The New York State Ornithological Association is offering a gull identification workshop and field trip on the weekend of January 7-8, 2012. On Saturday, Niagara River gull expert, Jean Iron of Toronto will conduct a workshop on Winter Gull Watching in Ontario and Niagara. The seminar, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Judy LaMarsh room of the Niagara Falls Public Library at 4848 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, January 7th. The Sunday field trip from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. will be led by Willie D’Anna, an authority on gull identification in the Niagara Region. Nineteen species of gulls have been recorded on the river. The field trip is open to individual, student, family and life members of NYSOA but limited to 40 participants. Attendees must preregister for the field trip by calling Kathy Schneider at (518) 799-3457 or emailing her at [email protected].
More information about the exceptional expertise of the speaker and field trip leader, trip arrangements, directions and membership in the New York State Ornithological Association can be found at the NYSOA website, nybirds.org. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
