Please do not attend meetings if you are feeling unwell or are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.
Meeting Location
Meetings are held at the Blooming Grove Senior Center at 4 Horton Road in Blooming Grove. The senior center, and its parking lot, are behind the Blooming Grove Police Department.
4/4/2025: Note that owing to a septic system failure, the location of the April monthly meeting has been changed to Blooming Grove Recreation Department/Senior Center, 49 Station Road, Lasser Park, Salisbury Mills, NY.
Meeting Dates
General meetings of the Mearns Club are held at 7:00 pm on the second Monday of every month from September through May (except February). At club meetings, a club member or an outside speaker gives a presentation about his or her birding travels or studies.
April 14, 2025: The Plumage Trade: How Fashion Killed a Warden, and How Tea Parties Killed Fashion, presented by Randi Minetor
Bestselling author Randi Minetor tells the story of the people who nearly wiped out Florida’s abundant long-legged waders in a drive to profit from their plumes, and the people who gave their time and their lives to stop them. A game warden took a bullet to protect egrets, another one vanished with barely a trace, and two women in Boston became turn-of-the-twentieth-century influencers to save the birds. The result: the first official chapter of the National Audubon Society, and an end to the plumage trade.
May 12, 2025: Hawaii: Honey Creepers, Other Birds, and Conservation presented by Scott Stoner and Denise Hakert-Stoner
Are you interested in making a presentation to our club? If so, please contact us at mearnsbirdclub@gmail.com. A small stipend is available for nonmembers.
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