Social Hour and Light Refreshments at 6:30 PM
Geological Lecture Hall, Harvard University
24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Our guest speaker, Dr. Neil Hayward, will present
“The Accidental Big Year”
In 2013, Dr. Neil Hayward was diagnosed with a Big Year. The temporary insanity resulted in almost 250,000 miles of travel, taking him to the remote and mystical corners of this continent: Barrow, the Dry Tortugas, Newfoundland, and Adak. And a place they call New Jersey. By year’s end, he’d netted 750 bird species and set what may be a new ABA record. In this talk, Neil will take a Big Year and apply cutting-edge high pressure technology and condense it into a Big Hour. Come hear about exotic birds, remote places, volcanoes, polar bears, Aleutian plumbing and more!
*Government health warning: Big Years can be contagious.
Dr. Neil Hayward grew up near Oxford, England and has been hooked on birding since the age of 7. After earning a PhD in genetics from Cambridge University, he moved permanently to the US in 2005 to head up the US operations of the biotechnology company Abcam. He left in 2011 to pursue a consulting career as owner of Cambridge Blue Consulting. Neil is currently on the BBC Board of Directors and will also serve as the newly appointed field trip coordinator.
Social hour and light refreshments will begin at 6:30 PM. Meeting and lecture will begin at 7:30 PM.
Members and guests are cordially invited. Admission is free. Parking is free at the 52 Oxford Street garage (opposite Everett St). Tell the guard you are attending the BBC meeting.
Birder’s Exchange Program Donations: please bring your used binoculars and other birding equipment. For more information, go to Birder's Exchange.
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