Upcoming BOC Meetings/Programs – September 2024 through May 2025

COVID Policy for in person meetings. - Your Board of Directors asks:  If you are feeling ill, whether with a cold, flu or you have recently been exposed to COVID, or are awaiting the results of a test for COVID-19, please be considerate stay home.  Consider wearing a mask if you wish to minimize your risk for contracting one of these viruses. A highly effective mask (N95, KN95, or KF94) is recommended.

Meeting Location and time

In-person meetings will be held at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center in the McConnell Hall as in the past. The meetings start promptly at 7:30 pm

ZOOM meeting invitation links will be emailed to BOC members in good standing several days beforehand. If you haven’t received one by the Wednesday before the meeting you may email a request to Mike Slater at paplantings@gmail.com. The public is also very welcome to participate by emailing a request for the meeting link. The meetings start promptly at 7:30 pm

September 13, 2024 (Zoom only) - ”Naturalized Parrots in the USA,” Dr. Jennifer J. Uehling PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, West Chester University and Cornell Lab blogger. The speaker will present her research on non-native parrots in the US.

October 11, 2024 (in person only) at Nolde Forest EEC - "A Visit to a Remote National Wildlife Refuge: Johnston Atoll," Mr. Bob Sprague, world traveler in search of birds and orchids.  Bob will take us to one of the smallest, remotest, least visited NWR’s anywhere. We will not only see bird species rarely viewed by the casual birder, but also be enlightened on the major role this atoll played in WW II and post-Cold War era US history.

November 8, 2024 (in person only) at Nolde Forest EEC - “My Patagonia: Scenery, Cryptic Mammals and Birds, Birds, Birds!” Ms. Sheila Martin, BOC president, speaker and traveler. A pictorial exploration of untamed springtime Patagonia, reliving an outrageously memorable jaunt through this stark and jaw dropping part of the globe.

December 13, 2024 (in person only) at Nolde Forest EEC - “Southern Africa: Birds and Wildlife,” Peter and Jane Wolfe, BOC and Mengel Natural History Society members. An incredible, exciting photo odyssey to the countries of South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana, with Cape Town, the Zambezi River, Chobe & Hwange National Parks featured. Annual joint meeting with MNHS.

Upcoming BOC Meetings/Programs – September 2024 through May 2025

COVID Policy for in person meetings. - Your Board of Directors asks:  If you are feeling ill, whether with a cold, flu or you have recently been exposed to COVID, or are awaiting the results of a test for COVID-19, please be considerate stay home.  Consider wearing a mask if you wish to minimize your risk for contracting one of these viruses. A highly effective mask (N95, KN95, or KF94) is recommended.

Meeting Location and time

In-person meetings will be held at Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center in the McConnell Hall as in the past. The meetings start promptly at 7:30 pm

ZOOM meeting invitation links will be emailed to BOC members in good standing several days beforehand. If you haven’t received one by the Wednesday before the meeting you may email a request to Mike Slater at paplantings@gmail.com. The public is also very welcome to participate by emailing a request for the meeting link. The meetings start promptly at 7:30 pm

January 10, 2025 (Zoom only) - “Winter Birds and the Grasslands They Depend On,” Mr. Joe Sebastiani, director of adult engagement & speaker, DE Nature Society. Mr. Sebastiani will discuss what mid-Atlantic avian residents need once the growing season has passed. 

February 14, 2025 (Zoom only) - “Continental Migratory Connectivity and Conservation of the Evening Grosbeak,”  Dr. David Yeany II PhD, PA Natural Heritage, Pittsburgh. PA

March 14, 2025 (in person only) at Nolde Forest EEC - Speaker to be announced. 

April 11, 2025 (in person only) at Nolde Forest  - Members’ Night - Rediscovered journals by Charlie Schaich from 1953 to 1957offer insights into post-war birdwatching and hint at a rivalry between alpha birders Earl L. Poole and Maurice Broun. Presentation by Bill Uhrich, BOC member and historian.  Two other speakers to be persuaded and announced.

May 2025, BOC and Mengel Natural History Society Annual Dinner - Date, time and location to be announced.  "What Science Says About Old-Growth Forests & Why It Matters For Birds." Joan Maloof PhD, Old-Growth Forest Network, Easton, MD founder.

Monk Parakeet photo by Mike Slater  

Our meeting speaker Dr. Jennifer J. Uehling, Ph.D. of West Chester University, presented her topic, “Naturalized Parrots in the USA”.

Recording link below

 Jan. 13, 2023  Zoom only* “Sparrows Simplified: Making Sense of the Little Brown Jobs” - Michael Moore, Delaware Ornithological Society president.

 Many birders struggle with identifying sparrows, referring to them as LBJ's (little brown jobs) or sparrow sp. This talk will help you tackle this difficult group. With discussion of finding & identifying rarities.