The Queens County Bird Club will be meeting at the Alley Pond Environmental
Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362 >Map of location<
<http://goo.gl/8cnmjT> at 8:00 pm this Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Free
admission. Refreshments served.
A.W. Cafarelli will present “Consider the Birds of the Air: Avian History and
Art History”
From predators to passerines, visual images of birds have been a
conspicuous presence in art throughout human history. Whether considering
paleolithic carvings, ancient coinage, medieval tapestries, renaissance
paintings, aboriginal featherwork, enlightenment scientific illustration, or
modern animation, the analysis of these intriguing and amusing artworks
provides insight into how symbolic depictions of birds reflect civilizations,
and opens a scientific window onto the past for evaluating the frequency and
distribution of species, reconstructing the appearance of vanished avifauna,
and examining cultural practices and intercultural commerce that influence
avian population dynamics and the mechanisms of extinction.
A.W. Cafarelli, Ph.D., J.D., is an ecological historian and habitat consultant
whose recent field research in our region has included native forest, prairie,
and wetland biomes.
Nancy Tognan
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Vice President, Queens County Bird Club
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org <http://www.qcbirdclub.org/> for more
information on trips, speakers, and other events.
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about many
local birding hotspots
* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. *
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