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May
General Meeting
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Friday
- May 16th- 7:30 p.m. |
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"Falcon
Fever: A Falconer in the 21st Century"
presented
by Tim Gallagher
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Come hear Tim
Gallagher illuminate the powerful, mysterious allure of falconry.
In Falcon Fever, Gallagher examines the formative
role falconry played in his life. The book is a compelling
amalgam of memoir, history, and travelogue, in which Gallagher
reveals the little-known subculture of falconry and explores
its connection with his own story. Gallagher also offers a
unique glimpse into contemporary falconry, examining the mutual
obsession that drives individuals including Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. and film writer Tony Huston.
Tim Gallagher is an award-winning author, wildlife photographer,
and magazine editor. He is currently editor-in-chief of Living
Bird, the flagship publication of the Cornell Laboratory of
Ornithology. Gallagher is the author of The Grail Bird, about
the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker and Falcon
Fever, which will be released in May 2008.
We hope you will join us. The doors open at 7:00, the meeting
starts at 7:30 pm. We meet at the Irvine Ranch Water District
Board Meeting Room at 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine.
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—Jay
& Marquita Miller, Program Co-Chairs
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Directions
to our General Meeting:
Our meetings
are held in the Board Meeting Room of the Irvine Ranch Water
District's main office on the east side of Sand Canyon Ave.
at the intersection of Water Works and Sand Canyon, in the
city of Irvine. If you are coming by freeway, Sand Canyon
may be accessed from either Santa Ana Frwy (5) or San Diego
Frwy (405); there are ramps from both the north and the
south. [The Irvine Ranch Water District neither supports
nor endorses the cause or activities of organizations which
use the district's meeting rooms, which are made available
as a public service.) |
General
Meetings for 2007-2008
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| General Meetings are held the
third Friday evening in September, October, November, January,
February, April, May and June. The meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. Click here
to view map. (The Irvine Ranch Water District neither
supports nor endorses the cause or activities of organizations
which use the district's meeting rooms, which are made available
as a public service.) The following programs have
been scheduled for this year: |
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| Sept.
21st |
"Kenya:
Birds & Wildlife of the Gem of East Africa"
presented by Roy Poucher |
| Oct.
19th |
"Global
Warming" presented by Scott Palmer |
| Nov.
16th |
"South
American Birding" presented by
Garry George |
| December |
NO PROGRAM THIS MONTH. |
| Jan.
18th |
"Genetics
in the Wild" presented
by John Avise |
| Feb.
15th |
"A
Closer Look at Hawks"
presented
by Hal Cohen |
| Mar.
21st |
ANNUAL
DINNER MEETING - program presented by David Sibley |
| Apr. 18th
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"Penguins"
presented
by __ Cooper
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| May 16th |
program
to be announced |
| June 20th |
"Bees"
presented by Bob Allen |
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Annual
Dinner Meeting
| The Annual Dinner Meeting takes
the place of a regular General Meeting. It is usually
held on the third Friday night in March. In 2008, the Annual
Dinner Meeting will be Friday, March 21st. |
Committee
Meetings
| Committees do the chapter's
work and welcome all interested members. They include: Conservation,
Education, Bird Information, Programs, Partners in Flight,
Field Trips, Exhibits, Hospitality, Exhibits, Membership,
and Publishing. Not all of these committees have regular monthly
meetings. |
CONSERVATION
Committee
Meetings
| The
Conservation Committee meets the first Tuesday evening
of each month. The meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held
at Audubon
House. For more information contact Susan Sheakley, Conservation
Chair, at
or by phone at 949-552-5974. |
EDUCATION
Committee Meetings
The
Education Committee meets on the first Tuesday afternoon
of each month from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
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PHOTO
MEETING
| The Photographers meet three
times a year at Jim Gallagher's house, in Huntington Beach,
to share photos and discuss various photographic techniques.
The date of the next meeting is Friday, January 25th.
The meetings are at 7:30 p.m. The limit
is 30 photos per person. For more information on these
meetings and/or directions to Jim's house, call Jim at 714-962-8990.
If you will be bringing digital pictures, please follow these
guidelines: |
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| 1.
Photographs should be in JPEG format. TIFF and RAW files
are too large, could bog down the presentations, and are unnecessary
for digital projection. |
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| 2.
Presentations should saved and brought to the meeting on either
a CD-ROM or CF (Compact Flash) card to avoid delays from connecting
the digital projector to multiple laptops. |
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| 3.
It is recommended that photographs are sized with dimensions
of 1000 pixels for the longest side (Width) for landscape
formatted photos and 750 pixels for the longest side (Height)
for portrait formatted photos. Photos with these dimensions
should fill the screen. |
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| Questions?
Contact Steve Metildi for more information.
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