*Note: This event meets in Classroom C at the Prospect Park Zoo. Please see below for details.*
*Tuesday April 23 7PM* *Tom Gray Presents: The Amazing Birds of South East Asia* Tom Gray is the Director of Science for the conservation organization Wildlife Alliance. He recently moved to upper Manhattan, with Fort Tyron Park slowly becoming his local patch, after 15 years living and working in South East Asia. This talk will focus on some of the remarkable birds of South East Asia, particularly Cambodia, and the conservation efforts focused to conserve them in the face of the region’s rapidly growing economies and shrinking wildernesses. Tom will describe expeditions looking for wintering shorebirds, including spoon-billed sandpiper, in the Gulf of Thailand and to the peaks of the Cardamom Mountains searching for endemic partridges and laughing thrush. The talk culminates in encounters with the majestic giant ibis – one of the worlds most threatened and evolutionary distinct species. http://brooklynbirdclub.org/event/tom-gray-presents-the-amazing-birds-of-south-east-asia/ *An important note about meeting location:* Due to scheduling conflicts at the library, our April and May meetings will be held at the Prospect Park Zoo. Please enter at the service gate. The service gate is located south of the zoo's main entrance on Flatbush Avenue, but just north of, and practically next to the Leffert's house. A zoo security guard will be posted there till 7:15 to allow late comers in. If you arrive late, you may not be able to get onto zoo grounds. Please be on time for a 7:00pm start. When the meeting concludes, members will be escorted out together to Flatbush Avenue. Zoo security is on grounds to keep us safe at all times. Our meeting will take place in the "C" building classroom. It has accessible bathrooms down the hallway. After walking into the service gate, you will continue walking straight, through a large gate, until you are on the actual zoo path (~ 75 ft), turn right on the path and walk toward a large octopus sculpture. Turn left under the Octopus, this will put you on the Discovery Trail (where the pond is). Immediately on your right is the entrance to the C building. Parking is available on Flatbush Avenue. Transit directions can be found here: https://prospectparkzoo.com/visitor-info/getting-here We hope to see you there for this exciting program. Dennis Hrehowsik President Brooklyn Bird Club Brooklyn NY -- 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/ --
