Chesapeake Audubon Society Board Meetings

Board meetings, which are open to our members and interested individuals, are held the first Wednesday evening of even numbered months unless otherwise announced (please consult this web page for changes in the date). The meetings, which begin at 7 pm, are held at the Westchester Community Center, located at 2414 Westchester Avenue, Oella, Maryland (between Catonsville and Ellicott City). Look here for directions, and contact us if you have any questions. We're looking forward to seeing you there.

The next board meeting is:  Wednesday,  October 7  at 7:00PM – at the Oella office.

 

Chesapeake Audubon Society Special Events

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Save the Date!

The Fall Chili Dinner will be held on

Saturday, October 24th

**Due to unforeseen circumstances we have a replacement speaker for the upcoming Fall Chili Dinner

 

Facebook for Birds

Dr. Brandt Ryder

 

Please note that we strongly encourage you to call and reserve your meal ticket in advance. We do always

welcome walk-ins, but we cannot guarantee that there will be enough food if we cannot plan for them. We

greatly appreciate your cooperation.

 

Since the time of Stanley Milgram’s “small-world experiment” and the concept of six-degrees of separation, we have become abundantly aware of how organisms are inextricably linked in structured social networks. Only within the last three years, however, have evolutionary biologists studying non-human vertebrates begun to apply social network analyses to understand the importance of direct and indirect connections among individuals and populations. The talk will first give an overview of social networks and their importance in biological systems. Then we will hear about the ecology of manakins and their habitat in the lowland Ecuadorian rainforest and the complex social system of the wire-tailed manakins with specific focus on leks and coordinated male displays.  Dr. Ryder will also discuss the social and reproductive function of these displays with particular attention to social connectivity.

 

Dr. Ryder is a broadly trained avian ecologist with research interests ranging from reproductive behavior to population dynamics. Dr. Ryder received his undergraduate in Wildlife Biology from Unity College in Maine and his PhD in Ecology from University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Ryder has been a post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center for two years studying how urbanization impacts the reproductive success and survival of birds living in the greater Washington, DC metro area. In addition to Dr. Ryder's work here in DC, he has an ongoing long-term study the social and reproductive behavior of the wire-tailed manakin in the lowland rainforest of Ecuador.

 

 

 

Where: St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 4713 Edmondson  Avenue, Baltimore MD

 

Cost: $8.00/person for dinner and the program; $11.00 for a glass of wine or a beer with dinner and program.

 

Donations: Donate a dessert, which will be sold by the slice as an after dinner treat!  Or bring something for our raffle.

 

Reservations: Call 410-203-1819; specify if you prefer vegetarian chili. Please send checks payable to The Chesapeake Audubon Society, P.O. Box 3173, Baltimore, MD 21228 or call and leave a message with your name, telephone number, number of people in your party, and note that you will pay at the door.

 

Directions: Take the Baltimore Beltway to exit 15A (Route 40, Baltimore National Pike east, towards Baltimore). Stay on Route 40 for about 2 miles, just past the convergence of Route 40 and Edmondson Avenue.  The church will be on the right side.

 

 

     

New!  Chesapeake Audubon Lecture Series

 

On Silent Wings:  Predators of the Night

 

Thursday, November 5th, 2009, 7:00 P.M.

 

Catonsville Library, 1100 Frederick Road, Catonsville, Maryland 21228

 

Join Chesapeake Audubon at their lecture series for this informative talk on the owls of Maryland.  Why are they called silent fliers?   What is their favorite food?  How can you attract them to your area?  Given by Kathleen Woods, DNR and US Fish and Wildlife Master wildlife rehabilitator, and Director of the Phoenix MD Wildlife Center, this lecture will introduce you to our most common owls and how to identify them.  Meet a live owl up close and personal.

 

The work of this dedicated expert is also the basis of a new children's book, Baby Owl's Rescue, written by Jennifer Keats Curtis and illustrated by Laura Jacques released September 2009.  The fascinating tale features a brother and sister duo and their wildlife rehabilitator mom who know just what to do when they find a baby owl that has fallen out of its nest.  Books, signed by the author, will be available at a special price.

 

 

 

Please email us to suggest an event or speaker you feel we should consider for a future program.

 

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