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NEW 2016 update  Birds of Stanford

    

-- based on The Birder's Handbook (Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye. 1988. Simon & Schuster, New York)
-- 125 species seen many years on the academic reserve
--a camus bird checklist
--150 essays
-- maps and walks for four avian-rich campus areas and their birds: the Arboretum (including, the Mausoleum, Cactus               Garden and Memorial Marsh), the Central Campus, Dish and Lake Lagunita)
--:printable Checklist of Campus Birds
-- gallery of instructive photographs and artwork
-- featured artists whose work is presented as Science Art
-- forms for submitting campus bird sightings and observations that will help annotate species coverage, images for the          gallery and comments

    
   

NEW 2016 update  Art at Exits: Seeing Stanford Species 

    

--The exhibit--and its web coverage--began with ten works by Audubon featuring birds found on Stanford's main campus. The Audubons are placed near building exits opening toward areas the featured birds frequent. Captions provide a science lens.
-- A digital display was posted in Y2E2 in November--making it the 10th camput building to participate.

    
     

Green Library Bird Art Installation at the East Portal (opening toward Coupa Cafe and Meyer Green)

    

--dedicated to Stanford President emeritus Donald Kennedy "to honor his support of Stanford and the natural world"
--includes nine paintings and drawings of campus birds by Darryl Wheye features
--Captions are posted online.

   

Prof. Paul Ehrlich and Darryl Wheye ask: Do some marks on butterfly wings mimic caterpillars?

    

--If they do, what effect might this form of mimicry have on birds and other predators?
--A Citizen Scince project has been poste through iNaturalist

    
     

Hummingbird Garden planted at Green Library

    
--in association with the Art at Exits exhibit (below). The garden is designed to provide year-round nectar for the three species of hummingbirds seen on campus. It is located at the East portal, near Coupa Cafe.    
Birds of Stanford: 30 Species Seen on the Main Campus.
   
This pocket-sized 44-page booklet is available from the Stanford Bookstore, but might be sold out. Look in the 'All Things Stanford' section. If you don't see it, please ask customer service.
For information, contact darrylw@stanford.edu		  
Artist Registry
 
   
--is designed for ornithological researchers seeking original art to accompany their publications and seeks

to encourage the creation of great, biologically informative bird art (Science Art), to expand the publication and exhibition of high-end images, and to broaden the audience interested in learning about advances in bird biology and challenges to conservation efforts

--Access the Registry's Science Art Exhibit

    
     
Science Art-Natureprovides information about Science Art:

 		    
--SA-N's most recent Science Art Exhibit, "Windows on Evolution: An Artistic Celebration of Charles Darwin", which launched Darwin's Day, February 12, 2013.
--SA-N's second Science Art Exhibit, "Bringing Symposia to Life", which was inspired by the 2011 annual meeting of the AAAS in Washington, DC.[Supported in part by Stanford Arts Institute and the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)]
--SA-N's first Science Art Exhibit, which was produced in conjunction with the 2010 Pacific Division AAAS meeting [Supported in part by the Stanford Arts Institute and the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)]
--sample pages from Humans, Nature, and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens (Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy.
2008. Yale University Press, New Haven).  [Published with assistance from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program].		    
     
Please send questions or comments to: darrylw@stanford.edu