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September 18th
General Meeting
at the RWMC South
Plaza meeting room, 7:30 pm.
"Beautiful sand
beaches, snow capped mountains, 2000 year old trees, sky blue
water teeming with seabirds, caldera lakes, and every shade of
green you can imagine and more. These are some of the wonderful
sights we saw as we toured New Zealand in search of
its fantastic birds. There were ancient birds like the New
Zealand Rock Wren that hardly has a tail and kiwis that have
evolved to almost not be a bird. Some endemic birds like the
Stitchbird, Rifleman, and Saddleback are being protected and are
growing in numbers. Seeing and hearing them is almost a
religious experience. The seabirds are a true highlight. Over
75% of the world's seabird species are seen near New Zealand.
Many of these can be viewed on short day trips out to the waters
off the New Zealand mainland. There you can see albatrosses with
12 foot wingspans or the New Zealand Storm-petrel, a bird once
thought extinct but now rediscovered after being unseen for 150
years.”
Phil Swanson
(Papillion NE) along with Ross Silcock (Tabor IA), will share
all this and more as they takes us on a journey through New
Zealand; a journey Phil took on a Ross Silcock (www.rosssilcock.com)
led birding tour of New Zealand birds in 2009.
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October 16th
General Meeting
at the RWMC South Plaza meeting room, 7:30 pm.
Buffalo Bruce and the staff of Western
Nebraska Resources Council will be giving a talk relating to
native ASPEN communities & ecology within Nebraska. They will be
covering biological diversity; importance for birds;
general locations, health, and types. This discussion will also
address how Global Climate Change is affecting these rare
ecosystems.
Suggestions on enhancing system health will be given for land
managers.
November 20th
General Meeting
at the RWMC South
Plaza meeting room, 7:30 pm.
Rod & Marie Smith
and Helen Hughson will give a program on the birds of Panama
with lots of pictures taken by the Smith’s on a recent trip.