We hope to see you on Monday Nov. 16!



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 LATE AUTUMN &

EARLY WINTER



November 16th: For this special program, we have two amazing student
speakers, Kyle Davis and Stephen Bischoff.  It should be an impressive
evening listening to these two young men present to our club members and
guests.



Kyle Davis - "Research on the Big Walnut Bluebird Trail".

     Kyle currently maintains and observes 125 nestboxes in the Sunbury area
that support three research projects. The Magic Halo Project was created to
fend off House Sparrows; the Tree Swallow Project looked at microbiota in
the nesting stages, and also feather degradation and abrasion comparison. He
plans to continue with these projects and start some new ones as well and
will present on the Magic Halo Project and feather microbiota in Tree
Swallow nests.

     Kyle is a freshman attending Ohio Wesleyan University. He is majoring
in pre-professional zoology. He has been working with birds since the 5th
grade. He has participated and competed in many conferences all over the
United States, ranging from local, district and state science fair and
nationally at the annual Wilson Ornithology meeting. He has had the pleasure
of working with world renowned professors helping them with their projects
just as they have done with him.





Stephen Bischoff - "If You Build It, They Will Come".

     Stephen Bischoff is currently monitoring three nestbox trails: 11 boxes
at the Online Computer Library Center in Dublin; 14 boxes at Sawmill
Wetlands off of Sawmill Road; and, 16 boxes at Kiwanis Riverway Park in
Dublin. Over the last three years he has studied the growth and feeding
habits of the birds, documenting weight, feather development and visitation
rates. His talk will cover the use of game cameras to capture visitation
rates of Tree Swallows and Eastern Bluebirds.

     Stephen is a senior at Dublin Scioto High School and plans to attend
The Ohio State University next fall, majoring in Environmental Sciences. He
is an active member of the Ohio Young Birders Club and has volunteered over
800 hours at the Ohio Wildlife Center over the past 3 years.




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