Hello, Birders. Here's an announcement for an upcoming panel presentation and discussion on human/bird interactions in Colorado. Panelists are Peter Gent, Steve Jones, Joanna Hubbard, and Yours Truly.
Basic info on the event is available on the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History website: http://tinyurl.com/6joyhws Here's additional info: =============================================== Press Release For Immediate Release: Nov. 3, 2011 Contact: The University of Colorado Museum of Natural HistoryPublic Programs Office 303.492.3396 [email protected] http://CUmuseum.Colorado.edu Look Who's Moved into the Neighborhood: Human/Bird Interactions in Boulder County and Beyond Join nationally recognized scientists and birders in a panel discussion organized by EcoArts Connections at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. The program is called Look Who’s Moved into the Neighborhood: Human/Bird Interactions in Boulder County and Beyond. Panelists and the audience will explore how human activities are affecting birds, from urbanization to climate change. The presentation is free and open to the public. The panel will address questions that range from "How is climate change affecting migratory bird behavior?" to "Which birds are thriving in Boulder County, and which are disappearing?" to "Which birds like to live where humans do and why?" The audience is encouraged to bring questions about Boulder County’s birds that they have always wanted to ask. Panelists include: · Ted Floyd, editor of the American Birding Association’s Birding magazine, · Peter Gent, senior scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research and birder, · Joanna Hubbard, University of Colorado Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student · Steve Jones, teacher, naturalist, author, environmental consultant, and vice president of the Boulder County Audubon Society. This program is one in a series of events and programs that tie-in with the multi-media "Bird Shift" exhibition created by artist Brian D. Collier and commissioned by EcoArts Connections. The exhibit appears in the museum’s BioLounge through Dec. 31 and on Boulder’s JUMP buses as a “Bus Birding” exhibition. Come early to see the exhibit in the BioLounge before the panel starts. The museum is in the Henderson Building at 15th Street and Broadway. Limited parking is available to the public in lot #208 on the south side of the museum. After 5 p.m. thecost is $3 at this and all CU parking lots. For more information on this and other "Bird Shift" events visit: www.BusBirding.SocietyRNE.net. For more information about the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, to receive invitations to exhibit openings and to sign up for regular museum updates visit: http://CUmuseum.Colorado.edu or call 303-492.6892 =============================================== Ted Floyd Lafayette, Glorious Boulder County [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
