Count me in for dinner, Colleen.
Anne
> On Dec 3, 2023, at 12:00 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest
> wrote:
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> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, December 03, 2023.
>
> 1. Cayuga Bird Club December meeting and speaker dinner
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> Subject: Cayuga Bird Club December meeting and speaker dinner
> From: "Colleen Richards"
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 02:22:45 GMT
> X-Message-Number: 1
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> The December meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club Monday will be held December 11
> at 7:30pm at Foundation of Light, 391 Turkey Hill Rd.
> In-person meetings start with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird
> list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's
> presentation starting around 8:00pm
>
> Our speaker, Ton Schat, Cayuga Bird Club member, traveler, and photographer
> will be presenting - "Madagascar: Birds, Lemurs, Chameleons, and Other
> Amazing Critters
>
> In November 2022, Ton joined the tour group Birding Africa on their
> Madagascar Endemic Birds and Lemur Tour, which had been
> postponed twice due to the Covid pandemic. During the 22 days, they started
> in the capital Antananarivo (Tana) followed by visits to the
> northeast (Masoala) and the northwest (Betsiboka Delta and Ankarafantsika).
> In the second part of the tour, many of the National Parks on the east side
> of Madagascar were explored and they ended in the Southwest (Ifaty and
> Toliara). The program will start with a short introduction to Madagascar,
> followed by many photos and a discussion of some of the endemic bird families
> such as the Vangas. Ton will also give us a look at lemurs and other critters
> observed during the trip.
>
> About the Speaker: Ton Schat has been a member of the Cayuga Bird Club for
> over 40 years and has presented several programs to the club in the past. He
> retired from the faculty of the Cornell Veterinary College in 2011 where he
> studied and researched avian viruses and immunology. Ton has traveled
> extensively for work and for pleasure and, especially since retirement, has
> become an avid bird and wildlife photographer.
>
> There will be a speaker dinner before the meeting at 5:30 at the Sumo
> Restaurant at the Cayuga Mall. Please rsvp by noon on Mon., Dec. 11 to
> cl...@juno.com for reservations.
>
> Hope to see you there.
> Colleen Richards
> Corresponding Secretary
> Cayuga Bird Club
>
> Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month,
> September through June, and are free and open to the public. and ending by
> 9:00pm. For the remainder of the 2023-24 season, in-person meetings are held
> at Foundation of Light on Turkey Hill Road. Note that the January and
> February meetings are Zoom-only virtual meetings. We will attempt to make
> presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on
> our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. Some meetings may shift to Zoom if
> warranted by circumstances.
>
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> END OF DIGEST
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