven books\, including the New York Times bestsellers\, The Genius of Birds (Penguin Press\, 2016) and What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds (Penguin Press\, June 2023)\, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2023.\nJennifer’s previous books include The Bird Way (2020)\, which won the 2021 Whitley Book Award and was a finalist for the 2021 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. It was named a Nature Book of the Year by the London Sunday Times. Her book on bird intelligence\, The Genius of Birds\, was a finalist for the 2017 National Academies Communication Book Award and was named one of the ten best nonfiction books of 2016 by the Wall Street Journal. It has been published in 28 languages.\nJennifer was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2024. She is also the recipient of a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts\, the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College (now the Radcliffe Institute)\, Brown College at the University of Virginia\, and the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University.\n\nNote: Photo taken by Sofia Runarsdotter\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/december-jennifer-ackerman-what-an-owl-knows/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Annual RBA Winter Dinner
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\nAnnual RBA Winter Dinner \nSaturday\, January 10\, 2026\n5:00pm – 9:00 pm\nAsbury First United Methodist Church\n1050 East Avenue Rochester\, NY \nAnnual elections will be held and member presentations will provide the entertainment. Reserve your seat for the potluck dinner! Everyone brings a dish to pass. Gluten Free\, Vegetarian or Dairy Free dishes are welcomed or bring your favorite! Main Entrees provided will be Roasted Turkey and Ham. \nContact Niki Banke. Please include name\, number of guests and the dish you plan on bringing. Please remember Asbury has a strict no alcohol policy. \nMany hands make light work – we need volunteers to help set up and clean up! Contact Niki for details.Email Niki: jacksons.mama@hotmail.com or text 585-317-3751 \n 
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-winter-dinner-3/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers,Winter Dinner
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SUMMARY:February:  Richard Fadok - "Politics and Prevention: Window Strikes in Rochester"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 12\, 2026\n – Richard Fadok\n\n\nFatal collisions with glass windows claim the lives of a billion birds or more every year in the United States. This talk will cover the history\, biology\, and politics of collisions to understand why they occur and what is being done about them. It will also discuss a multi-university and community research initiative to study this conservation crisis in Rochester\, New York. \n\n\n\nBiography: \n\n\nRichard Fadok is an assistant professor of anthropology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A multispecies ethnographer and anthropologist of design\, his research asks how the built environment shapes ordinary relations of violence\, care\, and justice between humans and other animals. He is currently working on a multi-sited ethnography about the environmental politics of  bird-window collisions and bird-safe design in the United States. Alongside his anthropological research\, he is the founder and director of Smash the Crash\, a university and community initiative to end bird-window collisions in Rochester\, New York.\n\n\n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/february-richard-fadok-politics-and-prevention-window-strikes-in-rochester/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:March:  Tina Morris - "Return to the Sky"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 12\, 2026\nSpeaker:  Tina Morris – “Return to the Sky” \n\n\nAs the bald eagle\, our national symbol\, was facing extinction in the continental U.S. in 1976\, Tina Morris was beginning her graduate work at Cornell University. By luck and circumstance\, she was selected to reintroduce the species into New York State in the hope that eagles could repopulate eastern North America.  Young\, female\, with no experience\, she faced the challenges of saving this iconic bird while striving for acceptance in the unfamiliar male-dominated world of raptor biology. Playing mother to seven eagles forced her to transcend the isolation and tedium of field research to rescue an endangered species while in turn rescuing herself. \nTina Morris completed her graduate work in ornithology and wildlife biology at Cornell in 1978\, writing her thesis on the adaptations of hacking techniques to reintroduce bald eagles. Following her studies at Cornell\, she worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nature Conservancy for several years\, focusing on endangered species and critical habitat conservation\, before embarking on a 23 year career teaching English and biology. Since her retirement in 2020\, she has devoted her time to her own writing\, especially creative non-fiction with a science or nature focus. Her short stories and non-fiction essays have appeared in Cognoscenti\, LitBreak\, Kestrel and  North by Northeast. Thirty years ago\, with four children in tow\, Tina and her husband bought a farm in northern Massachusetts\, which they manage as a wildlife sanctuary\, promoting biodiversity and habitat protection for species in decline. \n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/march-tina-morris-return-to-the-sky/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:April:  Mary D'Agostino - "Birds of the High Arctic"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 9\, 2026\n – Mary D’Agostino\, Nature Photographer\n\n\n\nPhotographer Mary D’Agostino will share images from a trip to Utqiaġvik\, Alaska\, the most northerly city in North America. See photographs taken on the tundra that capture rare images of breeding plumage and behavior of countless migratory shore birds and snowy owls on their breeding grounds. An incomplete list of species to be included in the show: Owls (Snowy\, Short-eared)\, Sandpipers (Pectoral\, Buff-breasted)\, Dunlin\, Little stint\, Jaegers (Parasitic\, Long-tailed\, Pomarine)\, Eiders (King\, Steller’s)\, Willow Ptarmigan\, Snow Bunting\, Redpoll\, Plover (American Golden\, Semipalmated)\, Red-necked Phalarope\, Ruddy Turnstone\, White Fronted Goose\, Tundra Swans\, among others. \n\n\n\nAbout the Photographer: \n\n\n\nAfter many years in corporate life\, Mary now actively pursues her passion for photography. She offers her images to the public for conservation projects and corporate and civic collections. Favorite subjects include Sandhill Cranes\, birds\, and