Fall 2010 PGAS Program Schedule










PGAS monthly programs are held on the second Tuesday of each month, September through June, in partnership with the Patuxent Bird Club, the PG County chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society.  Except for the December holiday party at Watkins Regional Park and other special events, programs are held in College Park, MD at the College Park Airport Annex.  There are no programs scheduled in the summer months.  The formal program always begins at 7:30 pm, but doors open at 7:00 for informal conversation, refreshments, and exchange of birding news.  Each program opens with brief statements from leaders of both clubs about upcoming events, items of interest and other club business, followed by the featured speaker with a question-and-answer period afterwards.  Click on the location links below for directions and click on the program dates for more information about the presentations.  PGAS members are encouraged to attend monthly meetings and non-members are always welcome.

DATE
LOCATION
SPEAKER
TOPIC
September 14
College Park Airport Annex
"Lights Out!" Programs in Baltimore & DC
October 12
College Park Airport Annex
Matt Perry
Argentina: Bird Studies and Related Wildlife
November 9
College Park Airport Annex
Kurt Schwarz
Motmots, Trogons, and Tropical Falcons
December 14
Watkins Park Nature Center

Annual Holiday Party & Slide show

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:30 pm
College Park Airport Annex, College Park, MD





"Lights Out!" Programs





Colliding with transparent or reflective surfaces is one of the biggest killers of birds in the world.  Only habitat loss kills more.  Join us as representatives of "Lights Out!" Programs in Baltimore (Baltimore Bird Club) and Washington, DC (City Wildlife) discuss the challenges migratory birds face year-round with building collisions, during migration with light pollution, federal and international developments on the issue of bird/glass collisions, and how you can help on a federal level and in your own home or office.


Directions to the College Park Airport Annex

Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:30 pm
College Park Airport Annex, College Park, MD


Argentina: Bird Studies and Related Wildlife



Matt Perry


Large populations of ducks, a variety of species, and liberal hunting bag-limits make Argentina a popular destination for both North  American and European waterfowl hunters. Information on the biology, behavior, or management of ducks in Argentina is meager. Recent studies by researchers at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center utilizing satellite radio telemetry, are aimed at filling the existing information gap on four duck species common in the hunter’s bag: the rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata), black-bellied whistling duck (D. autmnalis), and the fulvous whistling duck (D. bicolor). Research is conducted on a very large previously heavily-grazed ranch that is now totally managed for wildlife. Numerous wildlife species have benefited from the management and will be discussed in the presentation by Dr. Matthew Perry, who is the lead US researcher on this privately funded research project.

Directions to the College Park Airport Annex

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7:30 pm
College Park Airport Annex, College Park, MD



Motmots,  Trogons, and Tropical Falcons

Kurt Schwarz


MOS Conservation Chair Kurt Schwarz will share his birding adventures on a birding tour to the San Blas area on the west coast of Mexico.  He will concentrate on motmots, trogons, and tropical falcons. 

Directions to the College Park Airport Annex

Questions or comments?  Contact the PGAS Webmaster at:  info@pgaudubon.org

  P.O. Box 1658, Greenbelt, MD  20768-1658

last updated 8/29/10