Migrating Birds, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker & More

Bird Expert at Sheldrake Lecture Nov 2

from the Sheldrake Environmental Center

(October 25, 2005) Andrew Farnsworth has acquired a lot of information on birds since he began taking an interest in the creatures at an early age. Now finishing his doctoral work at Cornell University in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, his main focus is migration, but he's had time to participate in the recent searching and sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the wilds of Arkansas.

He'll be sharing his observations in a free lecture on "Bird Migration" on November 2 at 7:30 pm at the Sheldrake Environmental Center at 685 Weaver Street.

Mr. Farnsworth was only five when he began birding around his home in Rye. Since then, he has traveled extensively, and has been a part-time tour leader for Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours, leading trips in North and South America. With the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, he's been involved with a variety of high-profile projects, including the woodpecker hunt, a biological survey of eastern Cuban forests and authoring species accounts for the recent Handbook of the Birds of the World (Volume 9).

As he nears completion of his Ph.D at Cornell, his main research interest continues to be bird migration, specifically the function and evolutionary history of flight calls and flight calling behavior in migrating birds.

For further information, please call Sheldrake Environmental Center at 834-1443.

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