DCBC PROGRAMS FOR SPRING- hope to see you there Monday evening to hear Ethan
Kistler!



     The Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program presentations take
place on the fourth Monday of each month, September through April, except in
November and December when they may be held earlier in the month to
accommodate the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. 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.



March 25th: Nomadic Birder: Backpacking Across Africa - Ethan Kistler.

     Ethan Kistler will be presenting on his four-month odyssey across
Africa. Relying on hitchhiking and human kindness he made his way across
nine African countries, absorbing local culture, unique birds and fantastic
wildlife.
     A lifelong Ohioan, Ethan began birding at the ripe age of 10 when he
literally woke up one morning and decided to become a birder. Since then
he's worked field jobs from Ohio to Alaska, traveled to over 20 countries on
4 continents, and led birding trips in Canada, United States and South
Africa (where he also lived for two years). When not chasing vagrants across
Ohio and the eastern US, he's usually off on spontaneous birding jaunts,
leading birding tours or giving presentations. In 2012, Ethan did a local
patch big year focusing on the Magee Marsh area tallying 251 species. Due to
his regular trips, he wasn't even around for half of the year! Previously
the Education and Outreach Specialist for Black Swamp Bird Observatory
(BSBO), Ethan is now a board member of the Ohio Ornithological Society.



Our last program of the first half of the year is:



April 22nd   The Dawes Arboretum's Conservation Efforts - Lori Totman,
Conservation Director

     The Dawes Arboretum, Newark Ohio, has grown to nearly 1850 acres in
almost 84 years of its existence. The vision of Arboretum Founders, Beman
and Bertie Dawes was to create a "tree" museum in central Ohio. Come hear
about the Arboretum's present, on-going projects: the Woodland Garden; the
American Chestnuts; the Dutch Fork Wetlands and Grasslands complex, and
future projects:  the Woody Research Area and Sycamore Run Farm.




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