Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge yielded Cottonmouth Pit Vipers and Purple Gallinules. But far and away the most dramatic part of this presentation will be the neotropical songbirds photographed at High Island. Terry feels this is the best small bird photography he has done. Terry will have a framed art piece to raffle at the meeting. He will also tell us about his plans for next year.
Any subject dealing with the natural world is appropriate.
The landscapes of our national parks are the stage upon which episodes of natural and cultural history are played. The presentation by Dr. Bob Lillie shows how those landscapes developed. In lay person's language, Dr. Lillie illustrates how spectacular mountain ranges, volcanoes, seashores, and other features in national parks and monuments form through movements of the large plates of Earth's outer shell. Dr. Lillie received a PhD in geophysics from Cornell University and has been a professor of Geology at Oregon State University for the past 16 years. His work includes writing and illustrating geology training manuals for several national parks, including Olympic, Mount Rainier, Sunset Crater in Arizona, the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, and Gulf Islands Seashore in Florida.