[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY: An appreciation of birds and birders (Tues Apr 8, 6-9 pm)

[Angus Wilson]

*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***



Next Tuesday evening (8 April 2014) the Society will host back-to-back
presentations from two insightful and well-known visual artists reflecting
on the intertwined topics of birds and birders. Please join us.



*6:00 pm -- Kimball Redux *

Jeffrey Kimball, whose film *Birders: The Central Park Effect* was a
resounding hit among both birders and non-birders, will lead participants
in the film in a discussion of the making and contents of the movie and
will show some memorable outtakes.



*7:30 pm -- The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, Julie
Zickefoose*

After graduating from Harvard, where she studied art and biology, Julie
Zickefoose worked for six years as a field biologist for The Nature
Conservancy. She is now a columnist (*Birdwatcher's Digest*), blogger
(three a week, averaging about 24,000 hits each), lecturer, wildlife
rehabilitator, bird tour leader, artist and author of several books, and
she recently completed a five-year stint as a monthly commentator on NPR's
"All Things Considered." The AOU and the Academy of Natural Sciences chose
her as one of the primary illustrators of their 17-volume *The Birds of
North America*. Her talk is based on her latest book, which is illustrated
by 320 of her pencil drawings and watercolors, about which Scott Weidensaul
says, "[m]ore than almost any other contemporary artist, Zick has the
ability to capture the spark of the living creature -- the gift for
translating motion and color into line and form while retaining the essence
of the bird." The book is perhaps the only nature book ever to have been
reviewed favorably in the *New York Review of Books* (by Linnaean past
president Robert O. Paxton) and to have also been chosen as 'Book of the
Week' by Oprah Winfrey.


Ms. Zickefoose writes, "The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common
Birds is about what happens when, by virtue of raising it when it's
orphaned or helping it when it's hurt, you are taken into the confidence of
a wild bird. It's about the unexpected mental and emotional capacities of
birds, especially songbirds, which we tend to underestimate and overlook.
Everyone knows that crows, ravens and parrots are intelligent, but have you
thought about hummingbirds? I have a unique perspective, having been mother
to six. And chimney swifts, cedar waxwings, mourning doves, cardinals and
rose-breasted grosbeaks, to name a few. Join me for an intimate,
eye-opening look at the rich mental and emotional landscape of birds."



*WHERE & WHEN*

Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held
in the Kaufman
Auditorium of the AMNH (note this is different from the usual auditorium).
Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where the route to the
auditorium will be sign posted. The first program will last approximately
one hour with time before the second program to talk to the speakers, and
mingle with TLS officers and council members, who can provide information
on becoming a part of this thriving natural history society.



*MORE INFORMATION ON TLS PROGRAMS*

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



Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday (no reservations necessary).



Angus Wilson

President, The Linnaean Society of New York

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

Highlights of my Saturday morning Birdwalk include COMMON MERGANSER on Twin 
Lakes and 18 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS many in breeding plumage. 

Turkey vulture-2
Red tailed hawk-2
Cooper's hawk-1
White breasted nuthatch-1
Cardinal-1
Bluejay-3
Great egret (FOS)-1
Chickadee -1
Eastern Phoebe-1
Wood duck-2
Mallard-5
Red bellied woodpecker -2
Red winged blackbird-3
Grackle-many
American Robin-many
Dark eyed junco-2
White throated sparrow-2
Song sparrow-1

Good Birding,
Debbie Becker
BirdingAroundNYC.com



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[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP-- Pectoral Sandpipers and Common Teal

[John Gluth]

Late this morning through early afternoon (11:45-2:00), 18 of the 20 PECTORAL 
SANDPIPERS reported by Derek Rogers yesterday were visible at low tide, on the 
mud flats 200-300 yards west of the entrance road bridge over Sunken Meadow 
Creek. Unfortunately they never made a closer approach. Other shorebirds 
included 2 Greater Yellowlegs and a Killdeer. Also present in the vicinity of 
the Pecs was a male COMMON TEAL (Eurasian Green-winged). Unlike the bird at 
Hempstead Lake, this one exhibited no apparent hybrid characters, having no 
trace of vertical white bars on its sides, just easily seen white scapular 
bars. It was too distant to tell whether its white facial markings were bolder 
than those of several male G-w Teal nearby. 

