Don't miss the upcoming Queens County Bird Club Zoom Presentation by Josh Haas "Hawks on the Wing; Identifying Raptors in Flight"
When: September 20, 2023, 7:30 PM Eastern Time (USA and Canada) Raptors in flight bring a sense of wonder and struggle to birders, especially when it comes to identifying them at a distance. Field marks are not enough when back-lit conditions and birds miles out lack any color. Flight ID has long been the best way to identify raptors at a distance, however books only take it so far. Join hawk watcher and photographer Josh Haas as he shares the principles of raptor ID featuring video clips from his movie “Hawks on the Wing”, including seeing similar raptors side-by-side on screen at the same time while Josh walks through how to identify each species. Josh Haas first developed a love for hawks working with the birds of prey at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. A hawk watching trip to Lake Erie Metropark opened his eyes to raptors in migration. Perplexed by seeing specks at a distance with an overwhelming itch to know what they were, he started learning from veteran hawk watchers and was hooked. He would end up spending seven Fall seasons working with the Detroit River Hawk Watch as a relief counter. There he honed his skills and developed a love for teaching visitors' unique ways of telling the shadowy specs apart. This, combined with his experience in bird photography and videography took his teaching to a new level. His goal of making raptors accessible to everyone spawned his movie “Hawks on the Wing” teaching viewers raptors in flight through the use of video and audio commentary (including multiple species on screen side-by-side). Josh’s passion started with raptors but he can be found birding and photographing in all seasons, often with his wife, daughter and son.Suggested Readings: Hawks in Flight (Pete Dunne, David Sibley and Clay Sutton), Hawks at a Distance (Jerry Liguori)Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZMtcuihrj8uGt3jZHmQWUBS8ZIbW...After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Marcia Abrahams VP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttp://www.qcbirdclub.org Email: marciaaabrah...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
