Meetings

DOS March Meeting: “Echoes of the Estuary: Using Sound to Study Marsh Birds” by Kelly Faller

March 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

Ashland Nature Center

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Come early to socialize and meet DOS officers and the rest of the birding community! Advances in acoustic technology and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing bird research, making it possible to monitor entire landscapes in new ways. This talk will explore how passive acoustic monitoring is expanding our ability to study … Read more

DOS April Meeting: “Functional Morphology and the Origin of Long-distance Migration in Nightingale-thrushes (Turdidae: Catharus)” by Matt Halley

April 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

NOTE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING AT THE DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Come early to socialize and meet DOS officers and the rest of the birding community! The nightingale-thrushes (genus Catharus) are a clade of (mostly) American songbirds with diverse migratory strategies. With large datasets of molecular and morphometric … Read more