Usually held at the Great Public Library at Grand Army Plaza. Check Brooklyn Bird Club website for future post.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 7 pm.
Great Gull Project
Helen Hays and Joe DiCostanzo, researchers at the Museum of
Natural History, will present highlights from more than 40 years of research,
monitoring and habitat support of the nesting Roseate and Common terns on Great
Gull Island in Eastern Long Island Sound. Currently a record 9,500 Common tern
pairs and 1300 Roseate tern pairs nest there. Discovery of abnormal nestlings
sounded the early warnings on toxic levels of PCBs in the Sound in the 1970’s. A
large number of volunteers assist during the breeding season, and the project
has partners in South America where they discovered the first concentration of
Roseate terns in the non-breeding season.
http://greatgullisland.org/Main_Page.html
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Tuesday, October 18 at 7 pm.
Saving Jamaica Bay is a documentary
that focuses on the Broad Channel community’s decades-long fight to clean up a notorious
environmental and mob dumping ground, to save and restore barrier reefs and to preserve
a nature sanctuary. It is now
a world-renowned wildlife sanctuary and important way station for migratory
birds. The film will be presented by Daniel Hendricks, the writer and producer,
and followed by a discussion and update on the post Hurricane Sandy restoration
project.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 7pm
Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Better
Birding, Tips, Tools and Concepts for the Field George L. Armistead will
present identification strategies from his new book, co-written with Brian
Sullivan. Armistead is an expert birder, tour leader, and an events coordinator
with the American Birding Association and Associate Professor of Ornithology at
Drexel University. Read Queen’s birder Donna Shulman’s review of this
comprehensive text: http://10000birds.com/better-birding-a-book-review-a-new-years-goal.htm.
