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Field Trips
Field trips are open to non-members as well as members. Feel free to phone or e-mail the field trip leader or contact person ahead of time to obtain further information, directions or restrictions (e.g. dogs are not normally allowed on field trips). Registration is usually required to help manage group sizes and everyone will be asked to sign a waiver.
Ideas and suggestions for future trips are welcome. You do not need to be an expert to lead a field trip, and the trip does not need to last all day. You just need to share your favourite birding spots. Any questions, comments or suggestions, as well as all field trip reports should be directed to the Events Editor, Angie Millard. Email: fieldtripcoordinator@nsbirdsociety.ca
Member Meetings
Regular membership meetings typically feature a guest speaker and normally take place on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings are held September, October, January, February, March, April and May. The annual general meeting (AGM) is held in November.
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In this talk I will introduce you to the winter lives of six familiar warbler species and the important links between their winter habitat, winter feather moult, and spring migration. I will also provide an overview of how we used bird banding and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System as tools to study these birds from January through April in southwestern Jamaica, then track them all the way to the northeastern United States, Ontario, Québec, and Nova Scotia during spring migration.
Specializing in avian ecology, Shae worked for nine years on multi-species wildlife monitoring and management programs in non-profit and environmental consulting capacities. She has studied avian ecology in diverse landscapes from coastal and boreal Canada to Paraguayan Humid Chaco and Jamaican mangrove forest. Her current research applies bird banding and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System to answer questions about overwintering ecology, migration, and carry-over effects in our migratory songbirds.
While Shae has never visited Nova Scotia, she feels lucky to share a connection with Nova Scotians through some of the beautiful migratory songbirds we experience across Canada from spring through fall.
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