In pursuit of penguins, some of her favorite birds, Ardith Bondi has made several trips to South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, including an extension to Chile. Penguins are not always easy to access. Some require a few flights to out-of-the-way places; others require some pretty rough boat trips or climbing rocks. One always hopes that the weather cooperates. Bondi’s talk will include photos of seven species of penguins, some very unusual ducks, albatrosses and giant petrels, geese, pipits, wrens, plovers, an owl, other birds, and a few mammals. Her presentation includes some special captures of behaviors, the reward for spending hours observing bird colonies. An accomplished photographer and flutist, with a background in pharmacology and medical research, Bondi continues to travel and to photograph birds near her home in Manhattan and in many other interesting locales.
