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Nurtured by Nature Tonight

Posted on May 1, 2015

Nurtured by Nature Tonight

Meet “Nurtured by Nature: Developing as an Artist in Chautauqua County” artist Audrey Kay Dowling tonight at RTPI from 7 – 9 PM for an opening reception and artist talk. The solo exhibit runs through June 15, 2015. Audrey was raised on 52 acres on Bemus Creek. During these years, she spent her free time exploring the woods and creeks that ran through the property. Her love of nature was nurtured by these explorations of the family woods, frequent visits to Audubon, and hiking by the local creeks, streams, lakes and woods. After leaving the area to pursue a degree in art at SUNY New...

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Nurtured by Nature Installation & Reception

Posted on Apr 30, 2015

Nurtured by Nature Installation & Reception

As you can see in these photos our staff was hard at work yesterday installing our newest exhibition! On Friday, May 1, 2015 from 7 – 9 PM meet “Nurtured by Nature: Developing as an Artist in Chautauqua County” artist Audrey Kay Dowling at RTPI for an opening reception and artist talk. The solo exhibit runs through June 15, 2015. Audrey was raised on 52 acres on Bemus Creek. During these years, she spent her free time exploring the woods and creeks that ran through the property. Her love of nature was nurtured by these explorations of the family woods, frequent visits to Audubon, and hiking...

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Caspian Tern Courtship

Posted on Apr 28, 2015

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!

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April 2015 Ornithological Club

Posted on Apr 21, 2015

April 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.

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“2 The Outdoors” Environmental Forum

Posted on Mar 10, 2015

“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.

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