Join SCAS on March 21, 2014 for "Radar Birding 101"

By:  Jim Eager, Space Coast Audubon Society Publicity Chair

WHO:  Space Coast Audubon Society (SCAS)

WHERE:  Rockledge Presbyterian Church, 

921 Rockledge Dr, Rockledge, FL

WHEN:   March 21, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Angel & Mariel Abreu will present Radar Birding 101

Have you ever wondered how many birds fly over Florida under the cover of night during migration? Thanks to advances in Doppler weather radars we are now able to investigate and answer this question.  In this workshop we will teach you how to use radar to analyze bird migration.  You will learn how to interpret radar images and how to put this technology to use when choosing where to bird during migration.  We will also cover how weather plays a crucial role as to when and where birds will migrate.  After this workshop you will be able to "see in the dark", adding a new tool to your birding toolkit that can take your birding to the next level.

We are known by many as the birding duo who always say “Nature is Awesome”.  We love to wander around the outdoors looking for the next bird that wishes to cross the path of our Nikon binoculars.  In 2013 we joined the Nikon Birding Prostaff team, and with help from Nikon Sport Optics we hope to spread the word that “Birding is Awesome”.  We are best known in the Florida birding community for our work on radar ornithology.  During spring and fall we share radar images of birds migrating and predict birding conditions across the state at www.badbirdz2.wordpress.com.  As a result we have become amateur meteorologists, spending countless amounts of time looking at weather patterns and wind charts in search of answers to questions about where birds are headed and where the next “fallout” may occur.

We both fiddle in the world of nature photography with an emphasis on birds and their habitats and surrounding nature.  On our quest to cover the entire state of Florida, we can be found at any one of the state’s campsites mulling over the campfire about where we should explore on our next adventure.
                                                                 
Visit the Space Coast Audubon Society website at www.spacecoastaudubon.org

Look forward to another great turnout.