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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
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SUMMARY:April Meeting via Zoom with Speaker Holly Merker - "Ornitherapy: For Your Mind\, Body\, and Soul"
DESCRIPTION:Watching birds: not only fun\, but good for you!  Learn why getting your daily dose of Ornitherapy is just what the doctor ordered…. \nOrnitherapy leads to a more mindful approach to the observation of birds\, benefiting our mind\, body\, and soul. \nWe’re pushed and pulled in many directions\, no matter our age. If we allow birds and nature to slow us down\, we are practicing a form of “self-care”. Research shows that exposure to nature actively reduces stress\, depression\, and anxiety\, while helping build a stronger heart and immune system. \nBirds are gateways into deeper experiences with nature\, magnifying these benefits. Through observation\, we can learn not only about birds\, but gain insight into our own lives while exploring our connection to the world around us. This fosters stewardship and bolsters conservation. \nWithin the program\, we’ll delve into our connections to birds\, how to practice Ornitherapy for optimal benefits\, and learn about the latest research in the power of nature for overall well-being. Come listen to how watching birds can bring you more than just the enjoyment. \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! \nHolly Merker with Burrowing Owl \nHolly Merker has a background in art therapy\, but today employs birds and nature toward the same goals of well-being in her work as an environmental educator and birding guide. Holly has worked as a professional birding instructor for National Audubon\, the American Birding Association\, Hillstar Nature\, and many other organizations. \nPassionate about connecting young people to birds\, she co-founded the Frontiers in Ornithology Symposium\, and has facilitated many young birder groups and teen birding camps. Dedicated to bird conservation\, she has been state coordinator/reviewer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird Pennsylvania since 2005\, and a two-term voting member of the PA Ornithological Records Committee\, as well as the Committee Chair. \nHolly is lead author of the book Ornitherapy: For Your Body\, Mind\, and Soul (along with co-authors Richard Crossley and Sophie Crossley\, Crossley Books\, 2021) and is currently promoting the practice of Ornitherapy and providing workshops and programs across the U.S. \nIn her free time\, Holly spends every possible moment practicing Ornitherapy herself\, which she credits in helping her defeat breast cancer\, restoring her health mentally and physically.
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/april-2022-ornitherapy-hollymerker/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
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SUMMARY:March Meeting via Zoom with Speaker Stephanie Beilke - "Guiding Wetland Restoration in the Great Lakes through Marsh Bird Monitoring"
DESCRIPTION:Since 2015\, Audubon Great Lakes has led marsh bird monitoring throughout the Chicago region to inform habitat restoration for our declining wetland birds. In this program\, Stephanie Beilke will share the background of the survey effort\, the results of this work\, and new tools the team developed to better connect bird data to land managers leading on the ground restoration. In addition\, she will share how the Chicago region is using this work as a model for work across the Great Lakes to restore wetland habitat for birds. \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! \nStephanie Beilke is the Conservation Science Manager at Audubon Great Lakes based in Chicago. Stephanie is originally from Green Bay\, WI\, which is also where she first became interested in birds\, by paying attention to the birds visiting her backyard. She graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology & Psychology and has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science & Policy from UW Green Bay\, attained in 2015. In her current role\, Stephanie oversees marsh bird monitoring projects that are used to inform wetland management across the Great Lakes. \n 
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-winter-dinner-come-hungry-saturday-january-13th-register-now-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
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SUMMARY:February Meeting via Zoom with Speaker Jennifer Rycenga - "Initiators and Novices: Birders and Community-Science"
DESCRIPTION:With our annual documentation of avian migration\, organized Christmas Bird Counts\, hawk watches\, and state records committees\, birders can rightly claim to have been at the forefront of Community-Science (a.k.a. Citizen-Science). The advent and phenomenal growth of eBird – one of the largest crowd-sourced projects in science today – likewise demonstrates the commitment of the birding community to the democratization of scientific knowledge. But birders can benefit by using similar resources for non-avian taxa. \nIn this presentation\, Jennifer Rycenga will describe the special skills that birders bring to the community-science world\, and the ways that learning about other taxa can help improve your birding skills. The program will focus on the uses of iNaturalist in particular\, and how contributions you make to that database are distinct and complementary to your eBird contributions. Specifically\, since Jennifer has family ties to the Rochester area\, she will suggest particular directions for using iNaturalist locally to aid in the understanding of habitat\, the encouragement of youthful budding scientists\, and the charting of change over time through exploration of patches\, bio-blitzes\, and iNaturalist projects. \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! \nJennifer Rycenga is President of the Sequoia Audubon Society in San Mateo county\, California\, as well as being a long-time member of RBA! She has been birding for over thirty-five years; her proudest anomaly is having recorded at least one life bird in each of the fifty states. She co-launched the now-flourishing Queer Birders of North America (QBNA) back at the beginning of the twenty-first century. As a writer\, she has published articles in Birding and Bay Nature magazines\, and edits the online site guide for San Mateo County\, http://birding.sequoia-audubon.org/ .  A recognized high-level participant in Community-Science\, she has co-organized an ongoing series of Bio-Blitzes with the San Mateo County Parks system.  When not birding\, she is a professor of Humanities at San José State University\, and scholar of the Abolitionist era in American history. When they are not at home tending to the persistent needs of their two indoor cats\, Jennifer is outside naturalizing and birding with her wife Peggy Macres.