After leaving the park I spotted a single Turkey Vulture cruising over the 
Sagtikos/Southern State parkway interchange.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Massapeua

[Robert Taylor]

Yes Sy, I actually posted about the owl being in Newsday on March
31st...many of us Massapequa residents - birders and non-birders alike -
are very aware of the owls and very protective of our local wildlife.  Glad
you enjoyed the preserve and beautiful day


On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 6:21 PM, syschiff  wrote:

>  Massapequa 5 Apr
>
> I stopped by and found the red phase Screech-Owl sunning itself in the
> nest hole clearly visible from the path.  The path itself was full of
> bicyclist, joggers and walkers. I was amazed at how many of these regulars
> knew the owl was there and liked the whole idea of it, stopping to chat as
> I took a few pictures.  One passerby mentioned the photo that appeared in
> "Newsday" under reader submissions.
>
>  Didn't see any new migrants. But, beautiful day to be out.
>
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[nysbirds-l] Sparrow Documentary...

[Martin P. Pohl]

Hello all,

we have finished work on a worldwide sparrow documentary, that started 2 years 
ago. 
Some of you on this list were very helpful with recommendations and sightings 
for which we're very thankful.
If you're interested in it, teh NY portion of the film can be seen here...:

http://youtu.be/o_og1oACNY4

...feel free to post comments.

This work which encompasses segments of Moscow, Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Cairo 
AND New York, 
has quite a bit of production value and could be valuable in education or 
educational television.

If anyone of you has an idea or connection...or comment... it'd be very much 
appreciated.
The film is not on US shores yet, or slated for television, but perhaps we can 
make that happen.

Thanks so much...and cheers from downstate,...Sping is very much on the 
horizon...(I hear little voices everyhwere...)

Martin Pohl

   

For an update of our actvivities please visit: 

http://p-pohl-news.blogspot.com/ From  Martin P. Pohl of P . POHL 
PRODUCTIONS LTD.   New York City   55 Washington Street, Suite 709  
Brooklyn, NY 11201   Tel:   718-625 6000 Fax:  718-732 1674 Cell:  917-907 
1500   Toll Free: 888-600 2555   All enclosed material is © protected by the  
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[nysbirds-l] Massapeua

[syschiff]

Massapequa 5 Apr

I stopped by and found the red phase Screech-Owl sunning itself in the nest 
hole clearly visible from the path.  The path itself was full of bicyclist, 
joggers and walkers. I was amazed at how many of these regulars knew the owl 
was there and liked the whole idea of it, stopping to chat as I took a few 
pictures.  One passerby mentioned the photo that appeared in "Newsday" under 
reader submissions.

 Didn't see any new migrants. But, beautiful day to be out.

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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, Massapequa: Phoebes, Cedar Waxwings, Horned Grebes

[Robert Taylor]

Hi Everyone,

I stopped by the Jones Beach West End today - lots of Robins, Starlings,
and Red-winged Blackbirds.  There were a decent amount of Flickers and 4
Killdeer were in the median by the booth.  Also saw 2 Phoebes.  At the
Coast Guard Station, there were at least 6 Horned Grebes - some with great
plumage.  Common Loons and Long Tailed Ducks were still present.  By the
Coast Guard gates, a group of ~10 Cedar Waxwings landed in the trees.

At Massapequa Preserve, there wasn't anything notable besides the usual
suspects.  Saw a pair of Brown Headed Cowbirds there and a pair has been
hanging out by the bird feeder in my yard all day.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble area

[Patricia Pollock]

4/5/14, Saturday
Pat Pollock

Louisiana Waterthrush - spotted by Bob/Deb's group on Point (cut area) earlier 
but moving on to Oven, then Alexi told me he saw it fly off north towards 
Feeder area but settled down long before reaching feeders.  Several of us 
searched without success:
Azalia Pond surroundings, Gill.  I left cold & hungry w/o finding it - others 
remained and probably located it.
4 Black-crowned Night Herons @ willow end of Point, earlier a  Gr. Blue Heron 
and the Great Egret I reported yesterday @ Lower Lobe was seen in same area and 
I caught up with it on my way out @ Upper Lobe.
Swamp Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Chickadees vicinity of Gill; (m) Balt. Oriole, 
fox sparrow, Red-bellied Wood Pecker, No. Flicker, Song Sps., Phoebes Gr. Lawn 
& Az. Pd.
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[nysbirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush at Hempstead Lake S.P. (Nassau Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

An otherwise quiet morning at HLSP was highlighted by a singing Louisiana 
Waterthrush in the northwest corner of South Pond. Specifically, where the 
creek empties into the pond. Other birds present were Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1), 
Golden-crowned Kinglet (10) Brown Creeper (4), and Pine Warbler (4). The hybrid 
Green -winged Teal also continues along the creek west of the picnic area. 

