All guests are welcome to the Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program
presentations take place on the fourth Monday of each month, September
through April. Please join us in the City of Delaware at the Ohio Wesleyan
University, Schimmel- Conrades Science Center, Room 163.  Conversation and
refreshments begin at 7:00 PM; the meetings and programs start at 7:30 PM.
Parking is available next to the Selby Stadium on the east side of Henry
Street and in the lot south of the Science Center next to Branch Rickey
Arena.



February 27th: "Racing Pigeons: What It Involves and What We Have Learned
From Them About Wild Birds" - Rich Bradley, PhD., Associate Professor.
Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University.

     Rich will start with a general introduction to domestic pigeons,
including their life cycle, and a short history of the importance of pigeons
as messengers will be presented. The "racing pigeon breed" will be described
and a few live pigeons will be on hand. The basics of the sport of racing
pigeons including breeding, training, feeding and racing will be illustrated
with photos and movies.



Dr. Richard Bradley has authored 25 scientific publications as well as
numerous popular articles and one book "In Ohio's Backyard: Spiders." Dr.
Bradley is currently an Associate Professor at the Ohio State University,
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology. Current research
focuses on spider population biology, biodiversity assessment, sampling,
patterns of biogeography of spiders. His current funded research project is
the "Ohio Spider Survey."




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