[texbirds] Travis Audubon speaker in February

From: Jane F Tillman <jtillman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:21:36 -0600
I thought this topic might be of interest to some of you in case
business/birding brings you to Austin in February. Thanks to Victor Emanuel
Nature Tours for sponsoring this talk.
*Date:* Thursday, February 19, 2015
*Time:* Doors open at 6:30 PM. Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.
*Topic:* Snowy Owls: Spectacular Nomads of the Far North
*Speaker:* Denver Holt

International owl expert Denver Holt will be in Austin to present on Snowy
Owls, one of the bird worldâs most captivating predators. His talk will
center on the breeding ecology of these spectacular nomads, based on
Denverâs 20 years of Snowy Owl research in Barrow, Alaska, and will also
address the huge Snowy Owl invasion that occurred last winter and its
causes. Denver is an enthusiastic and entertaining speaker in high demand
by birding organizations and festivals. We hope that you will join us for
this special event, made possible by Austin-based Victor Emanuel Nature
Tours.

Denver is widely regarded as among the worldâs top owl researchers and
experts. A graduate of the University of Montana, Denver is the founder and
president of the Owl Research Institute and the Ninepipes Wildlife Research
Center, a nonprofit organization located in Charlo, Montana. Since 1978,
Denver has been doing long-term field studies on owls and their ecology,
with special focus on Snowy, Long-eared and Northern Pygmy-Owls.

His research findings and associated articles have been published in a
range of technical and mainstream journals, and he has more than 90 papers
and technical documents to his credit. These include four species accounts
for the Birds of North America project. Denver was also team leader for the
Strigidae family (owl) species accounts for The Handbook of the Birds of
the World, Volume 5,which covers 189 species of the worldâs owls. Realizing
childrenâs fascination with owls, Denver collaborated with elementary
teachers to co-author two science books on owls: Owls, Whoo Are They? and
Snowy Owls: Whoo Are They? In 2006 he was a chapter author on owls for the
book Arctic Wings, which highlighted the birds of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. National Geographic magazine covered Denverâs research in
a cover story in December 2002. Sound bites about his work have been seen
on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Disney channels. His work has also been seen in
many documentaries such as David Attenboroughâs Life of Birds. A PBS
documentary film, âThe Magic of the Snowy Owlâ, aired in 2012, and was
based on his 20 years of research on the breeding ecology of Snowy Owls in
Barrow, Alaska. In 2013 Denver advised and assisted on a BBC Natural
History film looking at predator-prey relationships in Snowy Owls.
TRAVIS AUDUBON MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT HYDE PARK CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
610 E 45TH STREET, AUSTIN TX 78751 <https://goo.gl/maps/UN4T5>. It is
centrally located, not too far from IH 35.

Jane Tillman
Speaker's Bureau, Travis Audubon
Austin

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