November 2023 Meeting

Tue, November 7, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Blue Spruce County Park Lodge
Speaker: Mike Fialkovich

Description

Mike Fialkovich will present Costa Rica Birds and Wildlife at our November meeting.

Mike Fialkovich, the Vice President of the Three Rivers Birding Club (3RBC) in Pittsburgh, a field trip leader, and Bird Reports Editor for 3RBC, has presented several excellent programs to our group in years past.

He currently is an eBird reviewer for three counties – Allegheny, Fayette, and Westmoreland. Previously Mike served as a PSO Board member, Vice President, President, and Past President. He is a Seasonal Editor and Allegheny and Fayette county compiler for Pennsylvania Birds, the journal of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology. Mike served on the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee from 2012-2021 and wrote the PORC annual reports from 2012-2021.

During the Second Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas, Mike was a Regional Coordinator and author for the Atlas.

He was the recipient of the Todd Award from the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania in 2011.

Mike also was a block owner during the Pennsylvania Herpeto- logical Atlas Project and ran a frog calling survey in northern Allegheny County.