ZECO TRAVEL TALK

Zegrahm Cofounder and world-renowned expert on sea birds, Peter Harrison will be the featured speaker at the 60th anniversary and annual meeting of the New York State Ornithological Association in Rochester, New York. The event is held in September, the time of annual bird migrations along the shores of Lake Ontario. Rochester is close to a number of Global Important Bird Areas—sites identified as high priority for conservation action. Peter is the author of the highly acclaimed Sea Birds: An Identification Guide; his speech—Seven Years and Seven Continents—will highlight his adventures to some of the most remote places on the planet.

In the program notes, he is given this introduction: “Peter has spent years traveling all the oceans of the world doing fundamental research and leading tours. An entertaining and incisive speaker, he delivers a serious message, with wit and passion, about the need to conserve habitats for all birds.” Those of us who have worked and/or traveled with Peter have often witnessed this dedicated passion. For more information, go to: www.nybirds.org