*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***
6:00 pm — MEMBERS PHOTO SHOW moderated by Deborah Allen Deborah Allen, whose photographs have appeared in such publications as North American Birds, National Geographic Explorer, Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, WildBird, National Wildlife, and Natural History, will moderate. She invites Linnaean members to bring digital photos for viewing. Photographers should bring a PowerPoint presentation (preferred) or medium-resolution 72 dpi jpegs, sized at 1024 pixels wide by 683 pixels high. The photos (no more than 25 or 30 per member) should be copied to a thumb drive or CD. 7:30 pm — BIRDING OUTSIDE THE BOX by Alvaro Jaramillo Alvaro Jaramillo is Senior Biologist at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory. A trip leader for the bird tour company Field Guides, he recently started a tour company of his own, Alvaro’s Adventures, specializing in California pelagic birding and field trips in Central and South America. Born in Chile, he grew up in Canada and did graduate work at the University of Toronto under James D. Rising, with whom he wrote the section on the Emberizid family of passerines for volume 4 of Handbook of Birds of the World (forthcoming). He has also contributed chapters to The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior and the National Geographic field guides and has written the books New World Blackbirds: The Icterids and Birds of Chile, the standard field guide. A member of the AOU’s South American Classification Committee, Jaramillo is a sought-after keynote speaker at birding festivals, a columnist for Bird Watcher’s Digest, and an associate editor of North American Birds. In 2011, the Linnaean Society awarded him its highest honor, the Eisenmann Medal, given for excellence in ornithology and encouragement of the amateur. Jaramillo writes of his talk, “Are the brains of seasoned birders different from the brains of beginners? Is there some magic that the experts do when they see only a glimpse? The truth is that it is not magic at all, and likely anyone can do it if they work at it. This talk is partly about what we understand about brain function and how it allows us to identify birds. With this understanding, we get all the keys that can help you be more proficient at bird identification. This promises to be a lively and entertaining look at birder brains and how we relate to birds. I hope my talk will open a new perspective and reinvigorate birding for you.” WHERE & WHEN Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the Linder Theater of the AMNH. Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where the route to the auditorium will be sign posted. The first program will last approximately one hour with enough time before the second program for attendees to talk to the speaker(s) and mingle with TLS officers and council members, who can provide information on becoming a part of this thriving natural history society. MORE INFORMATION ON TLS PROGRAMS President Jeff Nulle has put together a spectacular program of invited speakers, workshops and video presentations for the 2013 season. For more details, please check out (and bookmark) our website: http://linnaeannewyork.org/programs-trips-ggi/programs-lectures.html or visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linnaean-Society-of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts Look forward to seeing you this coming Tuesday. Angus Wilson Vice President, The Linnaean Society of New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
