Yale Ornithologist to Speak at Avon Public Library

From the Avon Free Public Library

AVON, CT - On Saturday, December 3 at 2:00 pm, The Avon Public Library hosts Dr. Richard Prum, world renowned ornithologist at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, for a talk on the science of bird flight. This talk is a special presentation of “Avon Reads One Book” series of events, which explores the themes of David McCullough’s book “The Wright Brothers”.

Dr. Prum is Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and evolutionary ornithologist with broad interests in avian biology. He has done extensive research on diverse topics, including avian phylogenetics, behavioral evolution, feather evolution and development, and aesthetic evolution. Dr. Prum has conducted field work throughout the Neotropics and Madagascar, and has studied fossil theropods in China.

Upcoming “Avon Reads One Book” talks & lectures:

• Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2:00 pm – Dr. Richard Prum, Curator of Ornithology & Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, presents “How Birds Fly”

• Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 1:00 pm – Special guest speaker, Dr. Peter Jakab, chief curator, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum speaks on “The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age”

“Avon Reads One Book” special events:

• Ongoing: The community is invited to help build a museum quality scale model of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Please call the library for more information & "build session" schedule.

• A Gilder Lehrman panel exhibit of The Progressive Era; an 1881 bicycle made by the Pope Manufacturing Company on loan from the Connecticut Historical Society; a model of the 1903 Wright Flyer on loan from the New England Air Museum; and a gallery display depicting the Wright Brothers story.

Thanks to the sponsorship of Farmington Bank, Avon Education Foundation and the Friends of the Avon Public Library, the library is able to present this diverse lineup of distinguished speakers, exhibits & One Book events.

The Avon Public Library has plenty of copies of “The Wright Brothers” available for check-out; please call 860-673-9712 to reserve your copy. All events in the library are free & open to the public, no reservations.

The Avon Public Library is at 281 Country Club Road, Avon CT 06001, www.avonctlibrary.info.

Image via the Avon Public Library.