Wednesday, Feb 25th
Social: 6-6:30pm ET
Talk: 6:30-7:30pm ET
Program Meeting
Peppereaters: The Toucans of Europe
with Rick Wright
No, there aren't any toucans in the Old World—no wild ones, at least. But over the centuries, the
natural historians of Europe have taken the ramphastids to heart as the ultimate emblems of the
exotic. Join Rick Wright for an amusing and richly illustrated tour through the earliest literature
of the toucans, aracaris, and other big-nosed birds of the American tropics.
After an academic career, Rick now leads Birds and Art tours for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours in Europe and the Americas. He also writes extensively about birds; among his recent publications are the second editions of his ABA Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey and his ABA Field Guide to Birds of Arizona. His Peterson Reference Guide to the Sparrows, published in 2019, is a standard work on the little brown birds of North America.