Several superb programs on Monday Nov. 17 at Ohio Wesleyan University. Please feel free to come to one or both lectures. Details below. Delaware County Bird Club Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 8 Delaware County Bird Club Newsletter November 2008 Upcoming Programs Nov. 17 Speciation of birds in the Ecuadorian Amazon Dr. John C. Kricher The Ohio Wesleyan Science Lecture on Monday afternoon, 4:00 p.m. in room 163 will be given by John C. Kricher, Professor of Biology at Wheaton College - Massachusetts. John is also the author of "Neotropical Companion" (Princeton University Press), which is the text for the Tropical Biology course at Ohio Wesleyan University. John is also the author of "Galapagos" (again Princeton University Press) and a new textbook in ecology. Also, John is a trustee of the American Birding Association and a popular speaker on birds and the American tropics. You are cordially invited to his talk. Nov. 17 Birding in Costa Rica 7pm social and the program starts at 9:30 in lecture room 163 in the Conrades Wetherell Science Center on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus Dr. Don Burton evening speaker Imagine a land the size of West Virginia with more species of birds than all of North America. That is Costa Rica. A land of active volcanos, granitic mountains, cloud forests, rivers and waterfalls, and lowland rainforests. The land of toucans, trogons, and tanagers and the winter home of many North American songbirds. Join Don for a memorable evening on tour in this magical kingdom of birds. Don has developed a quiz which will follow his presentation. Note the date, which is the third Monday since the fourth Monday fall during the Thanksgiving vacation when Ohio Wesleyan is closed. If you would like the full newsletter issue for Nov/Dec. please email me privately. Guests welcome and expected. Thank you, Darlene Sillick Powell, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]