[BCNnet] announcing the March 8, 2014 CAS Birding America schedule (including Steve Kelling (CLO, e-Bird) as keynote speaker, and special session for bird monitors

[casresearch at comcast.net]

The Chicago Audubon Society is pleased to announce its 10th Birding America Symposium, to be held once again at North Park University, on Saturday, March 8 th , 2014. We think that any local birder, whether you are a beginner or an expert, will find this symposium to have many topics that you will be interested in. 




We are especially excited to have Steve Kelling of the Cornell Laboratory of Onithology as our keynote speaker. Steve was one of the primary people at CLO to help set up the e-Bird program that so many of us now use to share our bird sightings, and see what others have sighted. 

Next during 4 'breakout' sessions, you can choose from 16 wide-ranging topics and speakers, from local to national and world-wide birding locations and specialized topics on birds also.  Included in these sessions are one especially for bird monitors, with Steve Kelling, Judy Pollock and Steve Packard. 

The day will end with some fun, as storyteller and humorist Al Batt will present 'A Life Gone to Birds'. 




See below for the list of topics and speakers. More information and a registration form are in the January/February 2014 issue of the Chicago Audubon COMPASS 

( http://www.chicagoaudubon.org/pages/2014/vol28_1/compass_vol28-1_2014_web.pdf ) 




See the COMPASS for a registration form, and we’ll have updates on our website at www.chicagoaudubon.org throughout January and February. 




Hope you can join us! Alan Anderson, casresearch at comcast.net , Des Plaines 

For the CAS Birding America X symposium Planning Committee. 













Keynote Speaker 

9:00 a.m. 

STEVE KELLING 

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 

“The Birder Effect: Birding,Science, and Conservation.” 







Breakout Presentations* (Specific times TBD) 

Local Chicago Area Birding Spots: 

Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Steve Byers 

Calumet Area - Walter Marcisz 

Hawkwatching at Illinois Beach State Park and Fort Sheridan Preserve - Vic Berardi 

Palos Area Forest Preserves- John Elliott 




Other U.S. Birding Locations: 

Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge - Terri Fuller 

Sandia Crest/Bosque del Apache, New Mexico - David Johnson 

Minnesota - Al Batt 

The Greater Kankakee Ecosystem - Fran Harty, The Nature Conservancy 




Beyond North America: 

South Africa - Josh Engel 

Ecuador - Steve Bailey 

Costa Rican Conservation, Biodiversity and Birds - Craig Stettner 

Colombia - Mary Lou Mellon 




Other Birding Topics: 

Birding Basics: What you need to know - Geoffrey Williamson 

Migrating Birds in the Dark - Ron Larkin 

The Four Bs: Birds, Bees, Butterfliesand Bats - Julianne Sacco 

Monitoring for Local Bird Habitat Conservation - Steve Packard, Judy Pollock, and Steve Kelling 










Symposium Schedule 

Registration and Refreshments 

8:15–9:00 a.m. 

Keynote Speaker 

9:00 a.m. 

STEVE KELLING 

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 

“The Birder Effect: Birding,Science, and Conservation.” 

Presentation Times * 

10:15 a.m. 

11:15 a.m. 

Lunch 

12:15 p.m. 

Presentation Times * 

1:00 p.m. 

2:00 p.m. 

Closing Speaker 

3:00 p.m. 

AL BATT 

Writer, speaker, storyteller and humorist 

“A Life Gone to Birds” 

*For those registering early: We will email you the times for presentations listed here on the right so that you can email us your preferences. We can then assign room locations for each presentation based on everyone's responses, which will help us greatly because all the rooms are different sizes 

Please see www.chicagoaudubon.org for updates and more information. 


  
     



  







  
  
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