*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***
On 14 Feb 2012 (TUESDAY after next), The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will present another two-part program featuring presentations by Julia Pilowsky and Lea Pollock followed by Rick Cech. The program is held at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City. * 6:00 p.m. STUDIES IN SUPERB STARLINGS by Julia Pilowsky and Lea Pollock* Julia Pilowsky and Lea Pollock, two undergraduates who have been working in Dustin Rubenstein's lab at Columbia University, assisting him in his long-term study of Superb Starlings in Kenya, will present their findings about this species of cooperative breeders, which has one of the most complex social structures in the avian world. Ms. Pilowsky has studied female song and how it relates to male song, Ms. Pollack has studied female dispersal patterns, and both have made discoveries that are intriguing in themselves and suggestive of possible patterns in many other species of cooperative breeders, avian and non-avian as well (Note: this is a change to the original February program). * 7:30 p.m. HOW BUTTERFLIES WORK—AND HOW THEY SURVIVE by Rick Cech* An active field naturalist, author, and photographer, Rick Cech is a curatorial affiliate in entomology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and the principal author and photographer of *The Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide* (Princeton, 2005). His recent work includes editing and photography for the iPhone app *Audubon Butterflies—A Field Guide to North American Butterflies* and development of the FieldGuides regional butterfly series. He writes of the topic of his talk, “The durability of butterflies over millions of years poses a challenge to those who believe that ‘survival of the fittest’ is solely a matter of tooth and claw. Our cultural perceptions of butterflies provide an inexact view (at best) of the subtle adaptive features that distinguish this unique class of organisms.” * WHERE AND WHEN* Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the Linder Theater on the 1st floor of the AMNH. 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 Rick Cech before the 7:30 program may join the TLS party for dinner at Pappardella, 316 Columbus Ave. at 75th St., at 6 pm. The reservation will be 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 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 Hopefully many of you will be able to join us on Tuesday (no reservations necessary) for another entertaining evening. 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/ --