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-winter-dinner-come-hungry-saturday-january-13th-register-now-2-2-2-2/
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting and Elections via Zoom with Speaker Paul Bannick - "The Owl and the Woodpecker" - Thursday\, January 13\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:Happy New Year everyone! We had hoped our January annual meeting and elections could be held in person\, but out of an abundance of caution\, considering the high rates of COVID-19 in our area\, our meeting will be held via Zoom. \nA silver lining to this\, however\, is we will have an encore presentation by Paul Bannick\, who was so well attended last month that we quickly reached our Zoom capacity and many people could not get in to watch his presentation. This will not be a repeat of his December talk\, but a new presentation\, “The Owl and the Woodpecker.” It will be informative and again feature his amazing photos. \nThe meeting will take place on Thursday\, January 13\, 2022\, at 7:00 PM. (Note: This is a change from the previously advertised date.) Please mark your calendars! Look 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! \nIt has been my pleasure to serve as Vice President and Chair of Programs for the past five years. I’ve enjoyed the research and discovery of so many people in the bird world who have presented to RBA!  In January\, I will hand over the reins to a new vice president. You will be in good hands going forward! \nJeanne Verhulst\, Vice President and Chair of Programs \nThe Owl and the Woodpecker\nA Lewis Woodpecker squeezes out of his nest cavity in an oak snag. Lewis Woodpeckers are weak cavity excavators\, and thus are one of the few woodpeckers that will reuse a cavity in successive years. Lewis Woodpeckers are unique in that they spend the majority of their hunting energy catching insects on the wing. \nPaul’s presentations on owls and woodpeckers take audiences on a visual and auditory exploration of habitats of North America through the owls and woodpeckers that most define and enrich these places. This photographic field report celebrates the ways the lives of these two iconic birds are intertwined with one another\, and their role as keystone and indicator species for their environment. Audiences are immersed in the sights and sounds of forest\, grassland\, arctic\, and desert\, and in the entertaining and informative details of Paul’s narrative. The hidden life of these birds is obvious for those who know how to find it. Paul knows how to find it\, and how to bring it to life for his audiences through photos\, sound\, and story. \nA female Pygmy Owl pops up to fill the nest cavity entrance\, where she calls for her mate to deliver food. Northern Pygmy Owls nest predominately in woodpecker-created cavities\, especially those excavated by Hairy Woodpeckers. \nPaul Bannick is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer specializing in the natural history of North America with a focus on birds and habitat. Coupling his love of the outdoors with his skill as a photographer\, he creates images that foster the intimacy between viewer and subject\, inspiring education and conservation. \nPaul is both the author and photographer of two best-selling bird books\, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (Braided River 2016) and The Owl and The Woodpecker\, Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds (Mountaineers 2008). \nPaul’s photography has won awards and his work can be found prominently in bird guides from Audubon\, Peterson\, The Smithsonian\, Stokes\, and The National Wildlife Federation to several volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World\, the New York Times\, and in many other books\, magazines\, parks\, refuges\, and other outlets in North America and Europe. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News\, and on dozens of NPR stations and programs\, including Travels with Rick Steves and BirdNote. \nAfter graduating from the University of Washington\, Paul worked successfully for 15 years in the computer software industry beginning as one of the original 75 employees of the Aldus Corporation (Pagemaker). He later served as a Director for Adobe Systems\, and also worked as a senior manager at Microsoft. Wishing to combine his passion for wilderness conservation with his career\, Paul turned his attention to non-profit work and currently serves as the Director of Major Gifts for Conservation Northwest\, an organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild areas and recovering native species from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies.
