December 2016 Meeting

Tue, December 6, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Blue Spruce County Park
Speaker: John Taylor,

Description

Extending far enough eastward from the Pacific coast to cross the Andes Mountains and catch the western edge of the Amazon Basin, Peru spans an extraordinary range of environments and boasts roughly a fifth of all the worldï¿½s bird species. In fall 2012, the Taylor brothers (John and Wil) enjoyed a marathon birding/naturalizing excursion that visited most of those varied habitats, tallying well over 400 bird species in the process.

Come and hear John describe their (mis)adventures and get a glimpse of the stunning beauty of the birds and other wildlife of this remarkable South American country.

Dr. John F. Taylor is a "retired" IUP professor in the Geoscience Department. Besides birds, his primary interests are invertebrate fossils and the depositional environments that produced the rocks in which they are found. In particular, his specialty is trilobites of Cambrian and Ordovician age and their utility for correlation and paleogeographic reconstruction. Donï¿½t miss Johnï¿½s informative and entertaining program.