April speaker – Luke Tiller
RTPI is thrilled to welcome our friend Luke Tiller as our April speaker on Monday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. The Great Lakes are an incredible spot for bird migration of all kinds but perhaps particularly notably for raptors. Join hawkwatching expert Luke Tiller to hear about one of the best raptor migration sites, that happens to just be a stones throw away from Jamestown in Western New York. Luke will talk about among other things: Braddock Bay, the history of hawkwatching, how to get the best out of the hawkwatching experience and about some of the pitfalls of trying to identify a bird in...
Read MoreRandolph Mammoth
The “Randolph Mammoth” is one of the most unusual objects of local natural history ever displayed in our area. And if you haven’t seen it yet you’re almost out of time. RTPI has been privileged to exhibit the enormous tusks and full-scale replica of the find, which dates back 12,000 years. The last day to see it on public display is Wednesday, February 12. Read more here and stop by soon!
Read MoreJanuary speaker – Paul J. Baicich
We hope you will be joining us at RTPI on January 21 at 7:00PM EST for Paul J. Baicich presenting “Bird Feeding in America: A Story of Wild Birds, Innovation, and Conservation”. This is the first of our 2014 Speaker Series. Paul has been an active birder since his early teens in New York City. A former employee of the American Birding Association, he edited 14 of their “ABA Birdfinding Guides,” edited Birding, ABA’s bi-monthly magazine, and served as ABA’s Director of Conservation and Public Policy. His concerns include an abiding interest in bird conservation and studies in the breeding...
Read MoreBob Hines: National Wildlife Artist exhibit
From January 7 through May 25, 2014 the Roger Tory Peterson Institute is hosting one of the most important exhibitions of nature and conservation art ever assembled. The exhibit, titled Bob Hines: National Wildlife Artist, celebrates the life work of one of the great wildlife artists and illustrators of the 20th century, and is presented in collaboration with Hines scholar and biographer Dr. John Juriga of Elmira, NY. See more on this page.
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