bears\, in locations such as Alaska (arctic and sub-arctic)\, Wyoming\, Montana\, New Mexico\, New York \, California\, and Nebraska. Mary earned degrees from Amherst College and Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is currently a semi-retired independent management consultant who works on business\, non-profit\, civic\, and public art projects. \nMary served as Board Member of WildCare Bay Area\, a California wildlife animal hospital and educational center. She received an Audubon top 100 Photography award for her Sandhill Crane image “Stick Toss.” Several images have been published by the National Audubon and in juried shows. Recently she had an image published in the book accompanying Wings Over Water\, an IMAX 3D movie. See more of Mary’s work at her website\, www.seenature.net. \n\n\n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/april-mary-dagostino-birds-of-the-high-arctic/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:May:  Bill Evans - "The Search for Coastal Lake Ontario Megaflights: a tale of wind turbines and concentration dynamics of nocturnal bird migration "
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 14\, 2026\n – Bill Evans\n\n\nBill Evans began work in 1985 studying the calls birds give in nocturnal migration. By 2000\, his expertise was in demand from wind energy developers who were required to do wildlife studies to get their projects approved. His night flight call studies had given him unique insight into what species were present in nocturnal migration and what species might be subject to collisions with behemoth rotors slicing through the night. By 2015\, he was also getting a lot of work from towns and citizens groups concerned about the impacts of wind energy in their neighborhoods. In that year a law firm representing the Town of Somerset\, NY hired Bill to review the potential avian impacts of the Lighthouse Wind Project\, which was on track to be the first US wind project built in the coastal zone of a large body of water. Bill agreed with others involved that large coastal concentrations of migrants would potentially be impacted by the project. He was soon carrying out an avian night flight call study to collect data\, which ultimately confirmed the potential elevated avian impact of this project. The study was funded by the citizens group spearheading the opposition to the wind project\, Save Ontario Shores\, Inc. In the ensuing years\, SOS would play a key role in stopping the construction of the Lighthouse Wind Project. And in 2024\, with the wind project having folded\, SOS asked Bill if his nonprofit had any ideas for further study that might tie into the work he had previously completed. Bill’s presentation to the RBA will highlight the exciting development that this funding has catalyzed. \nBill Evans is the founder and director of the nonprofit Old Bird Inc. The organization has been advancing the utility of studying avian nocturnal flight calls since 1998. \n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/may-bill-evans-the-search-for-coastal-lake-ontario-megaflights-a-tale-of-wind-turbines-and-concentration-dynamics-of-nocturnal-bird-migration/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:September:  Kristin Brunk\, PhD - "Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Studying Nature Through Sound"
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 10\, 2026\nSpeaker:  Kristin Brunk\, PhD – “Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Studying Nature Through Sound” \n\n\n\nBird song has been a source of inspiration and joy to people for centuries\, but it can also provide clues about bird community health and insights into the success (or failure) of habitat management for birds. Passive acoustic monitoring – using sound to study nature – is a rapidly-advancing technique that’s increasingly being used to monitor bird populations in many contexts. In California’s Sierra Nevada\, researchers are using passive acoustic monitoring at unprecedented scales to improve habitat management for birds in the context of rapidly changing climate and fire regimes.\n\nKristin Brunk\, PhD\, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo\, in Oslo\, Norway\, and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca\, NY. Kristin’s research lies at the intersection of conservation\, quantitative ecology\, and behavioral ecology\, and the questions that most interest her are those with implications both for wildlife conservation and for ecological theory. Kristin is a field ecologist at heart\, and in addition to working in the Sierra Nevada\, Kristin has conducted fieldwork in a wide variety of landscapes including the old growth redwood forest in Big Basin Redwoods State Park\, the ground-nesting seabird paradise of Johnston Atoll (a tiny\, remote Pacific wildlife refuge)\, the swamps and marshes of the ACE basin in South Carolina\, the volcanic shores of Isla Española in the Galapagos\, and the mountain birch forests of Norway.\n\n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/september-kristin-brunk-phd-passive-acoustic-monitoring-studying-nature-through-sound/
LOCATION:Asbury First Methodist Church\, 1050 East Avenue\, Rochester\, NY\, 14607\, United States
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SUMMARY:October:  Dr. Mike Ward
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 8\, 2026\n – Mike Ward\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiography: \n\n\nDr. Mike Ward is originally from Jacksonville\, IL and received his PhD from the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign in 2004.  He is currently the Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences\, in the College of Agricultural\, Consumer\, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois and an Ornithologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Dr. Ward conducts research on avian ecology and conservation throughout the Midwest as well as in Texas\, Florida\, Mexico\, Costa Rica\, Colombia\, and Cuba. He is a global leader in the use of automated telemetry to investigate the movements (e.g.\, migration) and behavior of birds. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and won multiple awards for his research. He is also on many technical committees most of which are charged with informing management and policy to better conserve the environment. Dr. Ward studies the ecology and behavior of birds in natural and modified ecosystems in order to inform conservation and management.\n\n\n\n\nLook for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 PM.  Don’t wait until the last minute to sign on\, you might be left out!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/october-dr-mike-ward/
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