THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramirez, Senior Guide, Caligo Ventures, Inc. Subject: Bird Diversity in a Neotropical Country: Costa Rica Costa Rica, a country the size of West Virginia, has 820 species of birds. Lying between two great continents, each with its peculiar avifauna, Costa Rica is a land bridge where the faunas of the two continents meet and intermingle. This talk will discuss the unusual diversity found as a result of geography and other factors. Rafael Campos-Ramirez is the former Assistant Curator for the University of Costa Rica and Field Assistant to Gary Stiles (author of A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica). His Central American experience includes studies on birds, bats, and primates as well as a number of botanical surveys. He has more recently participated in bird banding studies of migratory birds in the New York area. 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 Mr. Campos-Ramirez 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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