Date: 3/8/25 11:01 am From: Jacob Wessels <jacoblwessels...> Subject: Mississippi Ornithological Society spring meeting April 25-27
Dear Arkansas birders,
I'm writing to pass along information about the upcoming Mississippi
Ornithological Society spring meeting, below. We are trying to spread the
word among birders in neighboring states. The meeting looks like it will be
a lot of fun.
Good birding,
Jacob Wessels
Newsletter Editor/Board Member, Mississippi Ornithological Society
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Please join us for the spring MOS meeting April 25-27 on the western Gulf
coast of Mississippi, with special guest Tom Stephenson, a professional
birding guide and author of *The Warbler Guide*. More details and online
registration are now available here:
https://missbird.org/meetings/
Discounted registration is available for first-time attendees of an MOS
meeting, and for students.
Birding field trips will visit the migrant traps and salt marshes at
Ansley, extensive freshwater marsh habitat on nearby private land seldom
visited by birders, and coastal jetties and harbors.
Tom's presentation on Saturday evening can help you learn bird
vocalizations! A description is pasted below.
*“How to Study and Memorize Bird Songs (and just about anything else)”*
Identifying the warblers and other species singing in the field is one of
the most enjoyable and satisfying aspects of birding. However, trying to
learn and remember the important ID points of bird vocalizations can be
difficult and sometimes very frustrating. This lecture will cover many new
techniques that make it easier to identify singing birds. Based on the
system outlined in *The Warbler Guide*, the lecture will also explain how
understanding a song’s structure, using objective, easy-to-hear song
qualities, can speed up the identification process and make separating
similar-sounding species much easier. Learning and remembering songs is
another important skill for birders. The lecture will also cover the
science of memory and learning, and outline a simple, 3-step system that
works very effectively for memorizing bird vocalizations and anything else
you’d like to remember!
