“Chipping Sparrows and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night” with Ted Floyd, March 23 DFO Meeting Coming up this next Monday (not today but next Monday). Dr. Albert Floyd (also know as Ted Floyd and the editor of Birding Magazine) will present another interesting presentation and discuss with the Denver Field Ornithologists on March 23 “Birding at Night: The Ultimate Frontier” or alternatively “Chipping Sparrows and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night”. The DFO meeting and presentation will be on March 23 at 7:30 PM at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. ALL ARE WELCOME (and more detailed directions down below). PLEASE COME EARLY FOR BOOK SIGNING: At 7 PM, Ted will be signing his most recent book, “Field Guide to the Birds of North America” (Smithsonian and Harper Collins, 2008). The Audubon Society of Greater Denver will have copies of Ted’s book on sale. MORE ON TED’S PRESENTATION: Ted will share his passion (with almost no reasonable limits) for birding at night. Ted mentioned recently: “Unless you are an Arctic Tern, you spend exactly 50% of your life in the night time hours. So much time, so many birds... Seriously, it is a waste of half your life not to go birding at night!” Ted will tell us about the amazing avian nightlife of the Front Range region: owls and nightjars, for starters; night-herons and rails in our marshes; night-singing flycatchers, sparrows, thrashers, and others in our forests and grasslands; and, of course, nocturnal migration, the most glorious of all natural phenomena. Ted’s presentation will both provide a glimpse into the fascinating nocturnal biology of Colorado’s birds and offer us practical tips for finding birds at night. His presentation will also test your high-frequency hearing and give you the opportunity to squint at grainy photos taken at night. You will even learn some astronomy in the process. Most of all, you will come to appreciate that the ultimate of birding adventures is to be had—wait for it—right in your own neighborhood parks, front driveways, and backyards. Also Note: Much to the shock of the ornithological community, Ted Floyd has learned to use Microsoft’s Power Point (like so many other DFO presenters). But beware, this is the first time he is using this audiovisual tool at a DFO meeting and this spectacular could be spectacular. MORE ON TED FLOYD: Besides being the editor for Birding Magazine, Ted Floyd has been and will be one of the DFO’s favorite speakers. Ted Floyd started birding when he was thirteen years old. After college (B.A. in Biology, Princeton University) and graduate school (Ph.D. in Ecology, Penn State University), he taught biology at several colleges and universities. Then he migrated into the nonprofit realm, first heading up the Nevada Breeding Bird Atlas for the Great Basin Bird Observatory and now serving as editor of Birding, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association. Ted has also written more than 100 articles on birds and bird watching, for popular and more professional publications. He is a frequent speaker at birding festivals and ornithological meetings, and he has led birding trips throughout North America. MORE MEETING DETAILS: ALL DFO members are welcome to another free lecture and membership meeting on Monday, March 23. DFO meetings are interesting and the company of bird watchers is always worthwhile to keep. DOORS OPEN BY 7:00 PM AND ARE LOCKED AT 7:30 PM. Thus, mark your calendar for each meeting and plan to come by 7:05 PM on these dates. Meetings are held at the Ricketson Auditorium in Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Park on the north side of museum and walk around to the west door between 7 PM and 7:30 PM. If late, you can enter through security/volunteer door, but this does create problems for our hosts at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php
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