BOGS Winter 2023 Calendar

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Date	Activity
Jan. 5	GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 9-11 a.m. Moderator/emceeJody Fairchild	AGENDA: BOGS Volunteers will describe what they do and answer questions.
Jan. 12	Bird Walk: Thursday, 9-11 LEADER:Janet	DESTINATION:TBA
Jan. 19	SPEAKER: Tom Titus Former UO biology professor who taught "Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon" for many years will present information about the reptiles and caves located in south-central Oregon, on the east side of Summer Lake Basin. It’s a famous archeological site & until recently it was the oldest known human occupation in the west, going back over 14,000 years	TOPIC: "Mummies in Our Midst: 12,000 year-old Lizards From Paisley Caves”
Jan. 26	Raptor Run Thursday, 9a - ~2p LEADER:Priscilla	DESTINATION: SW Linn County BRING FOOD AND BEVERAGES TO SUSTAIN YOU PLEASE SEE HIGHLIGHTED NOTE NEAR TOP OF HOME PAGE REGARDING required pre-registration for these EXTENDED CAR-CARAVAN BIRD TRIPS
February 2	Jeremy Clothier WREN (Willamette Resources and Education Network) His love of nature and education grew as he completed his B.S. in Environmental Biology from TN. Tech University and interned with esteemed organizations including “Ding” Darling NWR, FL. and Cape May Bird Observatory, NJ. In 2014 he came to SOU in Ashland to complete his graduate work in Environmental Education, and discovered that Oregon was his found home. Since then he worked at Nature Centers in Texas and Tennessee, but always felt the call to return to Oregon. He is excited to be back providing environmental education to the community. When not at WREN, Jeremy enjoys birding, cooking for his wife and friends, playing board and videogames, and exploring the natural world.	TOPIC: Birds, butterflies and dragonflies and their relationships to our wetlands.
February 9	DESTINATION: Finley Wildlife Refuge Trip 9a-2p LEADER:Betsy (Bring food and beverages to sustain you)	There is no restriction on the number of cars for this trip because there will be no car caravan from Eugene to Finley. Instead, people will get there themselves and meet at 9:30am, at the intersection of Hwy 99W and Bruce Road (at J. Ballard Country Store parking lot)
February 16	Alan Contreras Writer, poet, birdwatcher and education consultant: Alan L. Contreras is a fourth-generation Oregonian and a graduate of the University of Oregon and its law school. He is retired from a career on the fringes of higher education. He currently serves on the board of Friends of Malheur. He has previously served on the boards of the Malheur Field Station, Lane County Audubon Society, Eugene Natural History Society and Oregon Field Ornithologists.	TOPIC: History of Oregon Ornithology
February 23	Raptor Run Thursday, 9a - ~2pm LEADER:Priscilla	DESTINATION: Southwest Linn County BRING FOOD AND BEVERAGES TO SUSTAIN YOU More details will be provided in advance of the trip. PLEASE SEE HIGHLIGHTED NOTE NEAR TOP OF HOME PAGE REGARDING required pre-registration for these EXTENDED CAR-CARAVAN BIRD TRIPS Several people are already pre-registered for this trip because they were unable to attend the Jan. 26 trip.
March 2	Gordon Grant Research Hydrologist USDA; OSU Professor: Gordon Grant is a Research Hydrologist with the USDA Forest Service at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and also Courtesy Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. His involvement with rivers began as a decade-long career as a whitewater river guide on western US rivers. He received his Ph.D. in fluvial geomorphology from Johns Hopkins University in 1986, and began work for the research branch of the U.S. Forest Service with the overarching goal of advancing understanding of how stream networks, watersheds, and entire landscapes respond to changes in streamflow, sediment transport, and wood entrainment. In particular, this research has focused on fluvial responses due to land use, dams and dam removal, volcanic eruptions, and climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. He is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America, and is currently the Past-President of the Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Section of AGU. Research group website at wpg.forestry.oregonstate.edu.	TOPIC: “The Magic and Mystery of the McKenzie River: A Geological Journey”
March 9	Bird Walk Thursday, 9a-11a LEADER:_____ _____	DESTINATION: TBA
March 16 2nd hour TBA	Pat Boleyn Educator (retired LCC Faculty), Birding Guide Pat Boleyn has been a birder for over 40 years. She has worked as a wildlife biologist for federal agencies for 20 years, and as an ecology instructor for Lane Community College for 20 years. One of the courses she taught was called Birds of Oregon. Currently she teaches biology at Linn Benton Community College, and works as a bird guide for Willamalane, leading birding field trips around Oregon. Pat will also share her own personal experiences with birding.	TOPIC: Birding 101 (1 hour) (2nd hour TBA)