The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, May 3, 2010, 7-9 pm
at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Our speaker for
April is Dr. Sandy Ebersole, geologist at the Geological Survey of Alabama. Her lecture is titled "The Late Cretaceous Northern Mississippi Embayment - A Tropical Paradise". Dr. Ebersole's talks are always very informative. Hope to see you there!
There must have been a lot of people concerned about the weather report, which predicted snow and ice in North Alabama. Only 5 of us showed up, but what a wonderful day it turned out to be. It stayed cold in Birmingham, but the weather at the collecting sites warmed up to the 50's, and Don remarked we better tell the field trip planner thanks for picking such a great day! The smaller numb
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, April 5, 2010, 7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
The NOVA program "Megabeasts' Sudden Death" aired Tuesday February 23, 2010 on PBS, and is now available online. To start the video on the PBS site, click the mammoth picture.
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, March 1, 2010, 7-9 pm at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
This weekend trip to northeast Alabama was delayed due to several weeks of below freezing weather. When the day arrived, a high percent of rain was predicted. However, being the troopers we are, and seeing that it has been so
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, February 1, 2010, 7-9 pm at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
The next meeting of the BPS will be Monday, January 4, 2010,
7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
The speaker will be James Lamb, Curator of Collections for the Black Belt Museum.
A hastily put together field trip ended up being on a snowy day, and most members decided to stay snug in their warm homes. Three of us were ready to brave the snow, cold, and wind, so we headed to Ruffner Mountain, to en
The next regular meeting of the BPS is Monday, December 7, 2009, 7-9 pm at
the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
Our
speaker will be Jun Ebersole, Curator at the McWane Science Center.
His topic will be "Faunal Analysis 101: An introduction to the study of animal bones from archaeological sites"
Free
parking; Enter the The McWane Science Center parking deck from 2nd Ave.
North, proceed to yellow level "C", enter the door marked "Special
Events" and bear to the left.
