Normally our monthly programs are on the 4th Tues of the month, this month, we have moved it to the 3rd Tues due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope to see you then. Members and guests are welcome and Columbus Audubon is providing another quality monthly program for your enjoyment. Be sure to try your hand at our bird quiz too. Plan to arrive early and socialize. Bird talk is expected!! http://www.columbusaudubon.org <http://www.columbusaudubon.org/> See you then! Darlene Sillick and Nadya Bennett Columbus Audubon, co-program chairs Join us Tuesday, November 19 to hear Professor Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Geological Sciences at The Ohio State University and Senior Research Scientist at the OSU Byrd Polar Research Center. Rumor has it that Lonnie has spent more time above 18,000 feet than anyone else in history, and he has been called "...the closest living thing to Indiana Jones" by his peers. Lonnie Thompson's research has propelled the field of ice core paleoclimatology out of the polar-regions to the highest tropical and subtropical ice fields. He has published over 185 peer-reviewed publications including several in the journal Science, led over 54 field programs, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Association, and NASA. We are indeed honored to have Lonnie Thompson, PhD, presenting to Columbus Audubon members and guests. For a preview of some of Prof. Thompson's work, check out the <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/profile-thompson.html> PBS Nova episode that features Lonnie and his research. 7:00 - 7:15 pm: CA Short Program: Christie Vargo, Director of the Grange Insurance Audubon Center, and our own Suzan Jervey, Vice President of Columbus Audubon will recap the Taking Flight Together presentation that they gave at the National Audubon Conference in Seattle, WA in July 2013. We are very proud of the relationship between the GIAC and Columbus Audubon, which is a level of cooperation unique in the nation. Come here how we do it! 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Social time and refreshments and time to take the bird quiz and try for a nice prize. The skins are tied into Lonnie's talk with birds found high above the tree line and on the mountain tops. Thanks to Dr. Angelika Nelson for her partnership and assistance with the bird quiz each month. 7:30 - 9:00 pm: Main program, door prizes Columbus Audubon public programs are free and open to the public. All programs are held at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center ( <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=505+West+Whitti er+Street,+Columbus,+OH&sll=39.944182,-82.983339&sspn=0.010611,0.022638&g=50 5+East+Whittier+Street,+Columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=505+W+Whittier+St,+Co lumbus,+Franklin,+Ohio+43215&ll=39.9513,-83.011408&spn=0.02122,0.045276&z=15 > 505 West Whittier Street in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier Peninsula). There is no program in December and on January 28th we have, Kenneth Duren, "The Comeback of Barn Owls in Ohio" and he is the research biologist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Our Short Program will feature Karen Norris , "Peregrine Falcons in Ohio" and she is the Wildlife Communications Specialist with Ohio Division of Wildlife ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]