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3/28/05
DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY TO SPEAK AT ST. LAWRENCE
CANTON – Best-selling author/illustrator David Sibley will present the
Ninth Annual Romer Lecture at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, April 6,
at 8 p.m., in the auditorium of Hepburn Hall, Room 218. The lecture, on
"Birds and Bird Guides: The Universal Appeal of Birds, and the Pleasures and
Challenges of Creating a Field Guide," is open to the public, free of charge.
Sibley is the author of the fastest-selling bird guide of all time,
The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive field guide to North American
birds published in 2000, and its companion piece, The Sibley Guide to Bird
Life and Behavior. In 2002 Sibley's Birding Basics, an introduction to bird
identification was published, and in 2003, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds
of Eastern North America and The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western
North America were published. A native of upstate New York, Sibley began
drawing birds at age seven, and his search for birds has taken him to such
birding hotspots as Cape May, New Jersey; the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texas; and south Florida.
Beginning with childhood drawings and following the evolution of his ideas
for the "perfect" field guide, Sibley will discuss the things that inspired
him and kept him going through the long process, as well as the challenge
of presenting a huge and diverse amount of information in one book. He
will also discuss the importance of the field guide as a tool, and birds
as bridges that allow people to forge a connection with nature in the
modern world.
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3/28/05
DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY TO SPEAK AT ST. LAWRENCE
CANTON – Best-selling author/illustrator David Sibley will present the
Ninth Annual Romer Lecture at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, April 6,
at 8 p.m., in the auditorium of Hepburn Hall, Room 218. The lecture, on
"Birds and Bird Guides: The Universal Appeal of Birds, and the Pleasures and
Challenges of Creating a Field Guide," is open to the public, free of charge.
Sibley is the author of the fastest-selling bird guide of all time,
The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive field guide to North American
birds published in 2000, and its companion piece, The Sibley Guide to Bird
Life and Behavior. In 2002 Sibley's Birding Basics, an introduction to bird
identification was published, and in 2003, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds
of Eastern North America and The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western
North America were published. A native of upstate New York, Sibley began
drawing birds at age seven, and his search for birds has taken him to such
birding hotspots as Cape May, New Jersey; the Lower Rio Grande Valley of
Texas; and south Florida.
Beginning with childhood drawings and following the evolution of his ideas
for the "perfect" field guide, Sibley will discuss the things that inspired
him and kept him going through the long process, as well as the challenge
of presenting a huge and diverse amount of information in one book. He
will also discuss the importance of the field guide as a tool, and birds
as bridges that allow people to forge a connection with nature in the
modern world.
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