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/annual-rba-winter-dinner-come-hungry-saturday-january-13th-register-now-2-2-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
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SUMMARY:December Meeting: Paul Bannick - "Owl:  A Year in the Lives of North American Owls"
DESCRIPTION:Greetings! \nFor our last meeting of 2021\, on Thursday\, December 9—via Zoom—we will have a presentation on one of the most awe-inspiring of birds: owls!  The photographers among us will appreciate the skill and effort that Paul Bannick uses to capture his incredible images and we will all come away having been informed about the lives of these intriguing birds!  Don’t miss this!  Look for the Zoom link in your email a few days prior to the meeting. The Zoom Room will open at 6:45 pm.  Meeting begins at 7 pm. \nJeanne Verhulst\nVice President and Chair of Programs \nOwl:  A Year in the Lives of North American Owls presented by Paul Bannick \nJoin Paul Bannick for a program featuring video\, sound\, stories from the field and several dozen new images from his award-winning and best-selling bird book: Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Paul uses intimate yet dramatic images to follow owls through the course of one year and in their distinct habitats. Audiences will witness the four seasons on territory\, as each stage in an owl’s life is chronicled through rare images: courtship\, mating\, and nesting in spring; fledging and feeding of young in summer; dispersal and gaining independence in fall; and\, finally\, winter’s migrations and competitions for food. His program shows how owls use the unique resources available to them in each habitat to face those challenges. All 19 species found in Canada and the United States are featured in photos\, video and narrative throughout the talk\, with a special focus on the Northern Pygmy-Owl\, Great Gray Owl\, Burrowing Owl\, and Snowy Owl. Owl is a stunning follow-up to Bannick’s bestselling title\, The Owl and the Woodpecker\, giving bird lovers yet another gorgeous photographic tribute\, engaging natural history\, and a compelling call to preserve the habitats that sustain these most iconic of birds. Nearly ten years of working in some of the most remote parts of the continent\, at the darkest hours of the day\, tracking owls as they move through their lives has rewarded Paul with striking images that he uses in his book and presentations. \nAdult owls often make loud\, plaintive noises and wave their wings to get the attention of potential predators and lead them away from the nest or young. Long-eared Owl – © Paul Bannick \nPaul Bannick is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer specializing in the natural history of North America with a focus on birds and habitat. Coupling his love of the outdoors with his skill as a photographer\, he creates images that foster the intimacy between viewer and subject\, inspiring education and conservation. \nPaul is both the author and photographer of two best-selling bird books\, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (Braided River 2016) and The Owl and The Woodpecker\, Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds (Mountaineers 2008). Both of Paul’s books were well received. Washington’s State Museum\, The Burke\, created two traveling exhibits based on his first book\, The Owl and the Woodpecker.  His second book\, Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls\, received Gold Medal in the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards “Animals/Pets” category. \nPaul’s photography won awards from several prestigious photography contests\, including those hosted by Audubon Magazine and the International Conservation Photography Awards. \nHis work can be found prominently in bird guides from Audubon\, Peterson\, The Smithsonian\, Stokes\, The National Wildlife Federation\, and in several volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World. His work has been featured in a variety of publications from The New York Times\, Audubon\, Sunset\, Nature’s Best Photography Magazine\, Birds and Blooms\, Pacific Northwest (two cover stories)\, Seattle Times\, Alaska Air Magazine\, American Way Magazine\, and in many other books\, magazines\, parks\, refuges\, and other outlets in North America and Europe. He has appeared on NBC Nightly News\, Evening Magazine\, King 5 and on dozens of NPR stations and programs\, including Travels with Rick Steves and BirdNote. \nPaul is an accomplished public speaker and has served as the keynote speaker