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Cameron Rutt Named Hawk Watcher as Butler Sanctuary Count BeginsBedford Audubon is pleased to announce that Cameron Rutt will be the hawk watcher at the Chestnut Ridge Hawk Watch at the Arthur Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, New York. Click for more information about the Chestnut Ridge Hawk Watch. Cameron has recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree with honors in biology from Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He brings considerable field birding experience with him including participation in auditory bird surveys, mist netting and bird banding, and countless hours scanning the skies for raptors at Waggoner’s Gap, Hawk Mountain, and Cape May. On a personal note, Cameron has recorded close to 600 species of birds in the ABA recording area and has recently been appointed to the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee. Come meet Cameron at the Hawk Watch. He will be on duty from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday–Saturday from August 22 through November 20. (Another Hawk Watcher will be on duty on Sundays.)
Fall 2008 Newsletter Is on the Web
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This Is an Absolute “Can’t
Miss” Event!
Bruce Beehler has spent much of his scientific career studying the birds of the Southwest Pacific and South Asia. After conducting predoctoral and doctoral fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, Beehler worked for 10 years at the National Museum of Natural History, followed by stints at the Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S. Department of State, and Counterpart International. Today he leads a research program that focuses on the island of New Guinea. Beehler is author or coauthor of several natural history books, including Birds of New Guinea (Princeton), The Birds of Paradise (Oxford), A Naturalist in New Guinea (Texas), A Biodiversity Assessment for Papua New Guinea (Biodiversity Support Program), and Ecology of Papua (Periplus). His latest book from Yale, Lost Worlds, focuses on the rainforests of the world. It will be for sale at the lecture and can be signed by the author. The link to the article and video clip on the 60 Minutes website is: http://tinyurl.com/yts9rf. The link to the WNYC interview with Bruce Beehler on The Leonard Lopate Show is: http://tinyurl.com/58dlz5 The program is free and open to the public. |
September 27―Field Trip: Fall Migration at Butler Sanctuary
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The Ultimate BioBlitz 2007
Bedford Audubon conducted a biodiversity
survey at 6 sites in Northern Westchester County
Bedford Audubon Would Like Your Help
Bedford Audubon Society's headquarters are located at:
Bylane Farm
35 Todd Road
Katonah, New York 10536
and the phone number is (914) 232-1999.
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