*The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting on Wednesday, January 20th at 8pm **at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) **.
Please join us for a presentation by Peter Capainolo, of the American Museum of Natural History Department of Ornithology on the Biology and Ecology of North American Birds of Prey. * ****Peter Capainolo will present a program on raptors (hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures and owls) and their extraordinary characteristics for survival. Their sharp eyesight and hearing and their ability to capture a diverse array of prey have made them one of the best studied groups of birds. Peter Capainolo has had an interest in natural history, particularly ornithology, since boyhood. He grew up on the south shore of eastern Long Island and spent much of his time exploring area salt marshes, beaches, woods and creek bottoms which were then relatively untouched by development and overpopulation. Many species of birds of prey can be observed on Long Island during the fall migration and this group of birds captured his attention so intensely that he applied for, and received at the age of 18, one of the first falconry licenses issued by New York State. He studied zoology and practiced falconry under renowned ornithologist Dr. Heinz Meng at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz and subsequently earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology. Currently he is Senior Scientific Assistant in the Department of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Biology at The City College of the City University of New York. Alley Pond Environmental Center is located at 228-06 Northern Boulevard, Douglaston, NY, just east of the Cross Island Parkway. Travel directions can be found on the APEC web site: http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm.QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. *Trips and Meetings are free! * Please consider joining or making a contribution if you attend or participate. Check our website for more information: http://queenscountybirdclub.org/ Please send questions about the meeting and QCBC to Arie Gilbert, President, <ariegilb...@optonline.net> or Lou Widerka, Vice-President for Programming, <biglou_11...@yahoo.com>. *Donna Schulman Queens County Bird Club* -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
