*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***
Next TUESDAY (11 Oct 2011), The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will present another two part program featuring entertaining talks by Helen Hays and Peter Pyle. The program is held at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. *6:00 p.m. A TALK WITH HELEN HAYS* AMNH ornithologist Helen Hays - director of the Great Gull Island Project, recipient of the Eisenmann Medal (1989), and the first woman to be elected president of The Linnaean Society of New York (1973) - will share stories of tern research on Great Gull Island, the Society, and the Museum. *7:30 p.m. ADVENTURES IN MOLT BY PETER PYLE* Working as a biologist on the Farallon Islands off California for the past 24 years, Peter Pyle has studied the ecology and migrations of many forms of marine life ranging from albatrosses to Great White Sharks. He is perhaps best known for his two volume *Identification Guide to North American Birds*. Popularly called the 'Bander’s Bible', this unparalleled guide to North American birds is based on the study of more than 60,000 specimens from museum skin collections and remains the most comprehensive guide available for identifying species and subspecies, sex and age by using evidence such as individual feathers. In his talk, Peter Pyle will explain various aspects of bird molt, “presenting the vastly improved Humphrey-Parkes system of molt and plumage terminology in layperson’s terms; considering the interactions between bird molt, plumage color, age, and identification; illustrating the fascinating molt patterns of ducks, ptarmigans, alcids, herons, raptors, and birds that undergo Stafflemauser (the stepwise molt of many large birds that need to maintain flight while molting); imparting the importance of molting to bird conservation; and concluding with thoughts on molt in tropical birds and avenues for future research.” Surely, a must for any birder worth their salt! [Note: If you cannot make it to see Peter on Tuesday, he will also be speaking to Greenwich Audubon on the subject of Trans-Pacific Migrations (albatrosses, Great White Sharks and more) the following Thursday (6:30-8:30 PM, 13 Oct). A reception will precede the lecture. RSVP to Jeff Cordulack at 203-869-5272 x239 or [email protected];. Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT 06831; on the web at http://greenwich.audubon.org] Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the 'People Center' at the American Museum of Natural History. Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where TLS members will be on hand to guide you up to the auditorium. The first program will last approximately one hour. Anyone wishing to meet Peter Pyle before the 7:30 program may come to dinner at Pappardella, 316 Columbus Ave. at 75th St., at 6 pm. The reservation will be in the name of Deutsch. Jeff Nulle (Vice-President and Chair of the Program Committee) has put together a spectacular program of invited speakers, workshops and video presentations for the coming 2011/2012 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 We hope to see many of you on Tuesday (no reservations necessary), for a very special evening with two leaders in ornithology. Angus Wilson Council Member, 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/[email protected]/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/ --
