Joint club meeting of the Oriental Bird Club and British Ornithologists’ Club
Free Entry : Four speakers : At Natural History Museum, London : 16 Sept 10am-4.30pm : Non-members welcome
LONDON : 16 September : MARK THE DATE!
On 16 September, a joint club meeting of the Oriental Bird Club and British Ornithologists’ Club will be held at the Flett Theatre in the Natural History Museum, Kensington, LONDON SW7 5BD from 10am to 4.30pm. Access via the Exhibition Road entrance, about a 5 minute walk from South Kensington Tube station.
Four honourable speakers will be presenting:
* Pamela Rasmussen: ‘Avian Taxonomy in the Era of Citizen Science‘
* Sayam Chowdhury: ‘Can we still save the Masked Finfoot?'
* Dr Mike Edgecombe: 'Mongolia – Birds and more in Asia’s wild wilderness'
* James Eaton: 'Successes and failures; the quest to find new and lost birds’
Keynote speech : 'Avian Taxonomy in the Era of Citizen Science' will be given by Dr Pamela Rasmussen - lead taxonomist for Birds of the World at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University. Pam’s long list of achievements include co-authoring Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide and 11 descriptions of new Asian bird species. In India, she was on the team that rediscovered the endangered Forest Owlet.
Three more excellent not-to-be-missed presenters feature: Sayam Chowdhury, PhD Candidate at the Dept. of Zoology, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge, Dr. Mike Edgecombe from Norfolk UK, and James Eaton of Birdtour Asia.
Non-members are welcome and entry is FREE.
The meeting will be followed by a casual meet-up at a local hostelry and Vietnamese restaurant.
For more information, stay tuned with the OBC on social media and website:
31 Aug 2023
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