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APRIL
The Warbler Guide: Easy ways to identify our most beautiful birds
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Presented by Tom Stephenson
Date: Tuesday, April 14 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST Hosted on Zoom Warblers are some of the most beautiful birds in the world. In this talk we’ll cover some of the most important ID points for these colorful birds. We’ll also talk about what to look for when you find a confusing species and outline a simple, step-by-step process that can really speed up identification. We’ll also cover some strategies that work for warblers and all other identification puzzles. And, of course, we’ll study lots of colorful photos of these amazing birds. about tom
Tom Stephenson has been birding since he was a kid under the tutelage of Dr. Arthur Allen of Cornell University. His articles and photographs are in museums and many publications including Birding, Birdwatcher’s Digest, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Birds of Madagascar, and Guide to the Birds of SE Brazil. Tom has lectured and guided many groups across the US as well as South and Central America and Asia, where he also trained guides for the government of Bhutan. Tom is endorsed by Zeiss Optics and, for several years, was on Zeiss’s digiscoping team for the World Series of Birding. In 2011, his team won the World Series Cape Island Cup. In 2014 Tom, along with Scott Whittle, set the US record for a Photo Big Day, taking pictures of 208 species in one 24-hour period. As a musician Tom played concerts and did studio work for many years, working with several Grammy and Academy Award winners as well as performing with members of the NY Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His clients included the Grateful Dead, Phil Collins and the FBI. He joined Roland Corporation in 1991, managed the recorder division, and retired recently as Director of Technology. There he managed the design and marketing for many of the most successful products in the history of the company, including all of their multi-channel digital recording systems. He also worked closely with engineers at Apple on a multi-channel audio over Ethernet industry standard. His latest book, The Warbler Guide, is published by Princeton University Press and recently won the National Outdoor Book Award. The Warbler Guide App, for iOS and Android, pioneered 3D rotating models and won the 2015 Design Award for AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show. His app, BirdGenie, a “shazam” for bird song predating Merlin, identified over 150 common vocalizations. BirdGenie won the prestigious PROSE award from the American Association of Publishers, and was profiled on the New Yorker Radio Hour. Tom holds a patent on technology to identify animal vocalizations using a wide range of analytic criteria. And he is currently working on three more books as well as a 3D app of all US birds for Princeton. |