Lectures are free and open to the public. The Arsenal, central Park, 5th Ave. at 64th St. 6 pm
*> TUESDAY, APRIL 21 -- Eric Sanderson, Ph.d.* *> >* *> > Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts: An Update from WCS's Welikia Project* > > > > The Welikia Project, formally The Mannahatta Project, is an interactive map that adds a 400-year-old visual overlay of the former landscape ecology of New York City and surrounding boroughs. The name Welikia means “my good home” and was spoken by the Lenape people who used to inhabit the island. The science of the project uses georeferenced historical data and field samples collected over several years, which together create a multi-layered map of the Muir Web or ecological community in question. Join Eric Sanderson for *"Imagining New York City For Birds and Other Beasts: An Update from WCS's Welikia Project."* For more on Eric's work, see https <https://welikia.org/>:// <https://welikia.org/>welikia.org/ <https://welikia.org/>. ------------ Also coming up- *MONDAY, MAY 11 -- **Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and Jonathan **Meyrav* Israel is a truly incredible place for birds and birding. Half a billion birds pass through Israel twice a year making it the second largest "flyway" in the world. Over 540 species of birds have been recorded in Israel, a country the size of New Jersey. From the snow covered peak of Mt Hermon in the north, through the low-lying Dead Sea Valley and south to the granite peaks of the Eilat Mountains, Israel boasts an avifauna that is second only to the tropics. Join distinguished birders from the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) Dan Alon, Noam Weiss, and Jonathan Meyrav as they discuss birding, the miracle of migration, and work being done to protect and provide for birds in Israel. *WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10* Conservation Program update with Susan Elbin at the NYC Audubon Annual Meeting, The series has been made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch. http://www.nycaudubon.org/lectures -- 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/ --
