JANUARY MEETING – BERNHEIM FOREST
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Bernheim has a 90-year history of bird conservation including educational hikes and programs, bird surveys and counts documenting 229 species, golden eagle research and tracking, bird reintroductions for turkey and quail, and most recently songbird tracking with Lifetags in collaboration with MOTUS. Director of Conservation Andrew Berry will discuss our first year of the MOTUS bird tracking partnership, the future of the project, and discuss the potential this research has for understanding migrations and movements. We will discuss dates of departure for our tracked birds and plans for 2020 and beyond. The Beckham Bird Club sponsored project for golden eagle tracking will be covered and new information about the pair at Bernheim will be presented. We hope to see you all there!
The Beckham Bird Club meeting is on Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave, 38.254256, -85.689458. Bring a young birder! |
2019 BBC BIRDATHON
DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2019 BIRDATHON DONATIONS
The BBC Board at their last meeting distributed $20,000 to eight birdathon grant recipients. A special thanks to all who contributed to this record breaking birdathon of $19,815.17. The board donated the rest in order to round off the total. The recipients and the amount they received are:
Jefferson Memorial Forest - $1000
Kentucky Resources Council, Inc. - $2500
Kentucky Conservation Committee - $2500
Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky, Inc. - $3500
Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve - $1500
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust - $2500
Louisville Nature Center - $1500
Kentucky Nature Preserves - $5000
DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2019 BIRDATHON DONATIONS
The BBC Board at their last meeting distributed $20,000 to eight birdathon grant recipients. A special thanks to all who contributed to this record breaking birdathon of $19,815.17. The board donated the rest in order to round off the total. The recipients and the amount they received are:
Jefferson Memorial Forest - $1000
Kentucky Resources Council, Inc. - $2500
Kentucky Conservation Committee - $2500
Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky, Inc. - $3500
Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve - $1500
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust - $2500
Louisville Nature Center - $1500
Kentucky Nature Preserves - $5000
Birder's Bucket List for 2020
- 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.