for dozens of festivals\, conventions and fundraisers across the country. His photography has been and continues to be a part of several North American traveling exhibits. A special exhibit at the Chi Mei Museum in Tainan\, Taiwan recently featured Paul’s work titled Owls of North America: Spirit of the Lands. \nAfter graduating from the University of Washington\, Paul worked successfully for 15 years in the computer software industry beginning as one of the original 75 employees of the Aldus Corporation. He later served as a Director for Adobe Systems\, and also worked as a senior manager at Microsoft. Wishing to combine his passion for wilderness conservation with his career\, Paul turned his attention to non-profit work and currently serves as the Director of Major Gifts for Conservation Northwest\, an organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild areas and recovering native species from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies. \nYoung owls\, like these Northern Hawk owls are growing fastest at about 2 weeks of age. At this time they seem to never be satiated and often continue to beg after being fed\, putting great pressure on parents. Northern Hawk Owls – © Paul Bannick
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/december-meeting-tom-snyder-nature-zoos-and-conservation-2-2-3-3-2-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
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SUMMARY:October Meeting: Alvaro Jaramillo  - "Birding Fast and Slow"
DESCRIPTION:Hello RBAers! \nNote: Jared Clarke\, Birding Newfoundland\, originally scheduled for October 14\, will present via Zoom at our meeting November 11\, 2021. \nAlvaro Jaramillo takes a slightly different approach than many others to birding and the birding tours he leads. While he wants his clients to see the important birds of the area\, he does not want to just tick them off a list\, he also wants people to learn something about the birds they see\, to take the time to appreciate them\, and the area in which they are found.  He feels so strongly about this\, he’s planning to launch a new subscription based online birding community\, called “Birding Your Best Life.” Its primary goal is to help people enjoy birds more\, regardless of their circumstances and goals. It will include discussion communities\, equipment reviews\, video tutorials\, and much more.  You can visit his website\, https://www.alvarosadventures.com\, for more information.  Join us on October 14\, at 7:00 PM to hear Alvaro’s thoughts on birding. We will again meet via Zoom\, not in person. (Zoom link will be sent a via email a few days before. Zoom room opens at 6:45 PM.) \nJeanne Verhulst\nVice President and Program Chair \nBirding Fast and Slow\, presented by Alvaro Jaramillo \nAs we know\, birding can be immensely gratifying. As a pastime it is like a good hot sauce\, it goes well with everything but there is a lot to it that we do not think about. A brain actually engages in different ways to identify a bird depending on whether you are new to birding or have been doing it for years. Learning about the brain and how we process birding information\, can make birding easier\, particularly bird identification. Some aspects of what we do as birders is reflexive\, other aspects are deeply thoughtful and contemplative. There is a lot to birding\, and perhaps what we forget is that it is a privilege to be connected with nature … and it is also fun and absolutely wonderful for your health. Perhaps one day\, doctors will prescribe birding to people! \nAlvaro Jaramillo\, owner of birding tour company Alvaro’s Adventures\, was born in Chile but began birding in Toronto\, where he lived as a youth. He was trained in ecology and evolution with a particular interest in bird behavior. Research forays and backpacking trips introduced Alvaro to the riches of the Neotropics\, where he has traveled extensively. He is the author of the Birds of Chile\, an authoritative yet portable field guide to Chile’s birds. Alvaro writes the Identify Yourself column in Bird Watcher’s Digest magazine. Alvaro recently wrote part of the sparrow chapter for the Handbook of Birds of the World\, and the new ABA Field Guide Birds of California. He was recently granted the Eisenmann Medal by the Linnaean Society of New York\, awarded occasionally for excellence in ornithology and encouragement of the amateur. He organizes and leads international birding tours\, as well as a full schedule of pelagic trips in central California. Alvaro lives with his family in Half Moon Bay\, California.
