| Oct. | Mountaintop mining: Dave Cooper, an environmental activist from Lexington, Kentucky, showed us the devastating destruction that’s being created by mountaintop coal mining practices in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. |
| Nov. | Colorful fall photography: Allen King, one of our long-time members, took us from New England to Utah, with a detour to Florida, following the season’s changing colors through the lens of a camera. |
| Dec. | Galapagos Islands: Dr. Paul Thomas, a veteran global traveler, introduced us to the fascinating organisms that caught Charles Darwin’s attention when he visited the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s. |
| Jan. | Meeting canceled because of bad weather. |
| Feb. | Bird documentary: Videotape of a special bird presentation. |
| Mar. | Freshwater mussels: Brant Fisher, Nongame Aquatic Biologist with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, gave an overview of freshwater mussels, one of the most endangered groups of animals in Indiana. |
| Apr. | Spring warblers: For the 2005 banquet, Don Gorney, well-known birdwatcher and Chair of the Indiana Bird Records Committee, provided a slide show presentation on the more common warblers of East Central Indiana. |
| May | Antlered flies: Dr. Gary Dodson, biology professor at Ball State University, shared his research on the strange-looking antlered flies of Papua New Guinea and Australia. |
| June | Malformed frogs: Laura Guderyahn, research assistant to Dr. Mike Lannoo in amphibian research, discussed known causes of malformed frogs. |
Enjoying and protecting nature in East Central Indiana since 1974
Robert Cooper Audubon Society 