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Field Trip Hawkins Pond
Saturday, February 27 - 8:00am Robert Grajewski will lead this trip. We will take a chance and see how a late February trip to Hawkins Pond works out. Please remember to bring good boots as some of the trails have have wet areas. Meet at Oakdale Mall, pole #6 at the back of Sears at 8:00am. Volunteer drivers may be necessary. Please consider volunteering if you are able.
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The Northern Saw-whet Owl in Your Back Yard This month’s talk, “The Northern Saw-whet Owl in Your Back Yard”, describes John Confer’s fall banding station at his houseon Hammond Hill for migrating Northern Saw-whet Owls and describes saw-whet migration and population dynamics in eastern North America. John has banded between 50 and 100 saw-whets in the last four falls. The talk focuses on migratory patterns revealed from the 250,00 banded saw-whets and the 1,400 that have been banded and recaptured…
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Bird Song Class
The Naturalists’ Club of Broome County will lead three Bird Song Classes in May. Join a club naturalist for a Saturday morning, and learn to identify birds by their song as well as by sight. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather, including possibly muddy conditions. Classes start at 8 AM and will last about 3 hours. Attend one, two or all three sessions. Classes are FREE for all so bring a friend! Bob Grajewski will lead this trip to Cole…
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Membership Meeting – The Return of the American Chestnut
As a keystone species and mast-producing canopy tree, the loss of the American chestnut from the Eastern US was an ecological and economic disaster for the region more than a hundred years ago. This native species, once classified as functionally extinct, is now poised to make a comeback thanks to modern technology and ground-breaking research. The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project will share their inspiring success story, and elaborate on how genetic engineering can benefit the fields of conservation and restoration. Dr. Allison Oakes is currently a postdoctoral research…
Find out more »Field Trip – Skyline Drive State Forest
Join us for a birding trip into the woods of Skyline Drive State Forest. This is a fairly dense forest area. The forest provides excellent habitat for a wide variety of birds. In the past we have seen Black and White Warblers, Black-throated Blue Warblers and Scarlet Tanager. Meet at Oakdale Mall, pole #6 at the back of Sears at 8:00am. Volunteer drivers may be necessary. Please consider volunteering if you are able.
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Our September meeting will bring back a crowd favorite - Rick Bunting. Rick will share his amazing photos and keen observations of a local Great Blue Heron rookery that he has been observing for many years now. Rick is a Professor Emeritus from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where he served as Chair of Music Education and conductor of Crane Chorus. He considers himself an observer/reporter of things natural and he loves to take pictures for “show…
Find out more »Harvest Dinner
Come and join us for our annual Harvest Dinner at the Chenango Town Hall 1525 NY Route 12. This is a potluck dinner event and please bring prepared hot and cold dishes wrapped to place on the serving tables. The club will provide rolls, margarine, and beverages. BRING YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE NAPKINS AND SERVING UTENSILS. After dinner we will enjoy the main program featuring LANG ELLIOT OF NATURE SOUND STUDIOS.
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Please join us at our annual potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to pass. Your food contributions should contain 8 to 10 servings for each 2 people in your party. Please bring the prepared hot and cold dishes wrapped to place on the serving tables. Please remember to bring YOUR OWN TABLE SERVICE, NAPKINS AND SERVING UTENSILS. The program for the evening is: Lang Elliott Recording and Appreciating the Sounds of Nature In this presentation, Lang will summarize how he…
Find out more »Member Meeting – “PHOTOGRAPHING WILD” by Teri Franzen
Teri Franzen is passionate about observing and photographing wildlife on its terms, wild, unaltered and undisturbed. She has been a wildlife photographer since 2012 after having met up with a Northern Goshawk on her very first outing. Since then she's photographed mammals and birds throughout the US as well as Italy and Africa. Her two most involved ventures have been photographing Wood Ducks in 2015 and Peregrine Falcons in 2016, both requiring long hours in makeshift blinds. She will discuss these two…
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Member Meeting – Member Photo Night
Our December Program gives members a chance to share 10 to 15 of their favorite photographs with fellow club members. Please go through your photographs and select some to share. You may bring your pictures on a CD or thumb drive. If possible make arrangements ahead of time so that digital images can be preloaded on to the computer and avoid any computer related difficulties at the meeting. Only members are invited to share photos. If you have any questions…
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