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"While my interest in natural history has
added very little to my sum of achievement, it has
added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life."
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FEBRUARY |
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Wednesday February 13, 2010 7:00
Member's Night
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Due to the predicted
snow storm, the Cold Spring Harbor Library will be
closed. As a result, our Members Night Pizza Party
will be rescheduled for the month of April. Date to
be announced!!!!! We apologize for any
inconvenience!
Members' Night traditionally gives us a chance to
get to know one another better as individuals. We
invite our members to share anything related to
 Audubon or the love of nature that evening. Some of
us have slides, photos, hobby collections, or
mementos; others share stories and books. Or just
come and share the camaraderie of like-minded
people. Please join us and participate in whatever
way makes you comfortable. The Youth Outreach
Committee will present a program on Kestrels and the
Audubon NY/Together Green project and our role in
it. As a special thank you to our loyal members, we
will be serving pizza, along with other delicious
snacks. Please join us for this fun, social
evening!
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MARCH |
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Wednesday March 10, 2010 - 7:00pm
Sea Turtles of New York: The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation
 Come learn about the biology of sea turtles of
New York and what you can do to help protect them!
Join a naturalist from the Riverhead Foundation for
Marine Research and Preservation as they discuss the
different types of marine mammals and sea turtles
which are found throughout New York waters and the
New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue
Program. Programs utilize slides, artifacts, audio
and visual material, and hands on experiences.The
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and
Preservation is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit
organization that operates the New York State Marine
Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. The primary
mission of the Riverhead Foundation is to preserve
and protect our marine environment through
education, rehabilitation, and research. The
Riverhead Foundation is dedicated to the rescue,
rehabilitation, and release of seals, sea turtles,
whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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Saturday March 27 10:30am-4:00pm
Shorebird ID and
Censusing Workshop
With funding from a generous grant from Audubon
 New
York, the New York City and Huntington/Oyster Bay
Audubon Societies are co-hosting a shorebird
identification and censusing workshop The workshop
will start at the Cold Spring Harbor Library and
Environmental Center with an audio-visual
presentation on how to identify the numerous
shorebirds we are likely to see around Long Island
during spring migration and how to census them
effectively using standardized protocols. Weather
permitting, we will then go to a local site to see
if we can catch any early migrants in the area and
start putting our skills to work.
Please direct all questions and send your
registration information to:
John Rowden at New York City Audubon
email:
jrowden@nycaudubon.org
phone: 212.691.7483
Workshop is open only to Audubon members.
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APRIL |
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7pm
Tracking a Hidden
Spectacle: Using Radar and Acoustic Monitoring to
Study Nocturnal Bird Migration
With Dr. Andrew Farnsworth, PhD
 Migration
is, at least in northern temperate latitudes, a
twice-yearly spectacle with which many of us are
well-acquainted and that many of us hold in awe.
During peak migration periods literally tens of
millions of birds may be aloft at once on a given
night. However, we may not appreciate the shear
magnitude of these events because many of them occur
under cover of darkness.
Dr. Farnsworth will be speaking about two exciting
ways to study migration and to experience migration
from a broad and new perspective: listening to
flight-calls of passing migrants and interpreting
radar imagery of bird migration. We will hear a
variety of pre-recorded flight-calls and see many
radar images from across the United States. If we
are lucky, and conditions are favorable, we will try
to look at live radar images and possibly even
listen live to passing migrants!
Dr. Farnsworth received his B.S. in natural
resources from Cornell University in 1995; his M.S.
in zoology in 2001, and his doctorate in ecology and
evolutionary biology in 2007, Dr. Farnsworth
combines his extensive field experience with
explicit research goals focused on nocturnal bird
migration, flight-calling behavior, and radar
ornithology, conducting his fieldwork on
flight-calls in numerous locations across the United
States, Mexico, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles
while pursuing a variety of other ornithological
projects, including two Rapid Biological Inventories
in Cuba, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery
Project in Arkansas, and co-authoring species'
accounts for the Handbook of the Birds of the World.
In 1995 he co-led his first tour for Victor Emanuel
Nature Tours in Peru, leading trips more recently in
Minnesota, New York, Texas, the Lesser Antilles, and
northeastern South America
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MAY |
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Wednesday May 12, 2010 7pm
Introduction to the
Pine Barrens
With John L. Turner
 Formed
by a unique set of geological conditions over the
past 15,000 years, the Pine Barrens is Long Island’s
premier ecosystem, its most significant conservation
success story and one of the Northeast’s greatest
natural treasures. It is home to literally thousands
of plant and animal species, many of them endangered
or threatened.
This program will illustrate many of the plant and
animal species, natural communities, and ecological
processes that collectively shape this important
ecosystem and discuss the three decade long battle
to save the landscape that many refer to as "Long
Island's Central Park".
John Turner is an adjunct professor of Ornithology
in the Natural Sciences Department at SUNY-Stony
Brook Southampton College and is an interpretive
specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of
Suffolk County. He is the Director of the Division
of Environmental Protection for the Town of
Brookhaven. Previously, he served as Director of
Conservation Programs for the Long Island Chapters
of The Nature Conservancy and worked for Defenders
of Wildlife. John is a co-founder of the Long Island
Pine Barrens Society and served on its board for 26
years. He is the author of two books: "Exploring the
Other Island: A Seasonal Nature Guide to Long
Island" and a children's book on the water cycle
entitled "Waylon's Wandering Water Drop". He
currently serves as Conservation Chair of the
Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society and is writing
the second edition of “Exploring the Other Island”.
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All meetings are free and open to the public!
Meetings begin at 6:45pm for refreshments and
7:30pm for speakers at:
Cold Spring Harbor Library
95 Harbor Road (Route 25A), Cold Spring Harbor.
Please check this website often for updates
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