December 2015 Meeting

Tue, December 1, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Blue Spruce County Park
Speaker: Scott Stoleson, U.S. National Forest Service's Northern Research Station, Warren, PA

Description

Scott Stoleson will present a program titled "Pura Vida! An Ornithologistï¿½s Adventures in Costa Rica" on December 1. His presentation will highlight some of the diversity and birdlife of this wonderful Central American country. Scott is the Research Wildlife Biologist with the Forest Service's Northern Research Station in Warren, PA, and a Research Associate of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY. He received a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Dartmouth College and his M.S. and Ph.D.in Wildlife Ecology from Yale University. He has published over 65 scientific papers and book chapters on avian biology and conservation based on research in Pennsylvania, the western U.S., Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Ecuador. In addition he has led natural history tours to the Caribbean and Latin America. He first became enchanted with the people and wildlife of Costa Rica during his first visit in 1979 and has had the privilege of visiting numerous times since then for research, leading natural history tours, and for fun.