Our July speaker is Dr. Andrew Rindsberg, Geologist and Paleontologist, and currently an Associate Professor at UWA. Dr. Rindsberg presented this lecture at the Geological Survey of America conference earlier this year. The lecture will be on Winnie McGlamery, a prominent female paleontologist. Lecture notes have this to say about her:
Our June speaker is James Lamb, zoology instructor at the
University of West Alabama, who will present a lecture titled "Bird Anatomy for Bird Watchers". James is also the Curator of Paleontology for The Black Belt Museum and has some interesting information to share about birds. And didn't someone say recently that dinosaurs are birds? Hmmm....
Beginning May 7, 2012, BPS will begin meeting at the Hoover Public Library. We will meet on the 1st Monday of each month, downstairs across from the Library Theatre at 7pm. The address is 300 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Alabama 35216. The library is about a block north of I-459 exit #13.
Sean Lytle is an Economic Development Analyst for the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. His lecture is titled "GIS: More than Making Pretty Maps". You are probably familiar with GIS from Google Maps, where you can take a basic map and overlay roads, waterways, tornado paths, population density, even the Geologic Map of Alabama. Sean will discuss how GIS can be used
Ryan Pierce, Professional Photographer, will speak at the April meeting of the Birmingham Paleontological Society. The lecture will cover photographing geologic formations and small fossils with poor light or contrast, close-ups, and composition ideas. Bring your cameras, flashes, lights and other camera gear and find out how to take better pictures with what you have.
The program starts at 7pm, to be followed by our business meeting around 8pm.
WHO: Ryan B. Pierce, Professional Photographer
WHAT:
Lecture - "Photography Techniques"
Mike Goodson, author, journalist, storyteller, and avid shark tooth collector, will be our speaker for March. His lecture is titled "In Search of Megalodon Sharks, Prehistoric To Present", and he will talk about the interesting quest for the giant Megalodon Shark tooth. His impressive collection is on display at McWane Science Center near the paleo lab. Come hear about these gia
Over 60 replica and moving museum quality dinosaurs will take over the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center this weekend. BPS has nothing to do with the show, but wanted to pass the information along to anyone interested.
Discover the Dinosaurs will have numerous exhibits, rides. and other attractions and fun activities for young children.
Our speaker for February will be James Lamb, paleontologist at the University of West Alabama, who will present a lecture on "Fantastic, Freaky Fossils - the Deeply Weird World of Paleozoic Sharks". This is an introduction to the type of sharks we will be finding on summer digs. The program starts at 7pm, to be followed by our business meeting around 8pm. Note: we will be meeting in a different room at McWane this month, the Rushton Theater.
WHO: James Lamb, paleontologist, University of West Alabama
Due to various scheduling conflicts, the next meeting of the BPS will be Monday, January 16, 2012,
7-9 pm at the McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama.
This
will be a concurrent Annual Meeting, Directors Meeting, and
Regular Business meeting. We will elect and install officers for 2012. The Awards Committee
will be honoring numerous individuals for their various contributions
to the group, including hard work and memorable events. No speaker for this meeting.
