[CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club - February events

[jtriana1 at sbcglobal.net]

Connecticut River Valley and Eastern Shore
Saturday, February 9, 2008, 8:00 AM
Meet at the entrance to Hammonasset State Park (I-95 Exit 62) in Madison.
We'll search the shore from Madison to the Connecticut River Lower Valley
for wintering shorebirds and hawks as well as the trip specialty, eagles.
Please bring a spotting scope if you have one. Co-leaders-Arne Rosengren:
203.248.2903 & Nancy Rosenbaum: 203.288.8997, nancy.rosenbaum at sbcglobal.net 

Monthly Indoor Program
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - CT Ag. Experiment Station, New Haven
Snowy Owls to Saw-whet Owls - Norman Smith 
Since 1981, Norman Smith has spent countless days and nights at Boston's
Logan Airport, in every imaginable weather condition, observing, capturing,
banding, and color-marking Snowy Owls. He has collected extensive data on
the owls' roosting, hunting, and other behavior while on their wintering
grounds. Most recently, satellite transmitters have been attached to owls to
learn more about their movements. Find out what has been learned to date
about these beautiful and fascinating birds, what questions remain in this
research project, and how the project unfolded to include research on
Saw-whet Owls. A self-taught naturalist who has worked for the MA Audubon
Society since 1974, Norm currently is Director of Blue Hills Trailside
Museum and Chickatawbut Hill Education Center in Milton, MA. 
[The social half-hour begins at 7:00 PM; the program at 7:30 PM.  All
meetings will be held in the Jones Auditorium, CT Agricultural Experiment
Station, Huntington St., New Haven. The facility is wheelchair accessible
with a ramp and elevator.] 

Sachuest Point NWR and Rhode Island Coast
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7:00 AM  (Snow date: Sunday, February 24, 2008)
This all-day trip includes stops at Sachuest, Beavertail State Park,
Moonstone Beach, and Trustum Pond, all outstanding Rhode Island birding
locations. We should see grebes, loons, scoters, scaup, Purple Sandpipers,
and lots of Harlequin Ducks. We'll look for alcids, gannets, and rare gulls
and waterfowl. Dress warmly as it is cold and windy on the coast. The walk
at Sachuest Point is a bit strenuous. Bring lunch and a spotting scope if
you have one. Meet at 7:00 AM at the commuter lot at Exit 55 of I-95.
Leader-Chris Loscalzo: 203.389.6508, closcalz at optonline.net 

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Finally, some shameless self-promotion.......Last year, we celebrated our
centennial.  As part of it, I gave two talks on the history of the New Haven
Bird Club.  The second talk, covering 1937 to the present, is airing on
Comcast's Citizen's TV in New Haven, West Haven, and Hamden.  If you are a
Comcast subscriber in one of those towns, the talk appears on Saturday from
6-7 on Channel 26.  Thanks to Frank Saunders for taping, producing, and
airing the program.




John Triana
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