Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2016
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
Category(ies)
Fee: Preserve Members: $8 per lecture. Non-members: $12 per lecture or purchase tickets
for the complete series and receive a 20% Discount.
Winter Lecture: Snowy Owls – The Ultimate Nomads
As Senior Research Biologist for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Jean Francois Therrien, Ph.D. has tracked the
movements of snowy owls throughout the Americas. He’ll share results from the Sanctuary’s research
program with an emphasis on movement and reproduction. The presentation will illustrate the field
work situations he used to monitor these highly mobile and unpredictable predatory birds throughout
consecutive years.
Jean Francois Therrien is a native of Canada who came south of the border for an academic internship at
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in 2002. He earned a Bachelor degree in biology at the Université de
Sherbrooke, Canada, 2003 and has a Ph.D. degree in biology from Université Laval, Canada. He joined
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary as Senior Research Biologist in 2011.
This program is the first installment of the Preserve’s Winter Lecture Series. The program will take place
on Sunday, January 10, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. The fee for Preserve Members is $8 per lecture. The fee
for non-members is $12 per lecture. Seating for all lectures is general admission; arrive early to get the
seat of your choice. Advance registration is strongly encouraged. Walk-ins welcomed only as space
permits. Call (215)862-2924 to register.Special Offer: Purchase tickets for all eight lectures and save over
20%! Members: $50 (full price: $64) Non-members: $76 (full price: $96) Each ticket entitles the holder to
one admission per lecture. Purchase in advance by calling the Preserve, or purchase at the door.
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