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Noted refuge lecturer to spotlight gray owl By REFUGE / DDWS - | Mar 3, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Paul Bannick has a reputation for stunning photography and an obsession with owls. Award-winning author and wildlife photographer Paul Bannick will present a program featuring stunning imagery from his books about owls at a lecture, titled “Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History,” on March 12 at 10 a.m. at The Community House for the “Ding” Darling Lecture Series. Based on thousands of hours in the field photographing, one of his new books “Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History,” published in October is the latest example of the author’s love and respect for owls. It showcases one of the largest owl species, also known as the Phantom of the North, Great Gray Ghost and Bearded Owl. It lives in the western mountains and boreal regions of North America. ....
Refuge, DDWS to kick off annual lecture series for free By REFUGE / DDWS - | Jan 20, 2021 TODD WARSHAW Ocean Doctor David E. Guggenheim will present “Lessons from the Deep: What the Oceans Are Telling Us and Why it Matters” on Jan. 29. The 17th annual “Ding” Darling Friday Lecture Series is evolving with the times and persisting distance protocols by moving to a larger venue, The Community House on Sanibel. The free lectures will occur on five select days with one 10 a.m. lecture per day. “The uncertainties of COVID-19 challenged us to experiment with a new lecture series format so we could accommodate high-quality lecturers but still abide by new distancing guidelines,” Ann-Marie Wildman, lecture series organizer and manager of the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Nature Store, said. “We would be very limited on how many we could seat at our usual venue in the “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education Center auditorium, but The ....
Refuge’s free lecture series set to kick off By REFUGE / DDWS - | Jan 6, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Photographer-artists Clyde and Niki Butcher will present images from the Everglades on Feb. 4. The 17th annual “Ding” Darling Friday Lecture Series is evolving with the times and persisting distance protocols by moving to a larger venue, The Community House on Sanibel. The free lectures will occur on five select days with one 10 a.m. lecture per day. Running Jan. 29 to March 19, the series will feature photographers Clyde and Niki Butcher, “Feather Thief” author Kirk W. Johnson, and eminent authorities on water conservation, eagles and owls. ....