This message has been approved by the Ontbirds coordinator.
Bob Spahn, the co chair of the New York State Ornithological Association has
requested the announcement below be posted on ONTBIRDS.
Last year a number of Ontario birders attended the NYSOA convention in Buffalo
and he extends an invitation to anyone interested to join him at their annual
convention held this year in nearby Rochester, NY.
Kayo
New York State Ornithological Association
Annual Meeting and Birders Conference
You will absolutely not want to miss the New York State Ornithological
Association’s annual meeting and birders conference, October 5-7, 2018, at the
RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road, in Henrietta.
Burroughs Audubon Nature Club and the Rochester Birding Association are the
meeting’s co-sponsors.
It’s a great opportunity to meet birders from across the state - forming
and renewing friendships and learning about the many clubs in our state that
are devoted to nature study and conservation. There will be many field trips:
Friday afternoon plus Saturday and Sunday mornings. Friday evening’s activities
are a dinner followed by workshops on Braddock Bay Raptor Research raptor
studies and eBird use with Breeding Bird Atlases. Saturday features an
afternoon paper session, where you can hear about the latest research in
ornithology, and a second buffet dinner followed by the keynote address by Greg
Miller, a birding tour guide, whose “Big Year” of birding was featured in a
book and subsequent movie.
To learn more about the meeting and for registration forms, go to the
NYSOA web site, www.nybirds.org or to the Rochester Birding Association website
https://rochesterbirding.com/nysoa-reg/ ,
where you can register online or download paper registration forms.
Registration to attend is $50 through August 15 and $60 thereafter
through September 15. The buffet dinners cost $35 each. For more information,
contact Shirley Shaw at [email protected] or Bob Spahn at [email protected] .
Hotel reservations should be made directly with the RIT Inn, with contact
information or link to be found with the registration information.
Kayo Roy
13 Kinsman Court.
Fonthill, ON.
L0S 1E3
[email protected]
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