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Online Meeting – In Search of Lost Frogs
This talk by Twan Leenders will chronicle his nearly 30 years of working with endangered neotropical amphibians. Catastrophic declines in Central American amphibian populations during the late 1980s and early 1990s, left the region’s herpetofauna decimated. Twan has been working in Central America since the early 90s, trying to identify the drivers of this decline and tracking down some of the last surviving populations of these charismatic animals. Dividing his time between research and outreach, Twan has used his photography…
Find out more »Online Meeting – Using Science to Conserve Georgia’s Diamondback Terrapins
The Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is the only strictly estuarine turtle in the world. Terrapins have a relative unique ecology and a history of overexploitation. Over the last half century, terrapin populations have declined throughout their range (Cape Cod, MA to Corpus Christi, TX). This talk will describe research that began in 2007 to document the state-wide status of terrapin populations in Georgia and how –over the subsequent decade – research identified patterns of human-caused terrapin mortality that led to…
Find out more »Online Meeting – What Goes There? The use of trail cameras to reveal the natural world around us.
Club member Victor Lamoureux will show us what he’s been finding on his trail cameras. Inexpensive trail cameras (aka game cameras) are widely available. They have become mainstream for some wildlife biology studies, but the everyday naturalist can also use these to reveal animals that share the lands around them. This talk will give some tricks and tips from 4 years of heavy trail camera use with up to 6 out at a time. Highlight pictures will be shown and…
Find out more »Field Trip – Upper Lisle Park
Join us for a field trip to Upper Lisle Park! We will meet at the location near the Clay Banks Trail off of Upper Lisle Road at North end of the Whitney Point Reservoir. Face masks will not be required for this trip but if you are not vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a compromised immune system, please wear a mask in accordance with your comfort level.
Find out more »Annual Member Picnic
With the COVID-19 pandemic easing and New York State relaxing restrictions we will celebrate and once again have our Member Picnic this month. Please note that this is a Thursday. Also note that in order to avoid sharing serving utensils this is NOT a pot luck picnic. Instead the club will be providing pizza, dessert, and drinks. Please bring you own table service and feel free to bring your favorite picnic specialty for your own consumption. After dinner we will…
Find out more »Online Meeting – Forest Forensics – Reading the Forested Landscape
Forests Past, Present and Future Almost all of the northeastern forest was cut down for lumber, growing crops, or grazing farm animals when the United States was colonized. Yet, today, we have more forest in the northeast than we did 200 years ago. What does the type of trees, the growth form of trees, and other signs of past human habitation tell you about what the forest you are standing in was used for in the past? How can you…
Find out more »Field Trip – Porcupine Hike
Winter can certainly be a dreary time, so plan to get out for a field trip! Hemlock groves are still green and are full of animal life. We will hike into the University Nature Preserve to visit several hemlock groves. During the winter, these areas provide shelter and a haven from the deeper snows for many mammals and birds. Highlights often include deer beds, red squirrels, great horned owls, golden-crowned kinglets, FISHER tracks, and the main object of our labor:…
Find out more »Online Meeting – The Mysterious Stone Piles in the Woods
Thousands of carefully laid up piles of stones are scattered across the hillsides of southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. They were built by human hands sometime after the glaciers retreated north more than 12,000 years ago. When they were made, who made them, and why they were constructed are questions that do not have definite answers. Dolores Elliott encountered a site in 1966 in Painted Post while on highway survey for the proposed right-of-way of route 17. In the…
Find out more »Online Meeting – California Condors: Back from the Brink
California Condors once soared across the continent, but progressive decline of food sources, habitat, and interactions with humans meant that by the 1980s, there were barely two dozen birds alive. Massive efforts to keep the largest of North American birds alive have resulted in three well-monitored flocks that once again soar over the western regions of Mexico and United States. Guest speaker Christina Baal is a bird artist and naturalist whose dream in life is to meet and paint 10,000…
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Member Meeting – Rick Bunting “Got Cavities”
Rick Bunting will be the first guest speaker to welcome us back to in-person meetings. He will share a compilation of photos taken over the past few years that focus on some of the our cavity nesting bird species and the family life they create in their special homes. Rick Bunting is Professor Emeritus from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where he served as Chair of Music Education and conductor of the renowned Crane Chorus. Previous to…
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