WCAS Meeting and Speaker Jan 2022: Hiding in Plain Sight: Camouflage, Mimicry & Evasion in Nature
Channel: Western Cuyahoga Audubon
Date: 2022-01-05

Program: “Hiding in Plain Sight: Amazing Camouflage, Mimicry & Evasion in Nature”
Presenter: Judy Semroc, educator, naturalist, photographer
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 7:30 PM. Member Meeting at 7:30 PM and Speaker at 8:00 PM (EST).
Location: Online/virtual

Description: Now you don’t see it, but wait, now I do? Nature has many ways to evade our eyes through camouflage and mimicry. Insects and invertebrates have some of the best camouflage and mimicry, but many amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals have camouflage strategies as well. Even the largest mammal in the neighborhood, the White-tailed Deer, seem to “melt” into the vegetation. Judy Semroc will take us through ways many organisms evade us and perhaps even understand why animals have adapted these strategies.

About Judy Semroc, Field Biologist & Naturalist: Judy is the founder of Chrysalis in Time‚ the first Ohio chapter of the North American Butterfly Association (NABA). Judy also serves on the board of the Ohio Bluebird Society & Ohio Ornithological Society (Conservation Committee). She has co-authored two natural history guides, "Dragonflies & Damselflies of Northeast Ohio” and "Goldenrods of Northeast Ohio: A Field Guide to Identification & Natural History.” For the past 20+ years, Judy was a Conservation Specialist for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. As a former Petroleum Geologist and science teacher, Judy loves to learn about and share her passion for the natural world through hikes, interpretive programs, and photography.

Western Cuyahoga Audubon is a chapter of the National Audubon Society based in Cuyahoga County in Northern Ohio, USA. WCAS seeks to connect and educate the public and conserve natural habitats for the sustainability of all bird species.