THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann Theater Speaker: Geoffrey Hill, Scharnagel Professor of Biological Sciences at Auburn University Subject: Nature’s Palette: The Wonders of Bird Coloration The colors of birds delight us with their brilliance, captivate us with their subtleties, amaze us with their variety, and most of all leave us pondering their existence. Why are some birds so bright and gaudy they cannot go undetected, while others are so drab and cryptic they are very tough to spot? Why do House Finches lose their coloration when they fall ill while the colors of parrots are resistant to the effects of disease. Why do many female birds look different than males? Why aren’t there any ducks with red feathers? This talk will be a fun and informative presentation on bird coloration and will cover a range of topics from feather pigments to the functions of red and blue plumage coloration. Geoffrey Hill received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the function and evolution of ornamental traits in birds and on the ecology and conservation of birds in the southeast. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications, editor of the two-volume collection of technical papers entitled Bird Coloration and the author of three books including the recently published National Geographic Bird Coloration.
Dr. Hill will be available to sign his new book National Geographic Bird Coloration if you bring it with you. 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 Dr. Hill 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
