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SUMMARY:Sea Watch with Chris Bennett & Anthony Gonzon
DESCRIPTION:Brant by Carolyn Holland \n\n\n\nJoin Anthony and Chris for a brisk birding adventure at the Indian River Inlet! \n\n\n\nTo be enjoyed at the Southside Day Use Area. Come prepared for cold conditions and the seashore wind and bring your scope if you have one. \n\n\n\nParticipants should monitor the DOS website and social media for last minute changes due to weather or other conditions. \n\n\n\nContact Carolyn at fieldtrips@dosbirds.org if you have any questions about this trip. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet at the South Inlet\, Delaware Seashore State Park parking area.
URL:https://www.dosbirds.org/event/sea-watch-with-chris-bennett-anthony-gonzon-2/
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SUMMARY:Anson B. Nixon Park with Ian Stewart ***Note change of date from 10/24***
DESCRIPTION:Purple Finch by Carolyn Holland\n\n\n\n\n\nExplore this under-birded park to see what species we might find!\n\n\n\nAnson B. Nixon park (www.ansonbnixonpark.org) is an attractive 100 acre site owned by the Kennett Area Park Authority. It contains two small lakes and a mix of woodland and dense forest with creeks. It is free to enter\, there is ample parking and the trails are good. We will search the woods and edges for late migrants\, winter visitors and residents. This well-maintained park is under-birded yet the mix of habitats holds great promise of us adding some new species to the site list!  Bring bug spray and wear appropriate shoes for walking. \n\n\n\nContact Carolyn at fieldtrips@dosbirds.org if you have any questions about this trip. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe entrance to the park is on N Walnut Street in Kennett Square. The GPS coordinates on the map below will take you to the park entrance where there is a sign at the end of the driveway. Follow the driveway and soon you will come to a good size parking lot on the right where we will meet. If this lot is full there is a spillover lot further down the driveway.
URL:https://www.dosbirds.org/event/anson-b-nixon-park-with-ian-stewart-4/
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SUMMARY:DOS November Meeting:  "Birds Up Close - Fantastic Feathers\, Form and Function" by Professor Lorna Gison\, Department of Materials Science and Engineering\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Lorna Gibson’s new book\, Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders\, draws on her experience as a professor of engineering at MIT and as a lifelong birder\, to describe how birds work from an engineering perspective. Feathers\, bones\, bills\, eggs\, flight: all come in for scrutiny\, sometimes at the microscopic scale\, sometimes at a more macroscopic scale. In this talk\, Lorna will share highlights from the book on how the microscopic structure of feathers gives rise to their remarkable properties. \n\n\n\nFor instance\, feathers give birds their color\, from the bright red of a male Cardinal to the iridescent reds and greens of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Feathers keep birds warm and dry: down provides excellent insulation against heat loss\, and water really does roll off a duck’s back. Feathers form the aerodynamic shape of the wing\, enabling flight. A Barn Owl’s flight feathers suppress sound\, allowing it to fly nearly silently\, while its ruff feathers reflect and focus sound into its ears\, enabling the owl to hunt in total darkness by sound alone. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Lorna Gibson is the Matoula S Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow\, MIT’s top award for undergraduate teaching. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. She has always loved nature and getting outside to walk\, bicycle and bird. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe meeting is held IN PERSON ONLY at Delaware Museum of Nature and Science. The in person meeting is open to everyone and admission is free.  The presentation will involve looking at actual museum specimens of the birds discussed\, so cannot be live streamed.  Please come out and enjoy this unique hands on experience.
URL:https://www.dosbirds.org/event/dos-november-meeting-birds-up-close-fantastic-feathers-form-and-function-by-professor-lorna-gison-department-of-materials-science-and-engineering-massachusetts-institute-of-technology/
LOCATION:Delaware Museum of Nature and Science\, 4840 Kennet Pike\, Greenville\, Delaware\, 19807\, United States
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