Hello Fellow Birders,
I wanted to let people know about the 118th Annual Meeting of the Vermont Botanical and Bird Club which will be at Ohana Family Camp on Lake Fairlee in Post Mills (Thetford) VT on Thursday, June 20 - Sunday, June 23, 2013.
The Thursday, June 20 Evening Program will be a talk by Chris Rimmer of Vermont Center for Ecostudies at 7:00 PM at Ohana Camp Main Lodge, 341 Quinibeck Road, Post Mills, VT titled:
Bicknell’s Thrush: Conserving a Bird of Two Worlds
The Bicknell’s Thrush is one of North America’s most rare and vulnerable songbirds. Nesting only in mountaintop forests of Vermont and other northeastern states, and wintering primarily on the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Bicknell’s Thrush faces numerous threats to its long-term survival. On its breeding grounds, these include acid precipitation, ski area development, communications tower construction, wind power development, mercury contamination, and climate change. The species’ limited winter habitats are under siege from deforestation, caused by human population pressures. Since 1992, Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) Executive Director Chris Rimmer has led efforts to conserve the species and these habitats on which it depends. Rimmer will discuss this fascinating and rare songbird, VCE’s efforts to study it in New England and the Caribbean, and how Bicknell’s Thrush represents a vital conservation link across international boundaries.
If anyone would like to attend this talk, please contact me off-list. [log in to unmask]
If you would like to learn more about the Club and the Meeting, please see www.vtbb.org or contact me. We will conduct all day field trips for birding and botanizing on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Reservations are still being taken and the registration form is on the website; the deadline has been extended to May 31, 2013.
Cheers,
Debbie Benjamin, President
Vermont Botanical and Bird Club
959 Warren Road
Eden, VT 05652
802-635-7794
P.S. Friday, June 21 Evening Program will be by Sara Zahendra, also of VCE, on Bumblebees.
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