Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and Pantanal

…Pet Peeving Our Way Through Paradise

Join the Lane County Audubon Society (LCAS) on Tuesday, October 22, for a program by two of our favorite story tellers and photographers: Ram Papish and Roy Lowe. They will take us along on their recent adventures in Brazil. Participants will have the opportunity to get to know individual wild jaguars in the Pantanal, our world’s largest tropical wetland. And to enjoy visiting southeast Brazil and the world’s greatest bird feeding station in the Mata Atlantica, a unique and endangered ecosystem of great biological diversity.

Ram Papish worked for more than 20 field seasons as a wildlife biologist studying birds and other wildlife, primarily in Alaska. As a writer and artist, he has authored and illustrated two children’s books: The Little Fox and The Little Seal, published by University of Alaska Press. His illustrations appear in many other books and publications, including the History of Oregon Ornithology; As the Condor Soars: Conserving Oregon’s Birds; Handbook of Oregon Birds; Northwest Birds in Winter, Oregon Birds; and Seabirds of Alaska. He regularly presents on science and nature topics at bird festivals, local bird clubs and in public schools. In his presentations, he combines his backgrounds in art, science, and public speaking to engage and educate on environmental topics. As this will be his sixth program for us, Ram is well known to our local Audubon members. He lives with his wife, Dawn, in Toledo, Oregon.

Roy Lowe is an avid photographer and birder who resides in Waldport, Oregon. Employed with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 37 years, he retired in 2015.

You can see and hear their presentation at the Campbell Center (155 High Street) at 7:00 pm on October 22, Tuesday. Doors open for social time at 6:30. This program will also be recorded and available via Zoom for members who cannot attend the meeting in person. The Zoom link will be available here a week before the event.