Join Four Harbors Audubon Society and guest speaker, Rick Cech, tomorrow, August 22, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. for our Summer Lecture: Butterflies, Birds & Habitats.
Beginning birders quickly become aware of the close link between “target” birds and specific kinds of natural areas. The rarer the bird, the more useful it is to understand habitat associations. When developing more broadly as a naturalist, one begins to realize that other kinds of creatures also have key habitat affiliations. And, just to keep it interesting, these habitat imperatives often differ greatly from one biological group to another, driven by different ecological considerations. It all ties together in the end, but there are many opportunities to develop heightened awareness along the way. This lecture will explore how butterflies and habitats co-exist, with a comparison to bird life ecology for perspective, and with an emphasis on the U. S. east coast. Rick Cech is an active field naturalist, author, and photographer. He is an affiliate curator at Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in Entomology, and past president of the Linnaean Society of New York. Among other publications, he is the author and photographer of Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide (Princeton, 2005). He has taught butterfly identification and nature photography at the New York Botanical Garden, and given programs on varied topics at numerous nature associations. He co-authored the National Audubon Society Regional Guide to Florida and introductory chapters of the Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, and produced text and photographs for a series of regional introductory guides to butterflies. Rick's photography has been widely published in books, articles, photo exhibits, and museum displays (including at the American Museum of Natural History and Bronx Zoo). He has led nature trips since the early 1980s. The lecture will take place at The Bates House, One Bates Road, East Setauket, NY 11733 Free and open to all. Registration is required. Email fourharborshe...@gmail.com Patrice Domeischel Lecture Committee Four Harbors Audubon Society -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
