On Tuesday, February 13th, the Linnaean Society of New York’s 2018 Speaker Program will feature two new presentations:
6:00 pm – Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything – Anita Sanchez Carolus Linnaeus, the great eighteenth-century naturalist, named and classified more than twelve thousand species of plants and animals. As a physician, he saw the need for a clear and simple system of nomenclature and classification for plants used for medicine, and then went on to set himself an ambitious goal: naming all the living things in the world. His classification of humans as just another species of mammals was highly controversial; his use of a “sexual system” to classify plants based on their reproductive parts was outrageous. But the obstinate and outspoken scientist battled his critics fiercely, all the way to the Vatican. Author Anita Sanchez will discuss her research on Linnaeus’s life and the process of writing a book for young readers about the great naturalist’s turbulent career. 7:30 pm – Tracking Whimbrels: Movement Toward Full Lifecycle Conservation in a Migratory Shorebird – Dr. Bryan Watts Maintaining migratory species that depend on many countries scattered over large geographic areas is one of the great conservation challenges of our time. Success depends on 1) identifying the network of critical sites and 2) managing site-specific threats. Prior to the development of size-appropriate satellite telemetry, very little was known about migration pathways or connectivity for Whimbrels using the Western Atlantic Flyway. Since 2008, Dr. Bryan Watts and his research team have deployed 50 satellite transmitters on Whimbrels throughout the flyway to identify migratory routes and critical staging areas, and to link specific breeding and winter territories. Watts and his team have used the gathered data to build a prioritized blueprint for conservation. The clear, emergent message of this work is that Whimbrels connect many locations and cultures throughout the Western Hemisphere and that their recovery depends on our ability to bring this community of cultures together around a single goal. Both presentations are free and will be held in the Linder Theater on the first floor of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. All welcome! Complete details of these exciting presentations and the rest of the 2018 program can be found here: http://linnaeannewyork.org/calendar-programs-trips/programs2017-2018.html <http://linnaeannewyork.org/calendar-programs-trips/programs2017-2018.html> Richard Fried The Linnaean Society of New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
