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 Programs / Lectures of The Linnaean Society of New YorkAdmission
to all lectures* of the Linnaean Society is free.
Come join us as we listen to and watch informative presentations! At
regular meetings the Society presents speakers on natural history
topics. Lectures may be popular or technical and often are illustrated
with slides. Regular meetings are at 7:30 p.m.
on the second
and fourth
Tuesday evenings, September through May. The Annual Meeting and Dinner,
with the election of officers, is held during the second week of
March. The Society may hold informal summer meetings (on the third
Tuesday of June, July or August at 7:30 p.m.); as summer meetings are scheduled they
will be announced. (*Note: The Annual Meeting and Dinner is held at a private club for members of the Society and
their guests only and is closed to the public. All other programs are
open to the public.)
Unless another venue is noted, programs are held in the American Museum of Natural History, usually in the Lindner Theater; please enter at West 77th St. between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Lectures / Programs 2010-2011September 28, 2010 AUSTRALASIA - THE END OR THE BEGINNING OF MODERN BIRDLIFE Richard Schodde, Australian National Wildlife Collection. October 12, 2010 PREVENTING AVIAN MORTALITY AT WINDOWS: A REVIEW OF EXISTING AND PROMISED METHODS AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR USE .Daniel Klem Jr., Muhlenberg College. October 26, 2010 THE EVOLUTION OF BEAUTY Richard Prum, Yale University. November 9, 2010 NATURE'S PALETTE: THE WONDERS OF BIRD COLORATION Geoffrey Hill., University of Auburn. WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Behind the Scenes in Ornithology at AMNH Mary LeCroy, American Museum of Natural History (Note: Registration for the workshop is required: Call (212) 769-5778 or email lecroy@amnh.org at least one and not more than ten days prior to the workshop for meeting place and time). November 23, 2010 WILDLIFE CONSEQUENCES OF DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL Michael Fry, American Bird Conservancy. December 14, 2010 CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY-LIVING IN BIRDS Dustin Rubenstein, Columbia University. January 11, 2011 A TASTE OF SPRING: WARBLERS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA David Speiser, NYC Audubon, Wildlife Photographer. January 25, 2011 THE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREY Peter Capainolo, American Museum of Natural History. February 8, 2011 AVAIN DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES OVER A CENTURY OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA Morgan Tingley, University of California at Berkeley and American Museum of Natural History. February 22, 2011 THE EVOLUTION OF BIRD BEHAVIOR David Lahti, Queens College, City University of New York. WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Behind the Scenes in Ornithology at AMNH Mary LeCroy, American Museum of Natural History (Note: Registration for the workshop is required: Call (212) 769-5778 or email lecroy@amnh.org at least one and not more than ten days prior to the workshop for meeting place and time). March 8, 2011 LINNAEAN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER (WITH ELECTION OF OFFICERS) BIRDS, BIRDERS, AND BIRDING IN CHILE Alvaro Jaramillo, Field Guides Inc. and San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (Note: This program is held for members of the Society and their guests only and is closed to the public.) March 22, 2011 UNDER THE MISTLETOE: THE EVOLUTION OF FAMILIES IN WESTERN BLUEBIRDS Janice Dickinson, Cornell Lab of Ornithology April 12, 2011 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Richard Crossley, Crossley Books. April 26, 2011 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY BIRDS OF BRAZIL: BEHIND THE SCENES FOR CREATING THE TWO-LANGUAGE FIELD GUIDE AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS John A. Gwynne and Terence Clarke, Wildlife Conservation Society. May 10, 2011 INVESTIGATING THE PRIVATE LIVES OF BIRDS Bridget Stutchbury, York University, Toronto. |
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