Cheers,

Ken & Sue Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] CRESLI/Viking Fleet trip to Hydrographers Canyon April 25-27 2014

[Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.]

Dear interested party,

 

We are in need of 11 more passengers for the trip to go!

 

For the second time in 12 years CRESLI and the Viking Fleet are offering a
sperm whale and deep ocean pelagic bird observation trip to the edge of the
continental shelf.  This trip will target the sperm whale population at
Hydrographer Canyon, approximately 140 nautical miles SSE of Montauk Point. 

 

We will be sailing on the 110' Viking Star and will depart on Friday April
25 at 5pm, and return on Sunday April 27 at 10am.  The cost of this trip
will be $375 per person.  The space is limited to 25 passengers. Excellent
food will be available at reasonable prices. Passengers may bring their own
food as well. The trips will be led by a seasoned marine mammal biologist
and professor. Volunteers from CRESLI will assist in photo-identification
spotting and data collection.

 

 

Please go to http://cresli.org/cresli/2014-Hydros.html for information and
links to reservation and payment options.

 


Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D.

kopel...@optonline.net 
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[nysbirds-l] extralimital N. Lapwing [ME]

[Thomas Fiore]

not in NY but,
as many may be aware, a Northern Lapwing has appeared in s.-coastal  
Maine, seen again today. Heads-up on green sheen...

Maine reports can be followed at: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=138

tom fiore -
manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] Blue-winged Teal, Millers Pond Park, Smithtown

[mscheibel49]

Continuing pair being seen now along west sided north of spillway .
Mike & Lynne Scheibel
Brookhaven 

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[nysbirds-l] Blue-winged Teal, Millers Pond Park, Smithtown

[mscheibel49]

Continuing pair being seen now along west sided north of spillway .
Mike  Lynne Scheibel
Brookhaven 

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[nysbirds-l] extralimital N. Lapwing [ME]

[Thomas Fiore]

not in NY but,
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Maine, seen again today. Heads-up on green sheen...

Maine reports can be followed at: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=138

tom fiore -
manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] CRESLI/Viking Fleet trip to Hydrographers Canyon April 25-27 2014

[Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.]

Dear interested party,

 

We are in need of 11 more passengers for the trip to go!

 

For the second time in 12 years CRESLI and the Viking Fleet are offering a
sperm whale and deep ocean pelagic bird observation trip to the edge of the
continental shelf.  This trip will target the sperm whale population at
Hydrographer Canyon, approximately 140 nautical miles SSE of Montauk Point. 

 

We will be sailing on the 110' Viking Star and will depart on Friday April
25 at 5pm, and return on Sunday April 27 at 10am.  The cost of this trip
will be $375 per person.  The space is limited to 25 passengers. Excellent
food will be available at reasonable prices. Passengers may bring their own
food as well. The trips will be led by a seasoned marine mammal biologist
and professor. Volunteers from CRESLI will assist in photo-identification
spotting and data collection.

 

 

Please go to http://cresli.org/cresli/2014-Hydros.html for information and
links to reservation and payment options.

 


Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph. D.

kopel...@optonline.net 
( e-mails scanned for viruses before sending)

 

 

 

 

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[nysbirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush at Hempstead Lake S.P. (Nassau Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

An otherwise quiet morning at HLSP was highlighted by a singing Louisiana 
Waterthrush in the northwest corner of South Pond. Specifically, where the 
creek empties into the pond. Other birds present were Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1), 
Golden-crowned Kinglet (10) Brown Creeper (4), and Pine Warbler (4). The hybrid 
Green -winged Teal also continues along the creek west of the picnic area. 

