Throwback Thursday – Shorebirds of Texas plate
Here’s a Throwback Thursday to a “Shorebirds” plate from A Field Guide to the Birds of Texas by Roger Tory Peterson, 1960. You can find it currently hanging on the walls of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. If you are in the Jamestown, New York area on such a rainy day you should come visit us and see it for yourself!
Read MoreUpcoming Jim Berry RTPI program: “History of the Field Guide”
Jim Berry will present a program on the “History of the Field Guide” at the next 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 on Wednesday, October 29, at 7:00 p.m. What more fitting tribute could there be than for this program to be presented in the “house that Roger built?” Jamestown native Dr. Roger Tory Peterson was widely recognized as the most prestigious and influential naturalist and conservationist of the twentieth century. Dr. Peterson essentially invented...
Read More‘Painting Birds to Save Them’
Our oldest example of Roger Tory Peterson’s field guide work – a plate depicting various herons made in preparation for the original 1934 A Field Guide to the Birds – returned home today after spending the summer in the Painting Birds to Save Them exhibit of the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon. Peterson’s work plays a critical role in modern bird art and bird conservation and it will continue to do so through our work at RTPI.
Read MoreFinal Peterson plate on display
Yesterday’s post with Roger Tory Peterson’s final plate drew a lot of attention and I wanted to let everyone know you can see the work in person and much more of Roger’s historic art while learning about his life here at RTPI. The plate is currently on display in our Anderson Gallery which is straight ahead once you enter our building. RTPI is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10:00AM-4:00PM and Sundays 1:00 PM-5:00 PM.
Read MoreNew York State Young Birders Club visits RTPI
This past Sunday, July 20, the New York State Young Birders Club visited us at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. Thanks to the assistance of our friend and supreme naturalist Tim Baird we were able to arrange a visit of several young birders in order to target some of the fantastic and conservation concern grassland species that can be found here in Chautauqua County. RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser and I met up with the group at RTPI at 7:00AM to head to the Chautauqua County/Jamestown Airport. Unfortunately we have not recorded the New York State “Threatened”...
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