Annual Meeting
Details and
Directions
- Date: Friday, September
10, 2010
- Time: 6:00 pm Social
Hour
7:00-9:00 pm Meeting & Keynote
- Place: Congregational
Church of West Medford
400 High Street, Medford, MA (directions below)
- Keynote Speaker: Steve
Hoffman, Executive Director of Montana Audubon/Founder of
HawkWatch International
- Keynote Topic:
Highlights From 30 Years of Raptor Migration Studies in
Inland Western North America
How did an eastern U.S. hawk
watcher come to discover and study raptor migration in the Rocky
Mountain West? In what ways do eastern and western North
American raptor migrations differ? When is “prime time” for
observing raptor migration in the Rocky Mountain West? Where do
the migrating raptors (that pass through the Rockies) originate,
where do they over-winter, and what pathways do they use en
route? What have we learned about the health and trends in
western raptor populations based on 30+ years of migration
counts? Do the birds deposit “pre-migratory fat” before
initiating their migration, and how often do migrants stop to
hunt along the way? How does the migratory behavior of juvenile
raptors differ from adults? Males vs. females? How is raptor
migration in the inland West generally influenced by regional
and local weather patterns? How are oil & gas development,
global warming and other environmental changes impacting the
health of western raptor populations? These are some of the
questions Steve will attempt to answer in his PowerPoint
illustrated presentation.
Plus: Our annual business
meeting including the vote for board members, information on
fall sites, vendors, raffle prizes and refreshments!
| Directions to
the Congregational Church of West Medford
(Additional parking can be found at the back of the
public school next to the church.)
From the North:
Take I-93 south; take Exit 32. Follow Route 60 west
(which becomes High St.) about 1.3 miles to church
(on left).
From the South:
Take I-93 north through Boston; take Exit 32. Follow
Route 60 west (which becomes High St.) about 1.3
miles to church (on left).
From the West:
Take Route 2 east to Route 60. At end of exit ramp,
turn left toward Arlington. Continue on Route 2,
through two rotaries (another 0.6 mile) across
railroad tracks (another 0.6 mile) continue 0.2 mile
on Route 60 (High St.) to church (on right). |
|
Steve Hoffman, Executive
Director of Montana Audubon (headquartered in Helena), grew up
in eastern Pennsylvania and began hawk watching at Hawk Mountain
Sanctuary as a freshman college student more than 40 years ago.
Steve began his formal career as a Wildlife Biologist for the
Bureau of Land Management in Arizona, and later worked as an
Endangered Species Specialist for the US Fish & Wildlife Service
in Albuquerque. In 1986
Steve founded HawkWatch International (HWI), a nonprofit
organization dedicated to raptor migration study and public
education, focusing primarily on the western US. From 1976
through 1999 Steve established more than a dozen new
standardized, season-long, science-based spring and fall raptor
migration counts. In 1999 Steve left HWI and returned to his
home state to become Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon
Pennsylvania. In 2004 Steve moved to Bozeman, MT, to serve as
Director of Keystone Conservation. Steve has authored more than
30 scientific papers on raptors and other wildlife-related
topics, and has given hundreds of presentations on raptor
migration to audiences across the US. Steve has
an M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology from Utah State University
(1979), and a Bachelor’s degree in Psycho-Biology (1973). |