Cheers,

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park Ramble area

[Patricia Pollock]

4/5/14, Saturday
Pat Pollock

Louisiana Waterthrush - spotted by Bob/Deb's group on Point (cut area) earlier 
but moving on to Oven, then Alexi told me he saw it fly off north towards 
Feeder area but settled down long before reaching feeders.  Several of us 
searched without success:
Azalia Pond surroundings, Gill.  I left cold  hungry w/o finding it - others 
remained and probably located it.
4 Black-crowned Night Herons @ willow end of Point, earlier a  Gr. Blue Heron 
and the Great Egret I reported yesterday @ Lower Lobe was seen in same area and 
I caught up with it on my way out @ Upper Lobe.
Swamp Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Chickadees vicinity of Gill; (m) Balt. Oriole, 
fox sparrow, Red-bellied Wood Pecker, No. Flicker, Song Sps., Phoebes Gr. Lawn 
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[nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End, Massapequa: Phoebes, Cedar Waxwings, Horned Grebes

[Robert Taylor]

Hi Everyone,

I stopped by the Jones Beach West End today - lots of Robins, Starlings,
and Red-winged Blackbirds.  There were a decent amount of Flickers and 4
Killdeer were in the median by the booth.  Also saw 2 Phoebes.  At the
Coast Guard Station, there were at least 6 Horned Grebes - some with great
plumage.  Common Loons and Long Tailed Ducks were still present.  By the
Coast Guard gates, a group of ~10 Cedar Waxwings landed in the trees.

At Massapequa Preserve, there wasn't anything notable besides the usual
suspects.  Saw a pair of Brown Headed Cowbirds there and a pair has been
hanging out by the bird feeder in my yard all day.

Good birding,
Rob in Massapequa
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[nysbirds-l] Massapeua

[syschiff]

Massapequa 5 Apr

I stopped by and found the red phase Screech-Owl sunning itself in the nest 
hole clearly visible from the path.  The path itself was full of bicyclist, 
joggers and walkers. I was amazed at how many of these regulars knew the owl 
was there and liked the whole idea of it, stopping to chat as I took a few 
pictures.  One passerby mentioned the photo that appeared in Newsday under 
reader submissions.

 Didn't see any new migrants. But, beautiful day to be out.

Sy Schiff

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[nysbirds-l] Sparrow Documentary...

[Martin P. Pohl]

Hello all,

we have finished work on a worldwide sparrow documentary, that started 2 years 
ago. 
Some of you on this list were very helpful with recommendations and sightings 
for which we're very thankful.
If you're interested in it, teh NY portion of the film can be seen here...:

http://youtu.be/o_og1oACNY4

...feel free to post comments.

This work which encompasses segments of Moscow, Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Cairo 
AND New York, 
has quite a bit of production value and could be valuable in education or 
educational television.

If anyone of you has an idea or connection...or comment... it'd be very much 
appreciated.
The film is not on US shores yet, or slated for television, but perhaps we can 
make that happen.

Thanks so much...and cheers from downstate,...Sping is very much on the 
horizon...(I hear little voices everyhwere...)

Martin Pohl

   

For an update of our actvivities please visit: 

http://p-pohl-news.blogspot.com/ From  Martin P. Pohl of P . POHL 
PRODUCTIONS LTD.   New York City   55 Washington Street, Suite 709  
Brooklyn, NY 11201   Tel:   718-625 6000 Fax:  718-732 1674 Cell:  917-907 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Massapeua

[Robert Taylor]

Yes Sy, I actually posted about the owl being in Newsday on March
31st...many of us Massapequa residents - birders and non-birders alike -
are very aware of the owls and very protective of our local wildlife.  Glad
you enjoyed the preserve and beautiful day


On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 6:21 PM, syschiff icte...@optonline.net wrote:

  Massapequa 5 Apr

 I stopped by and found the red phase Screech-Owl sunning itself in the
 nest hole clearly visible from the path.  The path itself was full of
 bicyclist, joggers and walkers. I was amazed at how many of these regulars
 knew the owl was there and liked the whole idea of it, stopping to chat as
 I took a few pictures.  One passerby mentioned the photo that appeared in
 Newsday under reader submissions.

  Didn't see any new migrants. But, beautiful day to be out.

