segunda-feira, 15 de outubro de 2012

Introduction and program




The 2nd Birdwatching Meeting will take place from 31st October to 4th November 2012, on Terceira Island as part of the Outono Vivo festivities in the municipality of Praia da Vitória taking place from the 26th October to 4th November.
This initiative follows the 1st Regional Birdwatching Meeting, which took place in Ponta Delgada on 24th October 2011, and is now being held on Terceira, at the Praia da Vitória Bogs. The Meeting aims to promote the potential for birdwatching in the Azores in the local community and market the birds spotted in the Azores in the international birdwatching community.
With this initiative we plan to bring together international specialists and the local birdwatching community for presentations and debates on the potential and main difficulties in developing birdwatching in the Azores.
The Meeting includes two Workshops: one on scientific illustration with Pedro Fernandes and one on Photographing Birds with Menno Van Duijn.
At the same time, we intend to have a photography contest with prizes to involve the local birdwatching community and foreign birdwatchers that have previously photographed birds in the Azores. Through the photography contests and their promotion, we hope to bring the attention of birdwatchers, who choose their holiday destinations based on birdwatching opportunities, to the Azores as a destination and to promote the diversity of avifauna on Terceira Island, especially in the Praia da Vitória Bogs.
This initiative follows others carried out by the Regional Tourism Association to promote birdwatching. The Regional Tourism Association and its members believe this initiative is of extreme importance to the development of the local birdwatching community. The following are partners and sponsors of this event: Municipality of Praia da Vitória, the Natural Park of Terceira Island, the Regional Tourism Board and the Marine Observatory of the Azores.



Technical programme (Tentative)
31st October (Wednesday)
Schedule
Events
Speaker
Location
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Scientific Illustration Workshop (4 hours)
Pedro Fernandes
Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)

1st November (Thursday) - Holiday
Schedule
Events
Speaker
Location
9:00 AM - 12:00
Photographing Birds Workshop
Menno Van Duijn
Field outing
Meeting Spot: Praia Bog
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Lunch (Free time)


2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Photographing Birds Workshop
Menno Van Duijn
Field outing
Meeting Spot: Praia Bog
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Scientific Illustration Workshop (4 hours)
Pedro Fernandes
Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)

2nd November (Friday)
Schedule
Events
Speaker
Location
9:30 AM - 12:00
Birdwatching Field Outings
Carlos Pereira & Gerbrand Michielsen
Field Outing
Meeting Spot: Praia Bog
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Lunch (Free time)


2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Birdwatching Field Outings
Carlos Pereira & Gerbrand Michielsen
Field Outing
Meeting Spot: Praia Bog
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Scientific Illustration Workshop (5 hours)
Pedro Fernandes
Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Documentary: In search of the Monteiro's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma monteiroi)
Pedro Carvalho
Ramo Grande Auditorium

3rd November (Saturday) - Presentations and Debates
Schedule
Events
Speaker
Location
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Presentations and Debates

Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch (Free time)


2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Presentations and Debates

Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Social Dinner and Photographic Contest Awards

To be announced





4th November (Sunday) - Closed Debates
Schedule
Events
Speaker
Location
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Birdwatcher's Debate

Casa das Tias (Aunt's House)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Lunch (Free time)


2:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Scientific Illustration Workshop (5 hours)
Pedro Fernandes
Outdoors

Social and guest departure


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