2020 BBC Early Spring Meeting March 6th - 8th
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The BBC 2020 Early Spring Meeting will be at North Bend State Park in Cairo WV.
The event starts on Friday March 6th and runs through Sunday the 8th. Check in time on Friday starts at 3:00pm.
BBC Early Spring Meeting ~ Schedule of Activities:
Friday Afternoon: Begins with members gathering and socializing. Friday evening will start with dinner at 6:30 pm.
Friday Night Program: Jeff Gordon (American Birding Association (ABA) President)
Jeff will present, It’s Too Late to Stop Now: Sharing the Gospel of Birding in the 21st Century
Jeff will present, It’s Too Late to Stop Now: Sharing the Gospel of Birding in the 21st Century
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Join ABA President Jeffrey Gordon for a celebration of the power of birding to heal and transform, not only our own lives but even our world.
The American Birding Association, founded in 1969, celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2019 and is now embarked on its second half century. Jeff will share some of the highlights of the ABA’s past and from his own 40+ years as a birder. But most of all, he will talk about the path to 2069 and how we advance boldly toward making the world a better place for the birds and birders who will follow us. Join us for a humorous, heartfelt, and opinionated look at the joys, virtues and occasional frustrations of a life spent birding, the road we’ve traveled together, and what lies ahead. Jeffrey Gordon is the president of the American Birding Association, a position he has held since late 2010. Jeff is also a well-known writer, photographer, tour leader, and naturalist. He is a frequent speaker and field trip leader at various birding and nature festivals. For more information on the ABA and on Jeff, visit www.aba.org |
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Saturday: Begins with a early hot breakfast. Field trips will set out at 9:00am, there will be a choice of trips including one going to several of the Ohio River hotspots for waterfowl and the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Saturday Evening: Activities will begin with our dinner banquet between 6:00 ~ 6:30pm. (Exact time will be noted at the event)
Saturday Evening: Activities will begin with our dinner banquet between 6:00 ~ 6:30pm. (Exact time will be noted at the event)
Saturday Night Program: Brian M Wargo (Pennsylvania, Allegheny Front, Hawk Watch Compiler)
Brian will present, Hawk-watching: An Ocean in the Sky
Brian will present, Hawk-watching: An Ocean in the Sky
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Wargo is the author of “Bird!”: An Exploration of Hawk-watching, which attempts to explain the lure, culture, and the birders that get sucked into staring at the sky. Modified chapters of “Bird!” have been featured in Birdwatchers Digest and in the UTNE Reader.
Wargo is a director of the board for the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), where he chairs the Education and Conservation Committee as well as the Data Committee. He also is the Eastern Flyway editor for Hawk Migration Studies, which entails analyzing the data from 88 hawk sites and compiling a state of the raptors report for both the spring and fall migration. Wargo counts hawks every Saturday at the Allegheny Front Hawk watch and is the president of the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society. When he is not outdoors, he functions as a physics teacher and was just awarded the Inspiring Educator of the Year and was a Finalist for the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. |
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Sunday Morning: Begins with a hot breakfast, followed by our spring membership meeting and lots of socializing.
Total cost is $135.00 per person for double occupancy - $205.00 per person for single occupancy.
The above cost includes everything, all meals, lodging, programs and field trips.
To sign up for this event online, just fill out the form below, it's EASY!
The above cost includes everything, all meals, lodging, programs and field trips.
To sign up for this event online, just fill out the form below, it's EASY!
Deadline to sign up is January 31st 2020
Please contact Dick Esker for any possible late applications!
Please contact Dick Esker for any possible late applications!
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