 Sy Schiff
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[nysbirds-l] Sunken Meadow SP-- Pectoral Sandpipers and Common Teal

[John Gluth]

Late this morning through early afternoon (11:45-2:00), 18 of the 20 PECTORAL 
SANDPIPERS reported by Derek Rogers yesterday were visible at low tide, on the 
mud flats 200-300 yards west of the entrance road bridge over Sunken Meadow 
Creek. Unfortunately they never made a closer approach. Other shorebirds 
included 2 Greater Yellowlegs and a Killdeer. Also present in the vicinity of 
the Pecs was a male COMMON TEAL (Eurasian Green-winged). Unlike the bird at 
Hempstead Lake, this one exhibited no apparent hybrid characters, having no 
trace of vertical white bars on its sides, just easily seen white scapular 
bars. It was too distant to tell whether its white facial markings were bolder 
than those of several male G-w Teal nearby. 

After leaving the park I spotted a single Turkey Vulture cruising over the 
Sagtikos/Southern State parkway interchange.

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[nysbirds-l] The New York Botanical Garden

[editcon...@aol.com]

Highlights of my Saturday morning Birdwalk include COMMON MERGANSER on Twin 
Lakes and 18 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS many in breeding plumage. 

Turkey vulture-2
Red tailed hawk-2
Cooper's hawk-1
White breasted nuthatch-1
Cardinal-1
Bluejay-3
Great egret (FOS)-1
Chickadee -1
Eastern Phoebe-1
Wood duck-2
Mallard-5
Red bellied woodpecker -2
Red winged blackbird-3
Grackle-many
American Robin-many
Dark eyed junco-2
White throated sparrow-2
Song sparrow-1

Good Birding,
Debbie Becker
BirdingAroundNYC.com



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[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society of NY: An appreciation of birds and birders (Tues Apr 8, 6-9 pm)

[Angus Wilson]

*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***



Next Tuesday evening (8 April 2014) the Society will host back-to-back
presentations from two insightful and well-known visual artists reflecting
on the intertwined topics of birds and birders. Please join us.



*6:00 pm -- Kimball Redux *

Jeffrey Kimball, whose film *Birders: The Central Park Effect* was a
resounding hit among both birders and non-birders, will lead participants
in the film in a discussion of the making and contents of the movie and
will show some memorable outtakes.



*7:30 pm -- The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, Julie
Zickefoose*

After graduating from Harvard, where she studied art and biology, Julie
Zickefoose worked for six years as a field biologist for The Nature
Conservancy. She is now a columnist (*Birdwatcher's Digest*), blogger
(three a week, averaging about 24,000 hits each), lecturer, wildlife
rehabilitator, bird tour leader, artist and author of several books, and
she recently completed a five-year stint as a monthly commentator on NPR's
All Things Considered. The AOU and the Academy of Natural Sciences chose
her as one of the primary illustrators of their 17-volume *The Birds of
North America*. Her talk is based on her latest book, which is illustrated
by 320 of her pencil drawings and watercolors, about which Scott Weidensaul
says, [m]ore than almost any other contemporary artist, Zick has the
ability to capture the spark of the living creature -- the gift for
translating motion and color into line and form while retaining the essence
of the bird. The book is perhaps the only nature book ever to have been
reviewed favorably in the *New York Review of Books* (by Linnaean past
president Robert O. Paxton) and to have also been chosen as 'Book of the
Week' by Oprah Winfrey.


Ms. Zickefoose writes, The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common
Birds is about what happens when, by virtue of raising it when it's
orphaned or helping it when it's hurt, you are taken into the confidence of
a wild bird. It's about the unexpected mental and emotional capacities of
birds, especially songbirds, which we tend to underestimate and overlook.
Everyone knows that crows, ravens and parrots are intelligent, but have you
thought about hummingbirds? I have a unique perspective, having been mother
to six. And chimney swifts, cedar waxwings, mourning doves, cardinals and
rose-breasted grosbeaks, to name a few. Join me for an intimate,
eye-opening look at the rich mental and emotional landscape of birds.



*WHERE  WHEN*

Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held
in the Kaufman
Auditorium of the AMNH (note this is different from the usual auditorium).
Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where the route to the
auditorium will be sign posted. The first program will last approximately
one hour with time before the second program to talk to the speakers, and
mingle with TLS officers and council members, who can provide information
on becoming a part of this thriving natural history society.



*MORE INFORMATION ON TLS PROGRAMS*

Please check out (and bookmark) our website:



http://linnaeannewyork.org/programs.html



or visit us on Facebook



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Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday (no reservations necessary).



Angus Wilson

President, The Linnaean Society of New York

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