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Bird Brains and Their Complex Thinking
April 18, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Presenter: Gary Clark
Topic: Bird Brains & Their Complex Thinking
Venue: Dennis Johnston’s Big Stone Lodge, Dennis Johnston County Park , 709 Riley Fuzzel Road, Spring, Texas 77373
Format: In-Person only
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 18th, at 6:30 p.m. with social time at 6 p.m.
Sponsoring Organization: Piney Woods Wildlife Society
[FYI, the Piney Woods board decided beginning with February 2023 that we are going back to in-person meetings only.]
Latest rules for bringing snacks: We are still not allowed to bring homemade items to the Big Stone Lodge (unfortunately) for social time. However, you can bring store bought items, if you’d like to. (They no longer must be individually wrapped.)
Gary will inform us of the latest research showing that the neocortex or “complex thinking” part of a bird’s brain is equivalent to higher primates like Chimpanzees.
Gary, who has been active in conservation for 40 years, is the author of the weekly Nature column in the Houston Chronicle since 1999 as well as the author of many books on birding. Gary is the founder of the Piney Woods Wildlife Society, served as President of Houston Audubon Society, Vice President of Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, and currently serves on the Board of Advisors for both HAS and GCBO.
AT: Piney Woods Wildlife Society (specify “Bird Brains & Their Complex Thinking”)
