Artist Reception – Thomas Annear – Friday, June 26, 2015
National Parks and Beyond A Solo Exhibition by Thomas Annear Artist Reception Friday June 26, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 PM www.thomasannear.com We are pleased to welcome artist Thomas Annear as he opens a new exhibit that originated with a month long journey to Yellowstone and other national parks in the American west. Since 2008, Tom has immersed himself in these majestic and sometimes extreme landscapes, and found that the parks had many lessons to teach. The more he painted, questions and issues began to emerge about balancing preservation with the aim of keeping parks open “for the...
Read MoreWhat’s the Scoop on Poop?
Via the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy! Kids love poop. That’s why the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History have teamed up to put on a family event called “What’s the Scoop on Poop?” We invite you to bring the kids in your life and join us at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 20th at our Dobbins Woods Preserve on Bly Hill Road in Ashville, where we’ll talk about how valuable poop can be to biologists and what impacts it can have on our waters. Then we’ll take a hike to find some scat! This event is free and...
Read MoreThe Migratory Connection
Join us at RTPI on Thursday, June 11 at 7:00PM for a free public event – The Migratory Connection: RTPI’s Tropical Conservation and Education Programs by RTPI President Twan Leenders. Find out where your favorite warblers and hummingbirds hang out when they are not in your backyard and be amazed by the other tropical birds they share their wintering grounds with. Meet some of the rarest frogs on our planet and see what RTPI is doing to help save them from extinction. Explore the exotic wildlife that calls the jungles of Costa Rica and Panama home – and see how some of it visits us on a...
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 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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