**** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ****
Next TUESDAY (10 JAN 2011) The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will
present another two-part program featuring talks by Irv Cantor and Shai
Mitra. The unifying theme of the night is the field craft of birding and
how this inevitably changes with time. The program is held at the American
Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City.
*6:00 p.m. A TALK WITH IRVING CANTOR*
A mentor to many New York City birders, Irving Cantor began birding in
Central Park in 1932, when he was 12 years old. His memory of the park back
then—confirmed by the records he has kept—is of days when seeing 40 Prairie
Warblers, for example, was not unusual. He joined the Linnaean Society in
1940 and has much to say about the changes he has seen in it, the park, and
birding in general.
*7:30 p.m. SHAIBAL MITRA - BIRD RECORDS IN THE INFORMATION AGE:
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES POSED BY NEW MEDIA*
Shaibal ('Shai') Mitra, Assistant Professor of Biology at the College of
Staten Island, is the editor of The Kingbird, the quarterly publication of
the New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA). A co-compiler of
bird records for the New York City and Long Island regions and a former
member of the New York State Avian Records Committee, he currently chairs
the Rhode Island Avian Records Committee. He will speak on the rapid,
technology-driven changes in many aspects of researching, reporting, and
recording birds. Acknowledging that the vast increases in the connectivity
among observers and the volume of information that can be shared present
exceptional opportunities for producers and users of citizen
science-generated ornithological data, he asks, “Might this expedience
compete with or discourage the acquisition of more general knowledge of
status and occurrence? Does digital photography, which has revolutionized
the documentation of rarities, detract from careful field study?” These and
other questions will be explored via familiar examples drawn from the New
York birding scene and illustrated in a multimedia format.
*WHERE AND WHEN*
Both programs are open to the public *FREE OF CHARGE *and will be held in
the People Center on the 2nd floor of the American Museum of Natural
History. Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where TLS Council
members will be on hand to guide you up to the auditorium. The first
program will last approximately one hour. Anyone wishing to meet Shai Mitra
before the 7:30 program may join the TLS party for dinner at Pappardella,
316 Columbus Ave. at 75th St., at 6 pm (reservation in the name of Deutsch).
*MORE INFORMATION ON THE TLS PROGRAM*
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 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
Please join us on Tuesday for what will surely be a thought-provoking and
entertaining evening.
Angus Wilson
Council Member, The Linnaean Society of New York
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