March Dinner Meeting
What’s a Warbler?
Our speaker this year is Scott Whittle, the co-author of The Warbler Guide. He says, "I get to introduce people to one of the most beautiful families of birds in the world. These small wonders, with their often-bright colors and melodic songs are equally at home in the tropical rainforest as they are in the northernmost forests of Canada. So, you’d think that it would be easy for me to respond to the most basic of questions - "What makes that bird a warbler?” In order to answer that, however, we’ll have to take a brief trip through time to see how people from cave-dwellers to Darwin have evolved in organizing the world, and how we do it today. Then we’ll take a look at these fascinating birds and discover why a warbler is, well, a warbler - and why any bird is that bird, and nothing else."
Scott Whittle has over 25 years of experience as a professional photographer and educator. He has an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, has held the New York State Big Year record, and has birded throughout the United States. He has been published in many magazines, newspapers and books. He lives in Cape May, NJ where he pursues his passion for birds.as a professional photographer and educator.
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 10 at Big Spring Country Club, 5901 Dutchmans Lane. A cash bar will be available from 6:00 p.m. and 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 this year is $40. Please make your reservations as soon as possible. The reservation form is in this month's newsletter.
Our speaker this year is Scott Whittle, the co-author of The Warbler Guide. He says, "I get to introduce people to one of the most beautiful families of birds in the world. These small wonders, with their often-bright colors and melodic songs are equally at home in the tropical rainforest as they are in the northernmost forests of Canada. So, you’d think that it would be easy for me to respond to the most basic of questions - "What makes that bird a warbler?” In order to answer that, however, we’ll have to take a brief trip through time to see how people from cave-dwellers to Darwin have evolved in organizing the world, and how we do it today. Then we’ll take a look at these fascinating birds and discover why a warbler is, well, a warbler - and why any bird is that bird, and nothing else."
Scott Whittle has over 25 years of experience as a professional photographer and educator. He has an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, has held the New York State Big Year record, and has birded throughout the United States. He has been published in many magazines, newspapers and books. He lives in Cape May, NJ where he pursues his passion for birds.as a professional photographer and educator.
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 10 at Big Spring Country Club, 5901 Dutchmans Lane. A cash bar will be available from 6:00 p.m. and 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 this year is $40. Please make your reservations as soon as possible. The reservation form is in this month's newsletter.
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 10.
- 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.