Adélie penguin
This presentation is free (we will cheerfully accept donations). As of Sunday morning, April 3, there are still seats available but to make sure that you get a seat, please email a reservation request by 9 AM with the number of seats you’re requesting to ApalacheeAudubon@gmail.com. If you show up 2:30-3:00 PM, EDT it’s likely but not guaranteed that you will be seated.
This presentation is intended for children
We are pleased to be able to offer this presentation as a Zoom webinar as well as an in person event! This will be livestreamed at the time of the talk and will NOT be recorded. Click the link below to register for the webinar.
What is it like to spend three months in a colony of 300,000 penguins—with no fresh food or shower, living in a tiny tent in Antarctica?
Noah spins tales from the end of the world, delving into the things you don’t typically see on nature documentaries: thousand-year-old penguin mummies, how to catch a baby penguin, and the wonders of the pee bottle. Months after graduating with his undergraduate degree, In early November 2008, Noah was helicoptered into a remote Antarctic field camp as part of a long-term research study on Adélie Penguins. He soon found himself caught by the great allure of Antarctica—where life is distilled into necessities and incredible moments.
Bio: Noah Strycker
Noah Strycker, 36 (dob: 2-9-86), is Associate Editor of Birding magazine, the author of six well-regarded books about birds, a penguin scientist, and a regular contributor of photography and articles to all major bird magazines as well as other media. In 2021, he earned a master’s degree with honors from New York’s Stony Brook University, focusing his research on Chinstrap Penguins. In 2015, Strycker set a world Big Year record, and his 2017 book, Birding Without Borders, relates the experience. His other books are Among Penguins (Oregon State University Press, 2011), The Thing with Feathers (Riverhead Books, 2014), Birds of the Photo Ark (National Geographic, 2018), National Geographic Guide to the Backyard Birds of North America (National Geographic, 2019), and Birding Basics (National Geographic, 2022). Strycker has studied birds on six continents with field seasons in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Australia, Antarctica, the Galapagos Islands, and the Farallon Islands. He also works as a naturalist guide on expedition cruises to Antarctica and Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, literally spreading the inspiration of birds from pole to pole. Strycker is a competitive tennis player, has run five marathons, and hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. He is based in Creswell, Oregon, where his backyard has hosted more than 100 species of birds. Visit his website at: www.noahstrycker.com
