Oct 8, 2021,  7:30 pm - Birds & Wildlife of Chile 

Mike & Jan Slater, Rudy Keller, Russ Hoffman, Linda Ingram  (update: - Meeting Via Zoom Only)

Please contact us at membership@bairdornithological.club if you are a guest or a member who needs a link.  

Five BOC members and three friends traveled in November 2019 to Chile; unknowing it would be anyone’s last trip for a very long time – fortunately, it was spectacular in every way! High into the imposing Andes Mountains chasing seedsnipe, finding flocks of Baird’s sandpipers on the Chiloe Island coast, mesmerized by condors gliding along stone cliffs, charmed by King penguins in Patagonia, all in an ever-changing landscape. The mammals and plants will not be left out!

 (Via ZOOM) 

We have planned a return to in-person Friday evening programs starting in September (COVID-19 conditions allowing). You won’t want to miss the September 10th meeting, at which refreshments will accompany a chance for old friends to reconnect in person, new friends will be welcomed, and the program will present a panel discussion of BOC history by some of our most esteemed and knowledgeable members. Thanks to the skilled efforts of Zoom-master Mike Slater and Nolde Forest for making an internet connection available, this year we will have the capability to offer hybrid programs: in-person meetings but with the program streamed live over Zoom for any members who wish to attend virtually or who find it difficult to make the drive to Nolde. An exception to this rule is that we will offer the December, January and February programs over Zoom exclusively, in view of the hazardous travel conditions that can disrupt plans at short notice in the winter. Links to attend all meetings via Zoom will be emailed to all the members we have addresses for. If you don’t receive it by 2 days before the meeting please contact  

Please contact us at membership@bairdornithological.club if you are a guest or a member who needs a link. 

November 12, 2021? *

Scott Weidensaul

BOC 100TH ANNIVERSARY BANQUET PROGRAM

 Below is a press release from Scott’s publisher describing his latest book, which will be available for signing and sale 

A World on the Wing
The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
by Scott Weidensaul (Author)

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.
In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. Certain species, such as thrushes, avoid dehydration by “drinking” from their own muscles and organs, extending their flight range by more than two thousand miles; it now seems all but certain that birds orient themselves using Earth’s magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy.
These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges.

Please see the printable reservation PDF form above.

Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Living on the Wind. A writer and re-searcher specializing in birds and bird migration, he is a native of Pennsylvania now living in New Hampshire.