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The Hartford Audubon
Society was founded in 1909
as a non profit organization. The purpose of the Society
is to foster and promote
public interest in conservation of our wildlife and other natural
resources, and the study and protection of birds. It may
hold title to land for use as wildlife sanctuaries.
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The Watkinson Library at Trinity
College, Hartford, Connecticut will be exhibiting “Where Late
the Sweet Birds Sang”: Bird Extinctions Around the World Since
1600, from February 8, 2008 through June 9, 2008.
Drawing on the wealth of resources in the Library’s nationally
recognized Enders Ornithology Collection, the show features
classic ornithological publications with original graphics from
the18th century to the present and original paintings
commissioned for the book A Gap in Nature. The show
focuses on 28 extinct birds from around the world with a brief
discussion, including an explanation of the bird’s extinction when
ascertainable. The exhibition, arranged geographically, begins on
the coast of Africa, continues in Australasia and Asia, and
finishes in North American and the North Atlantic. The show was
arranged and described by Dr. Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz, Curator of the
Enders Ornithology Collection.
In connection with the exhibition,
there will be a talk by Trinity College’s conservation biologist
and ornithologist, Professor Joan Morrison. Also planned is a
talk on the Felidae (the cat family) by conservation biologist Dr.
Jim Sanderson. In connection with the latter, there will be a
small exhibition on the Felidae. The talks will be in March or
April, but exact times are still to be arranged.
Throughout the academic year, the
Watkinson Library is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m., but from the middle of May, the Library will close at 1:00
p.m. on Fridays. There will be Saturday hours, 12:30-4:30 p.m.,
beginning on March 29th and running through May 3rd.
For any questions, please contact Dr. Kaimowitz at (860) 297-2266
or at
Jeffrey.Kaimowitz@trincoll.edu
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