UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS:

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Costa Rica

Monday, July 20 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn’s new summer lecture series focuses on “The Wildlife of Latin America and the Southwestern U.S.” Week 3 includes the rich biodiversity of Costa Rica and its commendable efforts to preserve wildlife.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

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Male Northern Cardinals (cardinalis cardinalis) in a snowy scene

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Ecuador

Monday, July 27 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn’s new summer lecture series focuses on “The Wildlife of Latin America and the Southwestern U.S.” Week 4 includes Ecuador’s unique biodiversity, from tropical mainland rainforests to the Galapagos Islands.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Paraguay and Bird Migrations to South America

Monday, August 3 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn’s new summer lecture series focuses on “The Wildlife of Latin America and the Southwestern U.S.” Week 5 includes the rich biodiversity of Paraguay and other South American nations and the value of South American habitat for long-distance migrant birds.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

RECENT PRESENTATIONS:

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Baja California and the U.S. Southwest

Monday, July 13 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn’s new summer lecture series focuses on “The Wildlife of Latin America and the Southwestern U.S.” Week 2 includes the unique wildlife of Baja California and the geological forces that have molded it and the rest of the U.S. Southwest.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the Everglades

Monday, July 6 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn’s new summer lecture series focuses on “The Wildlife of Latin America and the Southwestern U.S.” Week 1 includes a survey of Caribbean wildlife from species unique to the region to the wintering grounds for our local summer birds.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Cenozoic

Monday, June 22 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn’s lecture series focuses on “dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth.” Week four includes a journey through the evolution of diverse bird and mammal lineages
in the past 65 million years.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Mesozoic

Monday, June 15 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn’s lecture series focuses on “dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth.” Week three includes a look at dinosaur history and other significant Mesozoic life.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

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SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Paleozoic Pt. 2

Monday, June 15 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn’s lecture series focuses on “dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth.” Week two includes a survey of early fossil fish, amphibians, and reptiles, plus the mass extinctions which shaped their world.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

SUNY Orange Summer Lecture Series: Precambrian & Paleozoic Pt. 1

Monday, June 1 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

This summer Dr. Walter Jahn’s lecture series focuses on “dinosaurs, hominids, and 3.5 billion years of life on Earth.” Week one includes a description of the earliest life, earliest animals, & their modern
descendants.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

Biodiversity and the Modern Extinction: SUNY Orange Bird Series by Dr. Walter Jahn

Monday, May 4 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

A presentation on the threats to biodiversity during one of the worst times to be alive in the past 500 million years.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

Human Evolution: SUNY Orange Bird Series by Dr. Walter Jahn

Monday, April 27 from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

An overview of human history from the first bipedal steps to the spread of modern humans across Earth.

Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Rowley Center room 128, Middletown campus, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99434283633

Click here for a map of the SUNY Orange Rowley Center

How to Tell a Story With Wildlife Photography

Monday, April 20 from 7:30-8:30pm

Virtual

A Zoom presentation by wildlife photographer, conservationist, and social media expert Preeti Desai.

Photographers often want their images to look beautiful and carry meaning. But how does one add emotional and ecological depth to bird, insect, and other wildlife photos? This hour-long virtual talk will focus on photography that connects viewers to places, sparks empathy, inspires action, and reveals the quiet truths of the natural world. The event is free and open to the public, but you must register in advance at this Zoom link. If you have any accessibility requests, please email info@orangecountynyaudubon.org by April 15.

Preeti Desai is a nature photographer who is passionate about wildlife, conservation, and science. She uses photography and videography thoughtfully to inspire and motivate people to appreciate and protect birds. Preeti volunteers with the Feminist Bird Club of Jersey City and Jersey City Birds. Her work has been published by Audubon, Hemispheres, and Time, among others. You can find her on Instagram @preetalina or preetalina.com.

Pey City and Jersey City Birds. Her work has been published by Audubon, Hemispheres, and Time, among others. You can find her on Instagram @preetalina or preetalina.com.