[BCNnet] April 9 COS Program Announcement

[Randi Doeker - Chicago]

Please join us for an informative and useful discussion on the impact of
weather on migration. 

April 9 - Monday
COS Program 

Panel Discussion - Birds and Weather

Notebaert Nature Museum - Lincoln Park, Chicago
7:00 p.m.

COS is pulling together a panel of local birders - many of them
self-acknowledged data heads - to pool their knowledge and experience about
the impact of weather on bird migration. 

Every birder knows that weather has a huge impact on migration patterns, but
it's hard to get a handle on exactly where to look for birds when the wind
is blowing hard from the northeast or a front is coming in. 

Our panel of seasoned observers will share their bird lore and drawing from
their extensive bird sightings records, will help you learn to read the
weather and what it means for birds - and birders - during spring and fall
migrations. A short session on using Dopplar radar as a predictive tool also
will be offered. 

The panelists are:

- Vic Berardi, who heads the Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch and
self-diagnosed hawk nut; 

- Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors and mistress
of the group's large data base of rescue and salvage bird records, which
offers a surprising glimpse into migration patterns;

- Douglas Stotz, a conservation ornithologist at the Field Museum, has done
thousands of hours of field work in tropical locales, but he also birds
extensively in Grant Park and around Illinois;

- Geoffrey Williamson, who participated in on-the-ground bird surveys for a
study of bird migration using Doppler radar and who is compiling Lincoln
Park bird sightings for a future book.

The program will include presentations from each panelist, followed by a
question and answer session. The evening is designed to be interactive and
your questions are encouraged! 

Sigrid Schmidt
COS President

Chicago



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