The speaker for the banquet will be DONALD KROODSMA, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Kroodsma has studied birdsong for more than thirty years. He was recognized as the "reigning authority on avian vocal behavior" in the citation for his 2003 Elliott Coues Award from the American Ornithologists' Union.

He has edited three scholarly volumes on the field of acoustic communication among birds, and authored more than one hundred articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines such as Auk, Condor, Birder's World, Living Bird, and Natural History. Kroodsma is a sought-after speaker on bird vocalizations.

His new book, The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong, describes how birds communicate and why.

We are going to try something new for desserts at the Banquet. Rather than auctioning whole pies, cakes and cookies, we will have a dessert table and will sell each serving of pie, cake, cookies or cupcakes for $5.00. You will be able to purchase your choice when you arrive at the banquet and then take it to your table. So, if you want a piece of Suzanne’s chocolate decadence or Susan’s cheese cake or Sandy’s cookies, better get there early for your first choice. Please call Hope Denney (375-7207) if you can donate a dessert for the Banquet.

Tickets are $30 per person; for a registration form click here.

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