"Bird Surveys in Cuba" presented by Arturo Kirkconnell
Schedule
Tue Oct 15 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Community Church Unitarian Universalist - New Orleans | New Orleans, LA
Speaker: Arturo Kirkconnell
Tuesday, October 15
6:30 p.m. social, 7:00 p.m. program
Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 6690 Fleur de Lis (Lakeview).
Arturo Kirkconnell was a former bird curator and researcher at the National Museum of Natural History in Havana, Cuba for 37 years, and has been leading bird tours since that time. Arturo has published about 80 scientific papers and several books, among them: Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba (2000) along with Orlando Garrido, and the main author of the same book (Second edition, both by Cornell University Press), Birds of Cuba, a photographic guide, Bloomsbury, UK (2020), The Birds of Cuba, Annotated Checklist BOC series:26 (2020). Also, A Birdwatcher’s Guide to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico & the Caymans, Prion LTD (2010). At present he is freelance guide and organizes Bird Surveys Tours to Cuba and Dominican Republic. Arturo is an Elective Member of the American Ornithologists’ Union, USA since 2010, Honorary Member of the Linnean Society of New York in 2010. He is also member of The American Birding Association, USA, Caribbean Ornithological Society, Zoology Society, Cuba, and Neotropical Bird Club, UK.
Where is it happening?
Community Church Unitarian Universalist - New Orleans, 6690 Fleur de Lis Dr, New Orleans, LA 70124-1485, United States,New Orleans, LouisianaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: