Guests welcome and members expected, hope to see you Monday at the last
program till Sept. for the Delaware County Bird Club.


Thank you and contact me privately if you would like to receive this
newsletter in its entirety.  -  Darlene











Vol. 24  No. 4                                             Delaware County
Bird Club Newsletter
April  2009




UPCOMING PROGRAMS


Evening programs of the Delaware County Bird Club are held in room 163 of
the Conrades Wetherell Science Center.  They begin informally at 7:00 p.m.
and the formal meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.  Refreshments and beverages are
provided prior to the meeting.  The Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of
Zoology is open to guests and a sample of mystery birds from the museum is
available to test your identification skills.  Parking is available in the
Selby Stadium parking lot across Henry Street from the Science Center or in
the lot beside the Science Center on the campus drive.  The doors of the
building are open until 8:00 p.m.





Apr.        27   Prothonotary Warbler Conservation at

                Alum Creek

Since 1998, Dick Tuttle has offered special nest structures for Prothonotary
Warblers in Delaware County. He will use slides and props to tell the story
of four habitats and how the yellow swamp warblers are responding best to
his "nest jars" along Alum Creek and Lake south of Kilbourne, Ohio where he
monitors from a canoe. Some of the nests can be watched through spotting
scopes from Hogback Road, a hot spot for photographing and watching nesting
Osprey. An Osprey update will be part of the program.

Tuttle is a retired middle school life science teacher. He is a
forty-three-year veteran of active conservation and his nesting structures
are used by eleven species. Through articles and programs, he promotes
bluebird trails, nest box grids for Tree Swallows, roadside trails for
American Kestrels, Osprey Platforms, and related education projects. He has
recorded detailed data for all nests since 1968, an unbroken history for
more than 37,000 native birds that have fledged from his offerings.

Dick will also speak the following evening at the meeting of  the Columbus
Audubon at Inniswood Metro Park.




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