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/october-meeting-alvaro-jaramillo/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
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SUMMARY:September Meeting: Faraaz Abdool - "Birding the Wildest Islands of the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)"
DESCRIPTION:Hello RBAers! \nWe hope you all have enjoyed your summer.  RBA will have our first meeting since May on September 9\, 2021 at 7 pm.  As of this writing (Aug. 7)\, we do not know if we will be meeting in person or continue on Zoom (email notification to come later).  Either way\, our first speaker or two will Zoom in\, which has the advantage of allowing us to have speakers from faraway places\, in this case\, from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. \nI met Faraaz Abdool through a wonderful online organization called Learn the Birds. Based in South Africa\, Learn the Birds presents free weekly webinars on a wide range of topics related to birds worldwide. It also holds master classes on bird photography\, and Faraaz\, who is head of programs for the Americas\, holds monthly casual chats called The Bird is the Word.  Check it out at: learnthebirds.com. \nYou can see Faraaz’s great photography and read his thoughtful blogs at: https://www.faraazabdool.com and on https://www.10000birds.com.  Please join us as we learn about this superb birding destination. \nJeanne Verhulst\, Vice President and Program Chair \nThe Zoom meeting link is below. The “meeting” room will be open 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the meeting to allow folks to chat with one another.  Join via webcam or call in to the phone number below: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81375029324 \nDial by your location\n+1 (646) 558-8656 US (New York) \nMeeting ID: 813 7502 9324 \nAt 7 pm the meeting will begin and everyone but the presenters will be muted. There will be time for Q&A after the talk. You will have a better viewing experience if you use “enter Full Screen” mode. If you are new to Zoom\, please visit Zoom Help Center: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697 for more information. \nTrinidad and Tobago boasts the second highest species density of birds per unit area in the world. In this talk\, the viewer is whisked along on a tour that goes back in time from the formation of the islands to the present day avian cornucopia. Stunning visuals of T&T’s wild spaces and of over 150 species of birds form the backbone of this virtual birding tour of these two continental islands in the Caribbean. \nFaraaz Abdool is an internationally published freelance conservation and wildlife photographer/writer who specializes in birds and the issues they face worldwide. He graciously serves on the Trinidad and Tobago Bird Status and Distribution Committee (formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee)\, and leads birding trips on both islands. Faraaz also runs yearly birding and wildlife tours to East Africa. \nFaraaz is also the author of “Casual Birding in Trinidad & Tobago”\, an extensive volume designed to market T&T as an attractive and easy birding destination as well as to educate the local population about their avian cohabitants. Read a review here:  https://newsday.co.tt/2021/04/11/theres-nothing-casual-about-casual-birding/ \nAlthough he doesn’t keep a life list\, Faraaz has been a keen birder for many years\, separating Black and Turkey Vultures at distance as a little boy\, skipping class to gaze at Magnificent Frigatebirds as a teenager and quitting his job as an electrical engineer to put all his energy into conservation as an adult. \nFaraaz cultivates wildlife consciousness via his words and images in a last-ditch attempt to reconnect humans with nature and save the world. \nFaraaz Abdool \n 
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/december-meeting-tom-snyder-nature-zoos-and-conservation-2-2-3-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:Virtual Backyard Birding Seminar - May 21 @ 7:00pm
DESCRIPTION:Join the Rochester Birding Association for an Online Seminar this Thursday via Zoom.  This month our topic will be Backyard Birds\, and how to attract them to your yard.  The backyard birding seminar will begin this Thursday\, May 21st at 7pm.  The seminar can be accessed by the Zoom website or App.  We hope to see you there\, just follow the link below! \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/s/99327939711?pwd=TEdOQVpHc05ncWh0TVdyeHNpUkF6UT09 \nMeeting ID: 99327939711\nPassword: 930448
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/virtual-birds-brews-may-7-700pm-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings/Speakers
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SUMMARY:Virtual Birds & Brews - May 7 @ 7:00pm
DESCRIPTION:Join the RBA for a virtual Birds & Brews! \nOn May 7th and May 21st\, join RBA members to chat about what is new in the birding world\, migrants coming in\, and the New York Breeding Bird Atlas! The event begins at 7. Stop in the chat room to join the fun! \nThe meeting can be accessed by the Zoom website or App\, watch your email for the link to join!
URL:https://rochesterbirding.org/event/virtual-birds-brews-may-7-700pm/
LOCATION:Virtual Venue\, NY
CATEGORIES:Birds and Brews
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