Next Member Lecture:

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Field Guide to New York City
by Leslie Day

New York's five boroughs sit atop one of the most naturally biodiverse sites in North America, directly under the Atlantic migratory flyway, at the mouth of a 300-mile-long river, and on three islands -- Manhattan, Staten, and Long. Leslie Day, author of the Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City, will present a journey through her book and through the natural world of our city with photos, maps, and paintings from her book.

6:00pm at the Arsenal Gallery, Central Park 64th street and 5th Avenue.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Birding at the Intersection of Art and Science
By David Sibley
Presented in partnership with Audubon New York

The universal appeal of birds and the pleasures and challenges of creating a field guide to birds. Accompanying his talk with slides, he begins with his childhood drawings and follows the gradual development of his ideas and the struggle to combine the artistic and scientific aspects of bird identification into a single book. David is the author and illustrator of the comprehensive The Sibley Guide to Birds and its related regional field guides, and other books such as Sibley's Birding Basics. He has written and illustrated articles for numerous publications and books. He is also a bird tour leader who lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

6:00pm at The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between W76th and W77th Streets

Save the Dates:
April 8 - Field Guide to New York City with Leslie Day
June 10 - The Mannahatta Project with Eric Sanderson

All lectures are open to the public and free of charge.