The Birds-of-Paradise
Explore birds-of-paradise with Edwin Scholes of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology!
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York County Audubon will be presenting this program online. To register, please go to yorkcountyaudubon.org, and click on the link that you'll find there. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the program. We hope you can join us!
Pricing
- Cost: Free
Location
Online
This event is handicap accessible
Among the most amazing creatures in the world, more than 40 species of birds-of-paradise live in New Guinea’s Indo-Pacific rainforest, one of the largest intact tropical forested areas on Earth.
The stars of the show in National Geographic and PBS Nature TV documentaries, the birds-of-paradise have become icons of New Guinea’s rainforests. Their extraordinary beauty is unlike that of any other birds on Earth, but it’s their wide range of bizarre breeding behaviors that captivates audiences—from elaborate dancing and flaring their elegant plumes to shape-shifting displays that make these exotic species seem like avian transformers.
About the Presenter
Edwin Scholes is the founder and leader of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Birds-of-Paradise Project, and has been studying and documenting them since his first trip to New Guinea in 1999. It was in 1997 as an undergraduate biology student that Ed first saw the BBC documentary film “Attenborough in Paradise.” That film, which was the result of Sir David Attenborough’s lifelong passion for the birds-of-paradise, was the first to capture these birds’ wonder and beauty in any depth. The film inspired Edwin to devote his career to their study and protection.
York County Audubon will be delighted to host Edwin Scholes to tell us about these amazing creatures, and the efforts to preserve their threatened habitat. FMI: www.birdsofparadiseproject.org