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Plan
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Chapter
Meetings
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General
Meeting |
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Friday
- May 21st - 7:30 p.m. |
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presented
by John Avise |
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| John Avise is
a Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
in the School of Biological Sciences at University of California
Irvine, and a member of the Board of Directors at Sea and
Sage. He has spoken here on one prior occasion when he discussed
his genetic research on creatures ranging from birds to marine
turtles to fishes. John is also an avid photographer and his
presentation will include many of his favorite photos of local
birds as well as a discussion of why we should be especially
interested in the flight behaviors of our feathered friends.
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| In his professional
career, John has authored twenty books and more than three
hundred scientific articles on genetics, ecology, and evolution.
You can see a list of his books and other accomplishments
by visiting the website http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5292
. Many of his pictures of Orange County birds can be viewed
at http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/birds/index.htm , a web site
designed by Peter Bryant under the auspices of UCI. |
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| John’s programs
are always interesting ones and I’ m sure this one will
be no exception. We do hope you will join us. The doors open
at 7:00 and the meeting will begin at 7:30. We meet in the
Duck Club (building) next door to Audubon House in the San
Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. For those who arrive
early, Audubon House will be open before the meeting, from
6:30 to 7:15 pm. |
—Marquita
Miller, Program Chair |
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Directions
to our General Meetings:
Our General Meetings are held in the Duck Club, the
building next door to Audubon House. (This is located at 5
Riparian View, Irvine.) Since the Duck Club is so close to
Audubon House, we will have Audubon House (and its bookstore)
open from 6:30 to 7:15 so that you can stop by on your way
to the meeting. There is ample parking. |
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General
Meetings for 2009-2010
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| General Meetings are held the
third Friday evening in September, October, November, January,
February, April, May and June. The meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. (The Irvine Ranch Water District neither supports
nor endorses the cause or activities of organizations which
use the district's meeting rooms, which are made available
as a public service.) |
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| Sept.
18 |
"Birding
Southeast Asian: Cambodian Charms, Thai Surprises"
— presented
by Roy Poucher and Linda Oberholtzer |
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| Oct.
16 |
"Wildlife
and Habitats in Arabia"
— presented by Dr. Joseph Platt |
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| Nov.
20 |
"Invasive
Species — Plant and Bird" — presented
by Martin Byhower |
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| December |
NO PROGRAM THIS MONTH. |
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| Jan.
15 |
"What
is to be Done? Wildlife and Conservation in an Era
of Climate Change" presented
by Char Miller |
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| Feb.
19 |
"The
Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia: Birds, Mammals,
and a Bit of Natural History"
presented by Sherry
Schmidt |
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| Mar.
19 |
"Warblers
of North America" — presented
by Jon
Dunn |
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| Apr.
16 |
"Hummingbirds"
— presented by
Tom Kaminski |
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| May
14 |
to
be announced |
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| June
5 |
Potluck
Picnic at Starr Ranch — will
replace June General Meeting |
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Annual
Dinner Meeting
| The Annual Dinner Meeting takes
the place of a regular General Meeting. It is usually
held on the third Friday night in March. In 2010, the Annual
Dinner Meeting will be Friday, March 19, at the Irvine Hilton.
Our speaker will be Jon Dunn who will present a program on
Warblers. Information the price of the dinner, choice of entrees,
how & when to make reservations for it, will be posted
very soon. |
Committee
Meetings
| Committees do the chapter's
work and welcome all interested members. They include: Conservation,
Education, Bird Information, Programs, Partners in Flight,
Field Trips, Exhibits, Hospitality, Exhibits, Membership,
and Publishing. Not all of these committees have regular monthly
meetings. |
Conservation
Committee Meetings
| The
Conservation Committee meets the first Tuesday evening
of each month. The meetings begin at 6:30 pm and are held
the Blue House in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. For
more information contact Scott Thomas, Conservation Chair,
at
or by phone at 949-293-2915. |
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| 4th
Tuesday Conservation Lecture Series - 7:30
pm at Education Center (the big gray building), in the San
Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. |
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Jan.
26
- "Climate
Change and its Effect on Birds"
- presented by
Gary Langham of Audubon CA |
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Photographers'
Meetings
The Photographers meet three
times a year at Jim Gallagher's house, in Huntington Beach,
to share photos and discuss various photographic techniques.
The next meeting will be in Monday, Nov. 16th and Friday,
March 5th. . The meetings are at 7:30 p.m. The
limit is 30 photos per person. For more information
on these meetings and/or directions to Jim's house, call
Jim at 714-962-8990. If you will be bringing digital
pictures, please follow these guidelines:
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| 1.
Photographs should be in JPEG format. TIFF and RAW files
are too large, could bog down the presentations, and are unnecessary
for digital projection. |
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| 2.
Presentations should saved and brought to the meeting on either
a CD-ROM or CF (Compact Flash) card to avoid delays from connecting
the digital projector to multiple laptops. |
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| 3.
It is recommended that photographs are sized with dimensions
of 1000 pixels for the longest side (Width) for landscape
formatted photos and 750 pixels for the longest side (Height)
for portrait formatted photos. Photos with these dimensions
should fill the screen. |
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| Questions?
Contact
Jim Gallagher; |
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