AMV Past Programs
February 2024 PROGRAM
“Solar Eclipses”
Presenter: Terry Mann
Click on the links below to learn more about solar eclipses.
NOVEMBER 2023 PROGRAM
“Solar Cookers: A Simple Technology Providing Extraordinary Benefits in the World's Poorest Regions”
Presenter: Ruth Holton-Hodson
Click on the links below to learn more about solar cookers.
SLOW COOK SOLAR
Check out the cookbook Ruth referred to in her presentation.
The cookbook is available at www.slowcooksolar.com
march 2023 Program
“Have You Ever Wondered? What I've Learned in 40 Years of Bluebirding”
Presenter: Julie Zickefoose
Julie's Website
Julie's Blog
Julie's Instagram
Julie's Twitter
Julie's Facebook
Julie's YouTube Channel
Below are instructions provided by Julie on how to create a stovepipe baffle and pole mount as described in the presentation. Thank you for this wonderful resource Julie!
September 2022 Program
“Bringing Life Back to the Little Miami River: From Eaglets to Baby Mussels”
Presenter: Jason Brownknight
Click here to view a PDF copy of the presentation materials.
April 2022 Program
“One for the Books: the 2021 Emergence of the Periodical Cicada Brood X”
Presenter: Dr. Gene Kritsky
At the speaker’s request, this program was not recorded. Below is a list of resources mentioned during Dr. Kritsky’s presentation.
Cicada Mania website
Cicada Safari website
Download the Cicada Safari App
Simply download the free app from the Apple app store or Google play, then go on a safari to find cicadas. Photograph and submit the cicadas to Cicada Safari, and after the photos are verified, they will be posted to the live map.
MARCH 2022 PROGRAM
“State Of Urban Forestry in Hamilton, OH”
Presenter: Dave Bienemann
Below is a list of resources mentioned during Dave’s presentation.
City of Hamilton Urban Forestry Website
City of Hamilton Plant Selector Website
February 2022 Program
“TREElations: Won’t You Be My Valentine?”
Presenter: Wendi Van Buren
Below is a list of resources mentioned during Wendi’s presentation.
Ohio Tree ID Instagram
Tree Benefits Calculator
Tree Equity Score
Big Trees Ohio Instagram
Information for controlling Amur Honeysuckle
Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Ailanthus
DECEMBER 2021 Program
“A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds”
Presenter: Scott Weidensaul
At the speaker’s request, this program was not recorded. Below is a list of resources mentioned during Scott’s presentation.
Scott Weidensaul’s website
Motus Wildlife Tracking System website
The Northeast Motus Collaboration website
Project SNOWstorm website
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
Scott’s latest book “A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds” was released in March 2021. It is available for purchase on Amazon.
november 2021 Program
“Who Does Namibia’s Wildlife Belong To?”
Presenter: Dan Marsh
october 2021 Program
“It's Too Late to Stop Now: Sharing the Gospel of Birding in the 21st Century”
Presenter: Jeffrey Gordon
September 2021 Program
“Flora, Moths, and Birds: A Tangled Ecological Web”
Presenter: Jim McCormac
May 2021 Program
“Freeze-tolerant Frogs”
Presenter: Dr. Clara do Amaral
April 2021 Program
“Bird Conservation at the Human-Wildlife Interface: Tackling the Domestic Cat Challenge”
Presenter: Grant Sizemore
March 2021 Program
“Antlers of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Old bones provide new insights into caribou ecology and management”
Presenter: Dr. Joshua Miller
February 2021 Program
Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
Presenters - Kim and Kenn Kaufman – Black Swamp Bird Observatory
At the speaker’s request, this program was not recorded.
Thanks to Kim and Kenn for their amazing presentation! Below you will find additional information on many of the resources and programs mentioned during the program.
Websites mentioned in the presentation
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
The Biggest Week in American Birding
Young Birders Network
Birdability
Kenn Kaufman’s book can be purchased here.
December 2020
”Changing Climate, Changing Forests: How New Climate Normals are Shaping Future Forests and their Avian Inhabitants”
Presenter: Dr. Lindsey Rustad
November 2020
“Restoration of the American Chestnut Tree – An Icon Returns”
Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Keiffer
October 2020
“Giant Panda Conservation and the Global Goals for Sustainability”
Presenter: Nancy Ferguson
September 2020
“ Elephants, Lions and Lapwings: A Southern Africa Safari”
Presenter: Kathy Beil-Morgan & Randy Morgan