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Continue to keep Darcy Wells in our thoughts. She reports that she is feeling stronger every day and hopes to be back to work and Rotary next week.
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Gary L. Solbrekken, Ph.D., Assistant Professor - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Glen
Chambers was introduced by John Miles.
Glen presented “Closeup: Canada Goose.”
Glen’s
background is in animal behavior and
wildlife management and has layered his talents in photography onto his
primary
interest.
Imprinting
is an animal behavior discovered
in 1936 where there is a 13-hour window after hatching when the chicks
will adopt
their “mother.” Glen imprinted a couple of geese on his son in 1972 in
order to
make a documentary on Hudson Bay. In 1995 he took some eggs from
Chicago and
raised another batch for filming. They built a special trailer to take
them to
different habitat where they would release the geese and they would
follow the
filming team, flying close alongside the boat.
They were
required to return the birds to
the wild (the pond on their farm) but “corporate” geese from town would
come in
and eat their corn. The Chambers’ had to let them into the house once
in a
while at first but they eventually stayed away longer. The original
birds and
their progeny would return to nest up against the house.
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NEEDED: We are still looking for volunteers who would like
to take notes at the meeting for this weekly newsletter publication -
no more than 4-5 times a year (preferably one full month). If interested, please e-mail Tony St Romaine, or see
Kristen
Smarr, Jane Phillips or Paige Scott for additional details.
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Today we
collected $87 for a total
pot of $1205. Glenn Heggie drew the King of spades.
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