ORAS September kick-off meeting will feature talk by ornithologist on how hurricanes affect Caribbean birds

Submitted by ahsiung on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 10:30am

The Oconee Rivers Audubon Society will hold its upcoming monthly meeting on Thursday, September 5th, at UGA's Odum School of Ecology's Auditorium. The meeting will start with a wine and cheese social and silent auction fundraiser at 6:30pm. The featured speaker, Dr. Joe Wunderle, will begin his presentation at 7:00pm. See below for more information.

ORAS April Meeting features talk by Director of Northeast Georgia Invasive Plant Cooperative

Submitted by ahsiung on Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:15am

Please join us for our monthly meeting where Lauren Muller from the Northeast Georgia Invasive Plant Cooperative will discuss her experience working with invasive plants and share tips on controlling invasive species in our community. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4th, at Sandy Creek Nature Center. See below for details.

Former recipient of ORAS grant will talk about turkey ecology at March meeting

Submitted by ahsiung on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 12:53pm

Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) are an important game species throughout their range. Recently, declines in productivity have been reported throughout the Southeast, which is believed to be related to reduced reproductive success via reductions in nest and brood success. These declines warrant research on aspects of female reproductive ecology, such as movement, survival, and habitat selection.

ORAS February Meeting Features a Presentation on Bats by UGA Graduate Student

Submitted by ahsiung on Mon, 01/21/2019 - 10:36am

Please join ORAS for our monthly meeting where UGA PhD student Kristen Lear (Integrative Conservation program and Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) will discuss the importance of bats at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 7th, at Sandy Creek Nature Center. See below for details.

 

ORAS President will discuss avian diseases in January Meeting

Submitted by ahsiung on Mon, 12/24/2018 - 3:40pm

 

Catie Welch is the president of the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society and Research Technician at UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and the USDA’s Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit. She will discuss viruses, such as the Newcastle disease virus, and birds at the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society'snext monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 3rd, at Sandy Creek Nature Center.

Former ORAS president to discuss history of Christmas Bird Count at December Meeting

Submitted by ahsiung on Mon, 11/19/2018 - 1:58pm

Athen’s based lifelong birder and former president of the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society will discuss the history of the Christmas Bird Count at the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society's next monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 6th, at Sandy Creek Nature Center. Please see below for more details.

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