THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater
Speaker: Angus Wilson, Chair, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
and Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York University
Medical Center and Member of the NYU Cancer Institute.
Subject: A New Yorker's Guide to Watching Seabirds and Cetaceans: Where, When
and How
The waters that bathe the coastline of New York State are used year round by
large numbers of seabirds and marine mammals that come to us from all over the
North and South Atlantic oceanic basins. This presentation will overview some
of the more exciting species that can be seen in the winter and summer months
either from shore or as part of an organized pelagic excursion. Good land-based
vantage points within easy reach of New York City will be described, as will
some of the basic techniques for finding and identifying birds and mammals on
the open ocean.
Angus Wilson received his Ph.D. in 1990 from Kings College, University of
London, Canada. He has traveled widely in search of seabirds including the
Humboldt Current, Southern Ocean, Aleutians, Sub-Antarctic islands of New
Zealand and Australia, Greenland and arctic Canada. He has coauthored The
Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of
the World (Voyageur Press, 2006) with his brother Ben Wilson.
The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us
for what promises to be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th
Street. If you would like to meet Dr. Wilson prior to the talk, join us at
Pappardella's Restaurant, 75th Street and Columbus Avenue at 6 p.m. The
reservation will be in the name of Alice.
Alice Deutsch, Vice President
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