Caspian Tern Courtship
Here is a terrific capture of Caspian Terns engaged in courtship feeding, as taken at Wright Park Beach in Dunkirk, New York by our friend Gale VerHague. Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at RTPI at 7:00PM to hear Gale while she displays more of her tremendous photography – “Chasing Feathers: Birding with a Camera in Western New York and Beyond”. Gale will be showing a series of shots of this very event which is what sparked her birding blog in 2009. This is a free and public evening at RTPI, and we hope to see you then!
Read MoreApril 2015 Ornithological Club
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club has regular monthly meetings from September through November and January through May. Please join us Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 7:00PM for Gale VerHague – “Chasing Feathers: Birding with a Camera in Western New York and Beyond”. This is a free and public event. Expect to see and learn more about birds sightings like these American Avocets and this Yellow-throated Warbler.
Read MoreIntern Presentation Tonight
Tonight! The Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) is a unique species that the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History and Jamestown Community College students have been studying over the past year, attempting to better understand their habits and behaviors as well as the current conditions of their particular habitat. JCC intern Alivia Sheffield will be presenting on what information has been discovered thus far about the Spiny Softshell Turtles residing in downtown Jamestown on March 12th at 6:00 pm at RTPI. This presentation will be open to the public and is a free event....
Read More“2 The Outdoors” Environmental Forum
We are happy to pass on this announcement from our friend Producer Terry Belke of WGRZ about the very first “2 The Outdoors” Environmental Forum, coming up this Wednesday March 11, 7:30 pm at the UB Center For Tomorrow. The evening’s topic is Invasive Species in Western New York featuring three speakers: Andrea Locke of WNY Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM), Ken Parker of the Seneca Nation Of Indians, and Mark Whitmore of Cornell University. There will be a audience Q&A session after the speakers.
Read MoreRTPIOC Tonight! January 28, 2015
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History Ornithological Club President Tom Simmons will present a program with his excellent photos on the “South Dakota Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup” at the monthly meeting of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club. The meeting will be held at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, 311 Curtis Street in Jamestown, New York. We hope to see you at this free and public event!
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