Birding the Andes – 10/18/2022
McAuley Residence Auditorium 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CTJoin past President Sam Fried for his 41st program for HAS. He’ll be taking us on a roller coaster of a trip birding the Colombian Andes. Traveling from mountain valleys to mountaintops at 14,000 feet, from cloud forest to tropical lowlands, we had the pleasure of encountering 40 species of hummingbirds and my target bird…
The Fascinating World of Owls – 11/15/2022
Zoom Program at 7:00 PM / ZOOM MEETING - Link will be mailed to AllHAS Speaker: Denver Holt Denver Holt is the founder and president of the Owl Research Institute and a leading expert on owls. He has been featured in articles from National Geographic to the New York Times as well as many TV programs. …
Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Patterns of Birds – 3/21/2023
McAuley Residence Auditorium 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CTTuesday, 3/21/2023 Speaker: Matthew Kamm Matthew Kamm has been birding since the age of eight and has followed his passion for nature (especially birds) throughout his schooling and professional work. After five years working for Mass Audubon's Bird Conservation Department, he went back to school at Tufts University to get his Ph.D studying how the…
Hummingbirds Rule! 4/18/2023
McAuley Residence Auditorium 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CTTuesday, April 18, 2023 Speaker: Dr Rick Prum Dr. Prum is the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. Rick worked with a team including Gabriela Venable, a former undergraduate in his lab, collecting samples of plumage colors from 114 species of hummingbirds and compared this information with an…