DCBC PROGRAMS - SAME GREAT

PROGRAMS, NEW VENUE



     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 are held on alternate days to accommodate
the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. And beginning with the meeting on
September 28th, the club will hold programs in the lodge at Deer Haven
Preserve at 4183 Liberty Road, Delaware OH, 43015.

     Deer Haven Preserve is part of Preservation Parks of Delaware County
and is less than 5 miles south of the club's old venue at Ohio Wesleyan
University. As in the past, conversation and refreshments begin at 7:00 PM;
the meetings and programs start at 7:30 PM. Meeting dates can also be found
on the Preservation Parks Calendar at this link:
http://www.preservationparks.com/events-calendar/



DCBC PROGRAMS FOR AUTUMN



October 26th: "Full Annual Cycle Research in the Birds of Ohio" - Dr. Chris
Tonra, The Ohio State University.

      While annual cycles pervade most aspects of vertebrate wildlife
ecology, the vast majority of research has occurred on only one stage of
these cycles, the breeding stage. Furthermore, even fewer studies have tried
to elucidate how different stages interact with one another. This bias in
vertebrate ecology has limited our understanding of the nature of population
dynamics, and moving beyond it is critical to effectively managing and
conserving populations. Dr. Tonra's research seeks to fill in these gaps in
our understanding of wildlife populations with a particular focus on birds.
He will be presenting results from research on Neotropical migratory birds,
examining how different stages of the annual cycle interact physiologically
within individuals. He will then discuss how he is continuing to expand his
research program here in Ohio.

     Dr. Tonra grew up on Long Island, New York and started birding at age
12 when a Red-bellied Woodpecker nested outside his window. After getting
degree in anthropology at SUNY Albany, he moved to California to pursue
wildlife ecology at Humboldt State, completing a master's degree with Matt
Johnson on cowbirds in the eastern Sierra Nevada. He then pursued a Ph.D. at
the University of Maine/Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center with Becky
Holberton and Pete Marra working on his program topic - seasonal
interactions. Dr. Tonra completed post-doctoral work at the SMBC and began
as an Assistant Professor at Ohio State in August. He is an avid bike
commuter, gardener, cook, and has begun dabbling in carpentry.





We sincerely thank the Preservations and Parks of Delaware County for
partnering with our new location.   <http://www.preservationparks.com/>
www.preservationparks.com Guests are always expected.  We have a wonderful
newsletter thanks to Christine Voice.  Please email her directly if you wish
to be on our email list and receive the newsletter in its entirety.
Newsletter Editor: Christina Voise ( <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Also thank you to Columbus Audubon for promoting the DCBC programs on their
Calendar of Events at www.columbusaudubon.org



See you Monday at 7pm!

Program Coordinators: Darlene Sillick, Rich Bradley & Amy Tovar




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