“A Fascination with Finches” by Matthew Young
October 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT
NOTE THIS TALK IS A WEEEK LATER THAN USUAL.
This talk is in person, but live streaming of this talk will be available to members of DOS who can’t make it. Link to be provided. A recording of the talk will also be available to DOS members.
Summary: From backyards to wilderness peaks, finches are some of the most exciting, mysterious, and popular group of songbirds. In this information-packed presentation, finch expert Matthew Young will introduce you to the 43 finches of the United States and Canada from feeder-favorite goldfinches to Red Crossbill tribes, to poorly known mountain-top Black Rosy-Finches to endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. Matt has co-authored with Judy Stokes The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada which covers detailed finch identification, language, behavior, irruptions, specialized maps and foraging charts on crossbills, conservation, and much more. There will be an opportunity for book signing at the meeting as well (more on purchase information to follow).
Matthew Young is the Founder and Board President of the Finch Research Network. Matthew has also worked in the field of social work with special needs populations at the William George Agency for 12 years. Additionally, Matthew worked at the Cornell Lab across 15 years where he worked on Golden-winged Warblers, Voices of Hawaii’s Birds, Merlin Bird ID, and was Project Lead on Lab’s first Irruptive Finch Survey in 1999. Widely known as a preeminent authority on finches of North America, Matthew has written finch species accounts for breeding bird atlases, Birds of the World accounts, and published several papers on finches and the Red Crossbill vocal complex.
