The MOS Calendar section of the Mar/Apr Yellowthroat incorrectly
listed Mar 6 as the date of the Anne Arundel Bird Club's Heise
Lecture. This was the original date and we submitted the entire
schedule for the year to the YELLOWTHROAT back in September. That
said, the latest issue of the YELLOWTHROAT has the old date printed.

Please tell all of your friends and family (and anyone you think that
might be interested) about our BIG EVENT!

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MONDAY, MARCH 10th @ 8PM
The Anne Arundel County Bird Club PROUDLY PRESENTS...

The Richard E. Heise, Jr. Annual Wildlife Lecture at Quiet Waters
Park, Hillsmere, Annapolis.


THE QUEST TO SAVE TIGERS, RHINOS, SNOW LEOPARDS, WRINKLE-FACED BATS,
BISON, AND SAGE GROUSE:
A PRESENTATION ON PRESERVING NATURE'S AMAZING CREATURES.

Dr. Eric Dinerstein, World Wildlife Fund's Chief Scientist and Vice
President for Science

Explore the Earth's biodiversity with one of the world's leading
conservation biologists, Dr. Eric Dinerstein, in this amazing
presentation on his work with the World Wildlife Fund. He will detail
his wildlife studies and conservation work that began 35 years ago
studying tigers and their prey in Nepal's Bardia National Park at the
base of the Himalayas. Eric, a world-renowned expert on tigers, will
discuss his efforts to conserve tigers through one of the most
ambitious wildlife recovery projects in Asia that seeks to reconnect
12 parks and reserves across southern Nepal and northern India for
tigers. His latest book, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations,
takes readers on a fantastic journey to wildlife conservation's
frontiers. Dr. Dinerstein will recount his work studying and
developing conservation plans for the greater one-horned rhinoceros in
Nepal, leading to his book The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural
History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros. Eric
also will explain how he tracked snow leopards in the Kashmir and
established a field research program in northern India for these
spectacular but elusive cats.

Dr. Dinerstein explores his conservation work on other awe-inspiring
animals beyond tigers, rhinos, and snow leopards as he illustrates his
"inordinate fondness for bats" with his work on the wrinkle-faced bat
and the ecology of fruit bats in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,
Costa Rica. WWF's work on the American Prairie Restoration Project in
Montana also will be examined. Eric will discuss the Prairie Project's
efforts to restore tens of thousands of acres of prairie capable of
supporting large herds of truly wild bison and an abundance of other
prairie wildlife such as black-footed ferrets and grassland birds such
as Greater Sage Grouse and Ferruginous Hawks.

Eric is author or coauthor of over three dozen peer-reviewed articles
and nine books, most related to biodiversity and conservation
priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Russia, Asia, and
Africa. He was a co-architect of the Global 200 Ecoregions, a
systematic analysis identifying the Earth's most biologically
important regions adopted as the blueprint for WWF's conservation work
worldwide.

It was the squawk of his first Little Green Heron that awakened Eric
to nature's wonders, eventually leading to his wildlife research and
conservation efforts, including his being swept down a rain-swollen
river on an elephant's back. His work on nature's awe-inspiring
creatures has kindled a profound sense of responsibility that we can
all emulate: not just to marvel at what we see, but to join in efforts
to sustain the planet's exquisite design. Eric's presentation
documents that if we combine science, advocacy, and passion, ambitious
visions for conservation of our wild creatures can become reality-even
against overwhelming odds.

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE at the NEWLY RENOVATED http://www.AABIRDCLUB.ORG.

Please feel free to bookmark our site and refer to it often for lots
of great events, lectures, trips, bird stories, photos and news!

Good Birding, (And we'll see you in a week on MONDAY, MARCH the 10th
for Dr. Eric Dinerstien)

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD

http://www.aabirdclub.org
http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/