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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 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 2009-2010September 22, 2009 CLOUD FOREST VIRTUOSOS: DISCOVERING THE AMAZING WING-INSTRUMENTS OF CLUB-WINGED MANAKINS Kimberly Bostwick, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. October 13, 2009 CARELESS COWBIRDS AND CHEATING CUCKOOS: THE DIVERSE BENEFITS OF BEING A BROOD PARASITE .Mark E. Hauber, Hunter College. October 27, 2009 BIRDS AND THE BALANCE OF NATURE John Kricher, Wheaton College. 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 10, 2009 OSPREY MIGRATION: NAVIGATION, ORIENTATION AND MORTALITY IN JUVENILE AND ADULT OSPREYS Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., University of North Carolina at Charlotte. November 24, 2009 THE CASE OF THE KILLER POTATO CHIP: OIL PALM AGRICULTURE, DEFORESTATION AND SPECIES ENDANGERMENT IN BORNEO David Wilcove, Princeton University. December 8, 2009 THE EARLY BEAR GETS THE GOOSE: CLIMATE CHANGE, POLAR BEARS AND LESSER SNOW GEESE Robert F. Rockwell, American Museum of Natural History. >> Cancelled << January 12, 2010 BIRD SONG, PLUMAGE COLOR AND THE EVOLUTION OF BEAUTY IN NATURE Richard Prum, Yale University. January 26, 2010 SOME BEAUTIFUL BIRDS AND BEASTS OF AUSTRALIA Ardith Bondi, Nature Photographer. February 9, 2010 A NEW YORKER'S GUIDE TO WATCHING SEABIRDS AND CETACEANS: WHERE, WHEN AND HOW Angus C. Wilson, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC). February 23, 2010 DO WIND TURBINES KILL SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF NIGHT MIGRANTS? Paul Kerlinger, Curry & Kerlinger, LLC. 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 9, 2010 LINNAEAN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER (WITH ELECTION OF OFFICERS) THE EXTRAORDINARY DIVERSITY OF HIMALAYAN BIRDS Trevor Price, University of Chicago (Note: This program is held for members of the Society and their guests only and is closed to the public.) March 23, 2010 RECENT CHANGES IN STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEW YORK STATE BIRDS: DETECTION VS. POPULATION EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION Shaibal Mitra, College of Staten Island WORKSHOP AT 6:00 PM: Recent Ornithological Literature Joe DiCostanzo, Great Gull Island Project, American Museum of Natural History. This popular workshop discusses recent papers in The Auk and elsewhere. No registration necessary. April 13, 2010 BIRD DIVERSITY IN A NEOTROPICAL COUNTRY: COSTA RICA Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramirez, Caligo Ventures, Inc. April 27, 2010 MEMBERS SLIDE SHOW Sean Sime, Photographer. May 11, 2010 WHY ARE THERE MORE BIRD SPECIES IN SOME AREAS OF THE WORLD THAN OTHERS? David L Pearson, Arizona State University. Summer Programs 2010Informal Summer meetings to be announced. |
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