*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***
[Please note that this is a change from the original schedule.] *6:00 p.m. The Bridge And Skyscraper Crowd: Peregrine Falcons In New York by Barbara Saunders* >From the moment of her discovery in 1998 of a Peregrine Falcon nest at 55 Water Street, which led to the installation of a webcam, Barbara Saunders, now a member of the Linnaean Society Council, has been captivated by peregrines. Since 2008 she has been a seasonally employed wildlife technician in the peregrine program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. From late April to mid-May, she monitors approximately twenty pairs of Peregrine Falcons in New York City—the largest concentration of this species in the East—plus several more pairs in Nassau County and on bridges over the Hudson River. Among other things, she finds nests, reports on whether old nests are being used again, rescues fallen chicks and gets injured ones to a rehabilitator, and helps with banding. She will share her experiences, answer questions, and show photographs she has taken—views very few people have ever had of these birds and the city below them. *7:30 p.m. City Birds: Avian Life in New York by J. Alan Clark, Rachel Bricklin, Dustin Partridge, and Chad **Sewage* Assistant Professor of Biology at Fordham University and Fordham's conservation biology program coordinator, J. Alan Clark and two of his doctoral students at Fordham and one of his former students (Chad Seewagan, who is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology at Pace University) will each give a summary of his or her recent research. Prof. Clark writes of this evening's talks, "Understanding how birds interact with increasingly urbanized landscapes is essential to their conservation and to reducing negative impacts such urbanization may have on birds." Chad Seewagen will talk about the physiological effects on migrating birds of urban parks as stopover sites, Rachel Bricklin about further research on stress in birds in urban stopover sites, Dustin Partridge about greenroofs as stopover and breeding habitat, and Prof. Clark about effects of light and noise on urban migration and how night-migrating birds navigate urban landscapes. *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 time before the second program to talk to the speakers, and mingle with TLS officers and council members, who can provide information on becoming a part of this thriving natural history society. Attendees are also welcome to join the speakers, Jeff Nulle (TLS President) and other members for dinner at 5 pm [note the early time] at Cafe Frida, 368 Columbus Ave., between 77th and 78th Streets. The reservation is in the name of “Nulle”. *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.html or visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/*Linnaean*-*Society* -of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linnaean-Society-of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts> Hopefully many of you will be able to join us on Tuesday (no reservations necessary). 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
