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Vol. 30  No. 8                                             Delaware County
Bird Club Newsletter
April  2016






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, 2015, 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 SPRING



April 25th: "eBird: More than a Bird Nerd's Addiction". Adriana Losey and
Bryan Sharp.



     The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird project has taken off over the
past few years and with the recent launching of updated mobile apps, the
sky's the limit. eBird is easily the largest citizen science project in the
world, allowing thousands upon thousands of "weekend warrior" biologists to
contribute to a better understanding of birds, including their habitats and
migrations. Users of eBird can analyze these data and search for trends in
bird movements, or simply find the best places to look for our feathered
friends. The program keeps your life list in a very user-friendly format,
and, for those who love competition, compares your lists to other bird nerds
in your area. Perhaps the most important aspect of the software is that it
promotes avian conservation.  The more people who use it, the more people
there are who are learning about birds and, at least inadvertently, about
their status locally and even worldwide. A good example of the latter is
Noah Strycker's recent World Big Year during which he promoted eBird to
those he met along the way. We hope that you are able to join us in an
evening of exploring the features of this multi-faceted project and become
an addict, or even more addicted, by the close of the program.



     Bryan Sharp's love of birds began with his first pet parakeet. More
birds followed and the love of all things wild was fostered by PBS shows
like "Nature" and "Wild America". When the time to choose a college major
came to pass, Zoology was the choice. A visit to his home in High Point, NC
by one Dr. Edward H. Burtt, Jr. secured the decision for where to study that
degree.  Bryan's step into formal Ornithology had begun. His interest in the
less formal sport of birding grew tremendously upon teaching ornithology and
birding techniques to children at a summer camp after graduating from OWU. A
Master's degree in biology focused on brood parasitism of Brown-headed
Cowbirds on Least Bell's Vireos followed, as did a trip around the world to
see birds and much more. Bryan has banded numerous songbirds and a few
raptors and has been a volunteer trail guide and bird walk leader in San
Diego, CA and Durango, Mexico. He enjoys sharing his love of birds with
anyone who will listen.

     Adriana Losey is a 12 year-old Ohio Young Birder Club member who has
been watching birds from her window for as long as she can remember. She
officially started birding on April 26th, 2012 when she watched "The Big
Year" with her mom. She has kept a list ever since and has studied her
guides front to back. Over the summer she participated in a bird banding
program and learned a lot about breeding birds and what birds breed in
fields and field/tree edges in the summer. She loves helping people find and
identify birds and is willing to help anyone!



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