John Neville, BC ornithologist well-known for his recordings of bird songs, and past-president of BC Nature will give an illustrated talk at CVN’s next lecture:
Avian Carpenters : Canada’s Woodpeckers.
John Neville
John Neville is well known for his CD recordings of bird songs. Serious field recording of birds began in 1993 after studying with the MacAuley Library of Natural Sounds, Cornell University. As Neville Recording, John has produced seventeen regional sound guides to bird identification and an e-book titled “Travelling the Dempster”. He just released the 4 CD set “Bird Songs of Canada , Chants D’Oiseax du Canada”.
He regularly presents at birding festivals such as the Brant Festival, Wings over the Rockies and the Meadowlark Festival. He has published articles in Birds and Blooms and journals for the Ontario Nature (Seasons), Nature Saskatchewan, BC Field Ornithologists (BC Birds), Wildlife Sound Recording Society (Wildlife Sound), and BC Nature of which he is the Past President. He is the current recipient of the BC Nature Elton Anderson Award for outstanding achievement in public conservation.
Hairy Woodpecker
You can listen to interviews with John and sample his recordings and purchase CD’s and downloads on his web site www.nevillerecording.com. Recently John’s nature recordings have been used by the Canadian Wildlife Service for Training DVD, CBC Television , The Nature of Things and Parks Canada Interpretive Programs. His work is now being exhibited in the new Robert Bateman Center in Victoria. John records in the wild with great sensitivity and field craft awareness. His major aim is that the production of his art of nature recording will make people more aware of the feathered creatures and their need for a protected habitat.
This presentation, Avian Carpenters: Canada’s Woodpeckers will take place at the Florence Filberg Seniors Centre at 7pm (sharp) Sunday March 15 2015.
