Lecture by Nigel Collar
Time: Meet the author at 7:00 p.m., lecture at 7:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, April 30
Location: National Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
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Bird Fest 2009, the Zoo's celebration of International Migratory Bird Day, will begin with a talk by Nigel Collar, a Cambridge University senior research associate who has worked with BirdLife International for the past 30 years.
Dr. Collar's work has focused on threatened birds in tropical habitats throughout the world. He has been called the most influential conservationist in the United Kingdom by BBC Wildlife magazine.
A prolific writer of both academic and popular articles and books, Dr. Collar will discuss one of his latest books called Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey which "unfolds the history of our relationship with the most colourful and familiar of the groups of organisms we share our planet with."
Meet the author at 7. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m.
