Meetings are usually held in the Community Room of the Fox Library in Arlington. Someone from the Steering Committee tries to be there by 7:00, to allow for a half-hour of socializing, but if the door is locked, please do wait.

Previous Meetings:

Tuesday, April 23
Joey Mason - Kestrels

Saturday, March 23
Menotomy Tenth Anniversary Party

Tuesday, January 15
Sandy Komito
Subject of The Big Year - book and film

Wednesday, December 12
Of Mallards and Men
Kurk Dorsey
The Migratory Bird Treaty will be 100 years old in 2016, and it still governs many of the ways in which we use and protect birds.  In this talk full of colorful birds and colorful people, former Arlington resident, historian, and birder Kurk Dorsey will discuss the origins and content of this important treaty.

Wednesday, October 17
Birds and Words
David Spector and John Van de Graaff
David Spector has done research on warbler song and is working on a book on birds in literature. He is a former board president of the Hitchcock Center for the Environment and teaches biology at Central Connecticut State University. John van de Graaff is an accomplished bird photographer. David and John take a brief look at some of the words of avian origin that have entered the English language and the origins of some bird names. Do you know what the 22nd (and 24th) president of the United States has to do with bird names? David and John say that this auspicious program, if done with panache, will be a feather in their collective cap, unless they chicken out, in which case they will be crestfallen, with egg on their faces. David's discussion of etymology should dovetail with John's beautiful photographs. If you're wondering about the bold face, well you'll just have to be there.

Wednesday, November 14
Marshall Iliff
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