DOAS Calendar of Events

March 16, 2010 — DOAS Board Meeting, 7 PM, Elm Park Methodist Church, Oneonta.

March 19, 2010 — DOAS General Meeting: The Wood Thrushes and Veeries of Pine Lake by Prof. Peter Fauth. Professor Fauth has been researching Thrushes and Veeries at Pine Lake for a number of years. He has been teaching at Hartwick college since the Fall of 2001. Trained in Conservation Biology and Evolutionary Ecology, he teaches courses in Ornithology and the Natural History of Costa Rica, along with a number of other related courses. The program will begin at 7:30 PM at the Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact program chairman Eleanor Moriarty at (607) 435-2054.

March 20, 2010 — Montezuma Field Trip. This is the annual DOAS trip to view the incredible migration of ducks, geese, and hawks at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, located at the north end of Cayuga Lake in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region. The trip visits the areas located in the refuge, lakes, and marshes, and breaks for lunch at the green state-of-the-art New York Audubon Center. Recent trips have observed snow geese migration into the thousands. Raptors are often seen soaring over the waters. Located towards the northern part of the refuge, a pair of Sandhill Cranes has been breeding for two or more seasons. The trip will leave the Dietz St. parking lot, across from the YMCA in Oneonta, at 7:30 AM. Carpooling is strongly encouraged, and participants can be picked up en route to Cooperstown. Return to Oneonta will be late afternoon. The trip takes a few hours each way, and participants need to pack a lunch. For further information please contact leader Dave Kiehm, or Eleanor Moriarty at cell number (607) 435-2054.

March 27, 2010 — Earth Hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Turn off your lights for one hour to vote for action on climate change, joining nearly one billion people in 4,100 cities, in 87 countries and on 7 continents.

March 28, 2010 — Lake Otsego Waterfowl Field Trip. The annual spring waterfowl trip around Lake Otsego and environs will leave from Cooperstown's Lake Front Docks at the foot of Fair Street at 8 AM sharp. Co-leaders will be Matt Albright, Bob Donnelly and John Davis. Sponsored by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society for several years, the trip has always attracted many area birders. Cars will be pooled, and the trip will last until around noon. For more information, contact John Davis at (607) 547-9688.

April 10, 2010 — Riddell State Park Field Trip led by Bob Donnelly. Meet in front of Milford Central School at 8 AM. Contact Bob Donnelly at (607) 264-8156 for details.

April 16, 2010 — DOAS General Meeting: Warren Greene, Nature Photographer. The program will begin at 7:30 PM at the Elm Park Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact program chairman Eleanor Moriarty at (607) 435-2054.

April 20, 2010 — DOAS Board Meeting, 7 PM, home of John Davis, (607) 547-9688.

To save your money and to help save the planet, we encourage car pooling for all events.

In 2007 both the February and March general meetings had to be cancelled due to unusually bad weather conditions. For all our events, if you have any doubt about whether the event is going to happen, please do a last-minute check by at least one of the following methods: 1) Contact the person who is sponsor of the event, 2) Check this website, or 3) Call any DOAS board member.

DELAWARE-OTSEGO AUDUBON SOCIETY

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