Denver Holt will be speaking in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday September 26th and then at Natural Bridge KOS Meeting on Saturday, September 28th. If you're unable to attend the KOS Meeting at Natural Bridge this weekend, but would still like to hear Denver Holt's presentation, he will also speaking at a Cincinnati Bird Club/Raptor, Inc. joint meeting at the Sharon Woods Visitor Center on Thursday evening, September 26th, at 7:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public. Directions to The Sharon Woods Visitor Center : North of Cincinnati, take I-275 to Sharonville (Route 42) exit; south on Route 42/Lebanon Road to park entrance on left. For more information about this Cincinnati meeting, call Jeff at (513) 521-4477 or Kathy at (859) 689-4166. Denver Holt, founder and president of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, will be featuring his program "Adaptations of Owls". His work and research with owls and their ecology is known internationally. Denver Holt is a wildlife researcher with many interests. In particular, his research focuses on owls and their ecology. He has been researching owls since 1978, and has published numerous papers in both scientific and natural history journals. He is founder and president of the Owl Research Institute in Missoula, Montana, and has conducted owl related research in the U.S., Mexico, and Costa Rica. Within the U.S., he has worked in Alaska, Massachusetts, and Montana. Among other research, Denver has worked on gulls, terns, raptors, and small mammals. He is an avid and inquisitive outdoors person with other interests that include insects, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, plant identification, and geology. This fall, 2002, (date, TBA) National Geographic Explorer Television Program will feature a program, "Owls:Silent Hunters", on the Owl Research Institute's project on Snowy owls in Barrow Alaska. National Geographic magazine will also have a documentary on this scheduled at this time for their December issue. To read more about The Owl Research Institute, go to www.owlinstitute.org . In addition, he is a Victor Emanuel Tour Leader . You can see the trips he leads at http://www.ventbird.com/db/index.ihtml , then click on Denver Holt under Leader search. Good Birding! Kathy ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx