Banquet
DVOC Banquet 2023 - featuring speaker Scott Whittle

It's that magical time of year again... banquet season!
Join us on Friday, November 17th, 2023 at 6:30pm for a tasty buffet-style dinner and presentation by speaker Scott Whittle, director of the global bioacoustics program Terra and co-author of The Warbler Guide.
Please note this year's event is on a Friday night!
Where: 1301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 6:30 pm
Tickets: $59
Schedule:
6:30pm: Cocktail Hour with Cash Bar
7:30pm: Buffet-Style Dinner & Presentation by speaker Scott Whittle
Listening for Life: Saving birds with bioacoustics
Speaker: Scott Whittle
The study of birds has always been a difficult science to put into practice. Trying to track an individual bird’s behavior, much less the behavior of a whole population, can seem nearly impossible. One powerful and underutilized tool towards solving the problem is to use something the birds themselves have given us: their sounds! Songs, calls and even mechanical sounds can identify birds not only to species, but in some cases to age and sex. By studying these sounds, we can track not only individuals but whole populations as they move around their territories and around the globe. Join Scott Whittle, director of the global bioacoustics program Terra, as he talks about the mechanics, history and future potential of using bird’s sounds as a powerful tool for conservation.
Menu (Buffet-Style)
Deluxe Chef Salad (v)
Entrees:
Grilled & Roasted Fall Vegetables in Puff Pastry (v)
Chicken Prosciutto
Carved Top Round of Beef
Sides:
Rosemary Bliss Potatoes (v), Italian Vegetable Medley (v), Vegetable Pasta Salad, Tomato & Cucumber Salad (v), Rolls with Butter
Dessert:
Assorted Cookies, Cannolis, Pastries, and Cake
(v) = vegan
All are welcome.
Questions? Email banquet@dvoc.org
Presentations
The Witmer Stone Award, the Julian K. Potter Award and the Rosalie Edge Conservation Award are presented at the annual banquet.
Past Speakers
2022 | Mark Garland | The Great, Amazing, Wonderful Birds of the World Trivia Quiz |
2021 | Holly Merker | Ornitherapy |
2020 | Peter Kaestner | From Zero to 9400--a Life of Birding |
2019 | Jeff Gordon | It’s Too Late to Stop Now: Sharing the Gospel of Birding in the 21st Century |
2018 | Kevin Karlson & Pete Dunne | Birds of Prey |
2017 | Neil Hayward | Lost Among the Birds |
2016 | Katie Fallon | Coffee, Coal, and Cooperation: Saving the Cerulean Warbler |
2015 | Pat and Clay Sutton | Reflections of DVOC |
2014 | Katrina van Grouw | A Very Fine Swan Indeed: Art, Science and ‘The Unfeathered Bird’ |
2013 | Bill Thompson III | The Perils and Pitfalls of Birding |
2012 | Stephen W. Kress |
Restoring Endangered Seabirds: Lessons from Puffins and Terns |
2011 | Kevin Karlson and Dale Rosselet | "The Birds of Cape May" |
2010 | Scott Weidensaul | "Messing Around with Birds (for Fun and Science)” |
2009 | Rick Wright | "The Most Beautiful of the Whole Beautiful Lot: Wood Warblers of the American Southwest" |
2008 | Pat and Clay Sutton | "Birds and Birding at Cape May (a Bird Walk Through Time)" |
2007 | Don Kroodsma | "The Singing Life of Birds" |
2006 | Pete Dunne | "25 Things That Have Changed Birding" |
2005 | Michael Male and Judy Feith | "Bitter Lake NWR" |
2004 | Dr. Carl Safina | "Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope & Survival" |
2003 | Kenn Kaufmann | "Birds and the Undiscovered World" |
2002
|
Scott Weidensaul
|
"Raising
the Dead: The Search for Lost Species." |
2001
|
Bill Murphy
|
"The
Birds of Trinidad and Tobago" |
2000
|
Kevin Karlson
|
“For
the Love of Birds” |
1999
|
Julio de
la Torre |
"Owls
of North America" |
1998
|
Peter Mathiessen
|
"Cranes
of the World" |
1997
|
Arthur
Morris |
Bird Photographer
|
1996
|
Steve Hilty
|
"Dreams
and Realites in the American Tropics" |
1995
|
Noel Snyder
|
"Re-introduction
of the Thick-billed Parrot" |
1994
|
Debra Love
Shearwater |
"Through
the Seasons: An Introduction to the Seabirds and Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay" |
1993
|
Dr. Jerome
Jackson |
"America's
Endangered Woodpeckers: The Ivory-billed and the Red-cockaded" |
1992
|
Peter Alden
|
"Birding
Antartica and Patagonia" |
1991
|
Daphne
Gemmill |
"Earthwatch
- Birding Opportunities" |
1990
|
Paul Butler
|
RARE Center
for Tropical Bird Conservation |
1989
|
Emile De
Vito |
"Birding
and Conservation in Costa Rica" |
1988
|
William
Streeter |
"Northeastern
Birds of Prey" |
1987
|
Ray Davis
|
"Florida
Birds " |
1986
|
Jim Brett
|
"From
David's Spring to Wadi Qelt: A Naturalist's Isreal" |
1985
|
Armas Hill
|
"Adventures
in Brazil" |
1984 | Pete Dunne | Ornithological Traditions of Cape May |
1983 | Daniel Roby | "Birds of the Falklands and South Georgia" |
1982 | Len Soucy | |
1981 | Armas Hill | California Birding |
1980 | Ben King | "Birds of Asia" |
1979 | Dr. Kenneth C. Parkes | "Birdwatcher at a Rusty Gate" |
1978 | John C. Yrizarry | "Birds of Tikal" |
1977 | Dr. George Gee | Endangered Species Program |
1976 | Richard A. Rowlett | Sea Birds and Mammals off the Atlantic Coast |
1971 | Dr. Peter Paul Kellogg | Bahama Birds and Bird Songs |
1970 | Dr. Charles Wurster | The Impact of DDT |
Committee Members
Lauren Diamond - Chairperson (dvocbanquet@gmail.com)
Bernice Koplin
Anita Guris
Chris Walters
Bonnie Witmer