[Ctleps-l] Reminder - Connecticut Butterfly Association Fall Meeting

Peter DeGennaro degennap at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 21:31:44 EDT 2016


Connecticut Butterfly Association Fall Meeting

Speaker: Rick Cech

Saturday October 22, 2016 1-3 PM
Whitney Center
200 Leeder Hill Drive
Hamden, CT 06517-2749

BUTTERFLY HABITS OF THE EAST COAST

Many of our rarest and most sought-after butterfly species rely for their
survival on specialized and unusual habitats—along with a host of other
valuable “habitat obligate” organisms, many of which are threatened or
endangered. An array of rich and unique habitats can be found along the
East Coast, often in little-known niches. Come see butterfly naturalist and
writer Rick Cech describe the intriguing ecological forces that shape these
exotic communities, where many of our most exotic butterflies dwell.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
An active field naturalist since childhood, also now a natural history
author and photographer, Rick Cech is an affiliate curator at the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History in Entomology. He is the principal author
and photographer of Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
(Princeton, 2005), and wrote "A Distributional Checklist of the Butterflies
and Skippers of the New York City Area." Rick co-authored the National
Audubon Society Regional Guide to Florida. His recent works include editing
and photography for the iApp “Audubon Butterflies - A Field Guide to North
American Butterflies,” and development of the FoldingGuides regional
butterfly series.

A life-long field observer, explorer and trip leader, Rick brings
innovative perspectives to the study and appreciation of natural history.
He played a formative role in originating the Sibley Guide series, as well
as the National Audubon Society Interactive CD-ROM Guide to North American
Birds. Rick's photography is widely published, in articles and books
(including more than 950 in both Butterflies of the East Coast and Audubon
Butterflies) as well as in photo exhibits and displays. He has led nature
trips since the early 1980s, and makes regular presentations to natural
history and botanical organizations across the country.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Directions: From New Haven, take Whitney Avenue north approximately four
miles and turn left on Putnam Avenue. Go approximately 0.7 miles and turn
right on Leeder Hill Drive. Whitney Center is at 200 Leeder Hill Drive.
>From New Haven or Hartford via I-91, take Exit 6 to Middletown Avenue
heading north. Turn left at Edwards Street or Willow Street. Turn right at
Whitney Avenue, left on Putnam, then right on Leeder Hill as described
above.
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