July Audubon Meeting – Shorebirds

July Audubon Meeting – Shorebirds

July 19, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This program will discuss the roughly thirty-five species of shorebirds (family Charadriidae; plovers & sandpipers) that migrate through the Greater Cincinnati region on an annual basis. The program will emphasize shorebird identification, but other topics will also include their relative abundance, spring and fall migration, dates of occurrence, habitats, ecology and regional locations to find these interesting birds.

Our speaker, Jay Stenger, has been avidly birding for over 40 years and is considered an expert. Jay has been associated with The Audubon Society of Ohio (Cincinnati Chapter) as Treasurer, field trip coordinator and educator since 1984. He is a long-time Compiler of the NAS Cincinnati Christmas Bird Count, has served four terms on the Ohio Birds Record Committee, has conducted Federal and State Breeding Bird Surveys and has led over 400 field trips for a number of birding and conservation organizations.

This program is timely, as the upcoming fall shorebird migration begins in mid-July and continues into November. Look to the Audubon Society’s webpage, under events, to find upcoming field trips, several of which will feature finding shorebirds.

We will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the Sharon Centre (Sharon Woods Visitors Center), which is located at 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville, Ohio. From the park entrance on Lebanon Road, follow the Sharon Woods Drive to the first large parking lot on the left. The Visitors Center is the large building at the back of the parking lot.