[BCNnet] reminder that early discount for NAS, CLO members ends on Saturday for March 14th Birding America conference

[ALAN ANDERSON]

If you are a member of any National Audubon chapter, or of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, you have two more days to sign up at a $15 discount for Chicago Audubon's biennial Birding America conference. As in past years, the conference will be held at North Park University at Foster, between Kedzie and Kimball.   We have some amazing speakers and sessions this year, including Keynote Speaker, Dr. John Fitzpatrick of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

At our last conference two years ago we had record attendance of over 270 people.   Sign up is brisk this year too.

The conference will be take place on March 14th, from 9am to 4pm.

Register at: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=b1f8d1

Alan Anderson, Chicago Audubon Society, casresearch at comcast.net mailto:casresearch at comcast.net

Conference schedule and topics includes:


Schedule

Morning Welcome - Anderson Chapel
8:00 am - Sign-in, Walk-in Registration, and refreshments
8:50 Welcome remarks
* Judy Pollock, President, Chicago Audubon Society

9:00 - Keynote Address
*  Birds Can Save the World – But Only if We Invest in Them Today

Dr. John Fitzpatrick, https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F%2F#fitzgerald Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

10:15 - 11:00- Breakout Session 1
* Underbirded Areas Along the Des Plaines River

Doug Stotz https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#stotz , Ornithologist, Field Museum of Natural History

* Birding in Montana: Where the Prairie Meets the Mountains

Adam Sell https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#sell , Guide, Red Hill Birding

* Ecuador: The Birding Gem of South America

Paul Sambrano https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#sambrano , Naturalist, Neotropical-Nature and Birding Trips

* Elusive Migration: Rails, Migration and How We Care for Their Wetlands

Auriel Fournier https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#fournier , Director of the Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey

11:15 - 12:00 - Breakout Session 2
* Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change: a Glimpse of the Past to See the Future

Steve Emslie https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#emslie , Professor of Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington

* The Maine Mystique: Atlantic Puffin, Canada Jay, Spruce Grouse, Bicknell’s Thrush, Harlequin Duck, Common  Eider and other Special Birds of Maine & How to See Them

Jeff Wells https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F%2F#wells , Vice President of Boreal Conservation, National Audubon Society

* Endangered Species of the Midwest

Matt Williams https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#williams , Director of Conservation Programs, Nature Conservancy

*  The Benefits of Birds on Farms

Megan Garfinkel https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#garfinkel , PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago

12-1 - Lunch
* Pre-ordered box lunch, options (see below), or bring your own.

1:00 - Breakout Session 3
* Conservation & Birding in the World’s Last Great Wilderness - the Billion-bird Nesting Ground that is North America’s Boreal Forest

Jeff Wells https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#wells , Vice-President of Boreal Conservation, National Audubon Society

*  Piping Plovers in Chicago: Challenges and Opportunities

Louise Clemency https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#clemency , Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chicago Ecological Services Office

Matt Igleski https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#igleski , President, Illinois Ornithological Society

* The Great Black Swamp: Birding and Studying the Best of Spring Songbird Migration 

Ashli Gorbet https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#gorbet , Banding Projects Manager, Black Swamp Bird Observatory

* Lesser Known Lake County: The Rollins Savanna Area and Millennium Trail North Through the Seasons

Beau Schaefer https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#schaefer , Biology and Genetics Teacher, Libertyville HS

2:00 - Breakout Session 4
* Central Florida and the Florida Scrub Jay

John Fitzpatrick https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#fitzpatrick , Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

* Wildlife Wonders of the World’s Largest Wetland: Brazil’s Pantanal

Josh Engel https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#engel , Founder, Red Hill Birding

* Birding and Large-site Stewardship at Orland Grassland

Pat Hayes https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#hill , Site Steward, Orland Grassland

Mike McNamee https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#mcnamee , BCN Monitor, Environmental Education Consulting

* Learning to Bird by Ear: Recognizing Birds by Their Vocalizations

Geoffrey Williamson https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#williamson , Third Coast Birding

3:00 p.m. Closing Session - Anderson Chapel
*   Doug Stotz, https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#stotz Stephanie Beilke https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#beilke and John Rogner https://www.chicagoaudubon.org/birding-america-2020-speaker-bios?rq=biographies%2F#rogner : Illinois State Bird Debate
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