Source: Brett Sandercock, 785-532-0120, bsanderc@k-state.edu
Friday, September 7, 2007
STATE MEETING OF KANSAS ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO BE SEPT. 28-30 AT K-STATE
MANHATTAN -- The 59th annual meeting of the Kansas Ornithological Society will be Sept. 28-30 at Kansas State University.
Brett Sandercock, associate professor of biology and host of the meeting, said he expects between 100 to 150 to come to Manhattan for the meeting. The public also is welcome to attend.
The meeting will start with registration and an informal reception from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in the Chalmers Hall atrium. Activities Saturday, Sept. 29, will be in Ackert Hall and include paper sessions with oral presentations on ornithological studies in Kansas, followed by an evening banquet at the K-State Student Union. The banquet's featured speaker will be Alvaro Jaramillo, who will give the presentation, "Birding in Chile: The Other West Coast."
Jaramillo is a professional bird guide for Field Guides Inc., and author of a "Field Guide to the Birds of Chile" and "New World Blackbirds: The Icterids."
The meeting will wrap up with field trips to birding destinations in the Manhattan are Sunday, Sept. 30, and will be led by local birding enthusiasts.
More information, including the call for abstracts, registration forms, meeting program, banquet, field trips, accommodations, and maps to Manhattan are available online at http://www.k-state.edu/bsanderc/kos2007/
The deadline for abstracts and registration is Friday, Sept. 21; early registration is encouraged.