Featured Program

On Thursday night June 10th there will be a reception at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute headquarters. President Jim Berry will give a special presentation on The Peterson Collection, where he will unveil a few of the rarest pieces of Peterson art and memoribilia and talk about their significance. Also featured will be Dr. Jerome A. Jackson of Florida Gulf Coast University. Jerry is an eminent ornithologist and wildlife ecologist and author of In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Jerry's presentation is titled The Ivory-billed Woodpecker: History, Natural History, and Gems in the Ashes of Hope.  You don't want to miss this one.

Featured Speakers

 

Bridget Stutchbury, a professor of biology at York University, roams forests and jungles studying the sexual antics and social lives of birds, and explains the science behind the surprisingly sophisticated and often amusing behavior of birds. In her new book The Private Lives of Birds, Stutchbury will explain, why some birds readily divorce their partners, why parents don’t treat their sons and daughters equally, why females sneak copulations with neighboring males, why mothers sometimes desert their babies, and why some adults forego breeding altogether. See all speakers...

Dr. Bridget Stutchbury Bio & Program Info On Saturday June 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM at the Jamestown Community College Hamilton Collegiate Center there will be a buffet dinner and keynote address... read more

Dr. Eugene Morton Bio & Program Info Dr. Eugene Morton will be presenting a program titled Life of the Purple Martin.  It's an illustrated talk about the world's largest swallow emphasizing its... read more

Dr. David Swanson Bio & Program Info Pending. read more