Join Space Coast Audubon Society for our
October 17th Meeting
“A Pictorial Journey into the Birds of
Colombia”
WHO: Space Coast Audubon
Society (SCAS)
WHERE: Rockledge
Presbyterian Church, 921 Rockledge Dr, Rockledge, FL.
WHEN: October 17, 2014 at
7:30 pm
Ernest Leupin will be our speaker and
will be presenting A Pictorial Journey
into the Birds of Colombia
Ernest was born and raised in Colombia.
He received a Master's Degree in Conservation Biology from the
University of British Columbia. He now
works as an Environmental Consultant addressing terrestrial wildlife species,
habitat, and conservation. Ernest moves
back and forth from his hometown in S Florida to British Columbia to Colombia. Ernest has been birdwatching since 1997 and
has birded in Canada, United States, Costa Rica, and of course Colombia. Ernest founded Colombia Wild Eco-tours www.colombiawild.com to promote
environmentally sustainable ecotourism in Colombia and to support local
communities that protect their natural resources.
Colombia is #1
worldwide in diversity of birds with 1903 (75 endemics) and has more species of
birds than Europe and North America combined.
It has 19% of the world’s species in .8% of the landmass. But Colombia's biodiversity does not
stop with birds. With a mind - boggling
55,000 species of plants, of which nearly 30% are endemic, 623 species of
amphibians, 467 species of mammals, 518 species of reptiles, and countless
insects, it is a biodiversity haven!
Colombia is divided into 5 regions:
Caribbean, Pacific, Andes, Plains and Amazon. Come join us as Ernest takes us on an amazing
journey thru all 5 of these beautiful regions.
Visit the Space Coast Audubon Society
website at www.spacecoastaudubon.org
We look forward to another great
turnout.
Jim Eager
Space Coast Audubon Society
Vice President
Program/Publicity Chair
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