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-For Immediate Release- March 2007
On March 21 st beginning at 7p.m., the Genesee Land Trust and the Penfield Library will present a lecture and slide presentation by Don and Donna Traver called, “In Search Of The Shoebill – A Voyage to Africa .”
Members of Genesee Land Trust, the Travers are birders who will take you along on their wildlife safari in a quest to see at least one member of every bird family. The lecture includes slides of Botswana ’s Okavanga Delta to find the Shoebill in Zambia ’s Bangweulu Wetlands.
The Travers have been birders for many years and are active in local clubs. Donna was past president of the Rochester Birding Association and Don is past president of the Genesee Ornithological Society and Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited. They began their quest to see all bird families in 1994 and completed it last summer in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Members of the Genesee Land Trust, the Travers are birders who will take you along on a stunning wildlife safari to Botswana 's Okavango Delta. In the second part of the program we will go on northward to Zambia 's Bangweulu Wetlands in search of the rare Shoebill or Whale-headed Stork.
“In Search of the Shoebill”, on March 21, is a free lecture and library program for ages 13 to adult, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Penfield Public Library and the Genesee Land Trust. It does require registration which begins on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 th . To register, please contact the Penfield Public Library, 1985 Baird Rd. Penfield at (585) 340-8720 or their TDD line for the hearing impaired at 340-8747. Or you may register online at www.penfieldlibrary.org . Also, the library offers an infrared listening system and sign interpreter or captioning for the hearing impaired. Please call the library to request this and allow one week’s notice. This special needs service was made possible by a grant from the Friends of the Penfield Library.
Contact: Margaret Potter, Assistant Director Genesee Land Trust 500 East Avenue, Suite 200 Rochester NY 14607 256-2130
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