Chapter Program: Biodiversity in the Urban Corridor: Birds and Bugs at Rice University, Houston

Join us as we learn about “Biodiversity in the Urban Corridor: Birds and  Bugs at Rice University, Houston” presented by Cin-Ty Lee.

This will be a Zoom meeting, open to the public.  Please register in advance through this link:   

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfu2przgiHdTYcu6QQHsznf_omqhfYDBC

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Cin-Ty will discuss the biodiversity on Rice campus, touching on all the unusual birds and insects that have been seen in that urban environment.    He will weave in conservation, ecology, migratory behavior (of bugs and birds).  They have  227 species of birds recorded in the urban campus, along with 400 species of insects, arachnids, etc. and counting.

This talk will get everyone excited about looking at nature in their backyard and making new discoveries everyday.

Cin-Ty Lee is the Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology and Department Chair at Rice University.  Check out his website here.