The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at 8:00 pm this Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Free admission. Refreshments will be served starting 7:30pm.
We are meeting at a different location than usual due to construction at our old venue. Meet at: Sacred Heart Church Hall (lower level - the big rec room with a disco ball). Enter on 215th Place, the second entrance north of 38th Avenue. There will be a sign marking the correct entrance. Parking is either on-street or in the church’s parking lot. https://www.google.com/maps/place/40°46'04.1%22N+73°46'07.1%22W/@40.7678056,-73.7692066,337m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.767808!4d-73.768646 <https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B046'04.1%22N+73%C2%B046'07.1%22W/@40.7678056,-73.7692066,337m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d40.767808!4d-73.768646> Our presentation topic is "NYS Breeding Bird Atlas: How you can help” by Brendan Fogarty and Molly Adams. We will find out how to participate in this important 5-year project, both as individuals and as a club, whether or not you use eBird. It has been 20 years since the last breeding bird atlas in New York State, and a lot has changed! The third atlas will take place from 2020-2025 and involve thousands of volunteers from across the state. This talk will cover the history of the atlas, the importance of atlas data, and how you can get involved. Learn how the third atlas will differ from previous atlases, including how we will be using eBird for data entry. EBird will make it easier to track progress and allow anyone to enter data anywhere. Atlasing is a great excuse to explore new areas and provides an intimate look into the daily lives of birds. Whether you are a beginner or advanced birder, this unique opportunity will strengthen your birdwatching skills while contributing valuable data to a large conservation-oriented project. Brendan Fogarty is the Secretary and Newsletter Editor of Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon, and their youngest board member ever. He is a Long Island local and has been involved in birding and Audubon here since his teens. Brendan has been involved in several local conservation projects, including Piping Plover monitoring for the Town of Hempstead and abundance surveys for Seatuck Environmental Association. Molly Adams is the Advocacy and Outreach Manager of NYC Audubon. Molly strives to connect people to conservation of the natural world through education, outreach, and advocacy. She holds an MA in marine conservation and policy from Stony Brook, and a BA in critical and visual studies from Pratt Institute. Molly founded the Feminist Bird Club in NYC for LGBTQIA+ folks, women, and people of color, to provide a safe way for birders to get outdoors in urban areas while also fundraising for basic human rights. Hope to see you Wednesday! Nancy Tognan nancy.tog...@gmail.com <mailto:nancy.tog...@gmail.com> Vice President, Queens County Bird Club See http://www.qcbirdclub.org <http://www.qcbirdclub.org/> for more information on trips, speakers, and other events. See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about many local birding hotspots * QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. * -- 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/ --
