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Membership Meeting – Clark’s Nutcrackers & Whitebark Pine Decline
Whitebark pine and Clark’s Nutcrackers have a fascinating relationship: the trees provide rich, fatty seeds, and the birds “plant” the trees’ seeds —a single bird may hide up to 98,000 seeds in a year. The food caches help the birds get through the winter, and the leftovers grow into new trees. In fact, whitebark pine trees sprout almost exclusively from nutcracker seed caches. This dependency has led to considerable concern for both species because whitebark pine ecosystems are rapidly disappearing…
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Membership Meeting – Caspian Terns of Oregon
Dylan Horvath will discuss the Caspian Terns of Oregon. He will share stories about his experience in Caspian Tern research in the Columbia River Estuary in the Northwest (Oregon/Washington). Dylan lived on East Sand Island for 4 months monitoring and guarding the largest Caspian Tern colony on the west coast. Other wildlife antics on the island were often just as interesting as the terns themselves! Dylan Horvath is the Steward of Natural Areas of Binghamton University and a Wildlife Biologist. He not…
Find out more »Field Trip to Cayuga Lake
Cayuga Lake is host to a great number of waterfowl in the winter months. We’ll travel up the east side of the lake for possible Redheads, Canvasbacks, Snow Geese, Tundra Swans, Scaup and maybe even some Short-eared Owls! Meet at Oakdale Mall, light pole # 6 for car-pooling.
Find out more »Field Trip to Broome County Fields
Broome County Fields Saturday, February 28 - 8:00am There are still a lot of birds to be seen in Broome County in the winter. Let’s see what winter specialties we can find. We’ll visit local hotspots to look for Northern Shrike, Rough-legged Hawks, Snow Buntings, Horned Larks, Bald Eagles and Tree Sparrows. We’ll also try for some rarer species including, Redpolls and Pine Siskins. FOR BOTH TRIPS - meet at Oakdale Mall, pole #6 at the back of Sears. Volunteer…
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Birdwatching Basics Class
Designed for the novice birdwatcher or someone just beginning, this course will provide basic tools to begin a life-long enjoyment of birds. The classroom portion will cover basic bird biology, binoculars, field guides, identification tips, and local families of birds. The course includes two field trips to introduce basic field methods to find, observe, and ID birds. Course will be led by Victor S. Lamoureux and other Naturalist Club members. Victor is a local naturalist and wildlife photographer and professor…
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Membership Meeting – Caterpillar & Moth Gardening
Gardening for butterflies and moths (i.e., leps) is more than planting nectar sources for adults. Learn how you can assist them in all stages of their lifecycle as well as distinguish them from pests, so that all of us can enjoy these beautiful creatures in the future. Colleen Wolpert is a butterfly and moth enthusiast and long-time member of the Naturalists’ Club. She started with butterflies at an early age, received her Master’s in social work, and then even started…
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Membership Meeting – Kenyan Safari with Friends
In 2005 Dolores Elliott traveled to Kenya with an Iroquois beadworker to help him revive beadwork among several groups in Kenya. While there she made friends with a Maasai man whose dream it was to start a safari company. In 2014 Dolores invited four friends to join her on safari with David, whose dream had been realized. David took them to several game reserves, villages, museums, schools, and to visit his family. Of course, they saw tens of thousands of…
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Membership Meeting – You, Me, Birds and Global Warming
In her talk, Kim relates her love of science, nature, and birds to the current climate crisis and its implications for biodiversity. She shares her personal response to the climate crisis from her perspective as a parent, a birder, and a professional ornithologist, and closes her talk with a serious but empowering message, outlining a “Simple 5 Point Plan” that bird-lovers can use to organize their own response to climate change. Originally from upstate New York, Bostwick received her PhD from…
Find out more »Membership Meeting “SPHAGNUM MOSS – THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANT IN THE UNIVERSE”
MEMBER PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 “SPHAGNUM MOSS - THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANT IN THE UNIVERSE” Sphagnum mosses are wetland plants consisting of over 200 species found around the world. Their unique ability to hold huge amounts of water as well as biologically make the water in which they grow become more acidic creates wetland environments in which decay rates are very low and large amounts of organic matter accumulate in the form of peat. Worldwide this peat has accumulated …
Find out more »Raffle: Win Vintage Audubon Prints
Purchase tickets for a chance to win vintage Audubon bird prints! The raffle is for a copy of the 1964 Audubon Folio, with text booklet by George Dock Jr.. This is a beautiful collection of 26 loose prints, all measuring 14” x 17” and intended for framing. Tickets are available at Wild Birds Unlimited (800 Valley Plaza, Johnson City) during regular business hours through October 21. The drawing will take place on October 24. Tickets are $1 or 6 tickets for…
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