MARCH DINNER MEETING
A Journey into a Career of Bird and Wildlife Photography
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Melissa Groo is a wildlife photographer, writer, and speaker. She writes a regular column on wildlife photography for Outdoor Photographer magazine, and is a contributing editor to Audubon magazine. Her photographs have been published in numerous books and magazines, including Smithsonian, Audubon, Birdwatching, and National Wildlife. She speaks and writes frequently on issues of ethics and conservation in wildlife photography. Melissa is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers and is represented by Nat Geo Creative. She shows regularly and her prints are in personal and corporate collections all over the world. She lives in upstate New York with her husband Matt and 13-year-old daughter Ruby. Melissa will tell the story of her journey into the career of bird and wildlife photography, sharing some of her favorite stories and photos along the way.
The club wishes to recognize and thank the Louisville Audubon Society for its generous support of the dinner meeting. The March Dinner Meeting is on Tuesday, March 12 at Big Spring Country Club, 5901 Dutchmans Lane. A cash bar (no credit cards) will be available from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. when dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m. A vegetarian entrée will be on the menu but for any other dietary needs please indicate them on the reservation form. The price for the dinner has increased this year to $40 due to raise in the price of the dinner that Big Spring is charging and sales tax that we have not paid in the past as a non-profit club. The Kentucky legislature changed the law concerning non-profit organizations.There is a dress code at Big Spring CC. Collared shirts for the gentlemen must be worn at all times. Casual dress is permitted as long as it is tasteful. Reservations must be received by March 6. Click here for reservation form. There will be a field trip on Wednesday morning, March 13 at 9:00 a.m. at the Anchorage Trail for BBC members. PLEASE NOTE THE DEAD LINE FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS. ALL CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO BECKHAM BIRD CLUB. REFUNDS ARE NOT GUARANTEED AFTER THE DEADLINE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS WITH THE DINNER RESERVATIION. SEND IT TO THE BBC POST OFFICE BOX WITH THE RENEWAL FORM FOUND ON THE BBC WEBSITE. |
Announcing the BBC 2019 Birding Competition:
It's the BBC Hour of Power!
This year's BBC birding competition is very simple: see or hear as many bird species as you can in one hour. Start a checklist. One hour later, stop the checklist. Start another one, if you wish. Repeat as many times as you like.
There are a few rules:
1. Checklists submitted for the competition must be recorded in eBird. Checklists may be travelling or stationary. For sake of accuracy, use of the mobile eBird app is encouraged, but not required.
2. There will be four seasonal competitions: Spring (March, April, May) Summer (June, July, August) Fall (September, October, November) Winter (December 2019, January 2020, February 2020), as well as an overall winner. Winners will be announced at the 2020 annual dinner.
3. Checklists from the following counties are eligible:
Kentucky: Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Bullitt
Indiana: Clark, Floyd
4. You may submit multiple checklists for an hour period. However, the ending time of the last checklist has to be no more than an hour after the start time for the first checklist. For example, you may submit two checklists that include birds seen within the same hour in both the Indiana and Kentucky portions of the Falls of the Ohio.
5. To submit a checklist for the competition, send a link to the eBird checklist to BBC Field trip Coordinator Andrew Melnykovych at estiles74@gmail.com. Please wait until each season has ended to submit your best checklist.
6. Species may be seen or heard. Only birds fully identified as to species will be counted, as per eBird species v. "other taxa" counts. (Yes, that means that silent empids will be a frustration; but silent empids are a frustration well beyond the bounds of this competition).
7. You're on the honor system.
It's the BBC Hour of Power!
This year's BBC birding competition is very simple: see or hear as many bird species as you can in one hour. Start a checklist. One hour later, stop the checklist. Start another one, if you wish. Repeat as many times as you like.
There are a few rules:
1. Checklists submitted for the competition must be recorded in eBird. Checklists may be travelling or stationary. For sake of accuracy, use of the mobile eBird app is encouraged, but not required.
2. There will be four seasonal competitions: Spring (March, April, May) Summer (June, July, August) Fall (September, October, November) Winter (December 2019, January 2020, February 2020), as well as an overall winner. Winners will be announced at the 2020 annual dinner.
3. Checklists from the following counties are eligible:
Kentucky: Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Bullitt
Indiana: Clark, Floyd
4. You may submit multiple checklists for an hour period. However, the ending time of the last checklist has to be no more than an hour after the start time for the first checklist. For example, you may submit two checklists that include birds seen within the same hour in both the Indiana and Kentucky portions of the Falls of the Ohio.
5. To submit a checklist for the competition, send a link to the eBird checklist to BBC Field trip Coordinator Andrew Melnykovych at estiles74@gmail.com. Please wait until each season has ended to submit your best checklist.
6. Species may be seen or heard. Only birds fully identified as to species will be counted, as per eBird species v. "other taxa" counts. (Yes, that means that silent empids will be a frustration; but silent empids are a frustration well beyond the bounds of this competition).
7. You're on the honor system.
Birder's Bucket List for 2019
- Come to a BBC meeting if you have never been to one.
- Join in on a field trip if you have never been to one.
- Make plans to go to the March Dinner Meeting at Big Springs Country Club on Tuesday, March 14.
- Join the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS).
- Go to one of the KOS weekends in April or September.
- Plan a trip to Magee Marsh in Ohio around the first two weeks of May.
- Donate to the BBC Birdathon.
- Submit your bird list to ebird. It is so easy.
- Subscribe to birdKY
- Take a child birding.
- Keep your cat indoors and encourage others to as well.
- Buy bird friendly (certified shade-grown) coffee.
- Plant native species in your yard.
- Donate your old/unused binoculars and scopes to nature centers, school groups interested in birding.