Event: Saturday Banquet Keynote Speaker – Ted Floyd
Wings and Wildlife Festival of Southern Nevada
March 11-15, 2010
Laughlin, Nevada
Saturday Keynote Speaker: Ted Floyd
Ted Floyd is the Editor of Birding magazine, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association (ABA). Ted is an Instructor with the ABA’s Institute for Field Ornithology, and he is a frequent speaker at bird festivals and other birding events. He is a widely published author, with nearly 150 articles on birds and other topics in natural history. Ted is also the senior author of the Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (2007), the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2008), and a recently released beginner’s guide called Let’s Go Birding! (2009). A former resident of Nevada, Ted currently lives in Colorado with his wife Kei, daughter Hannah, and son Andrew.
Ted has broad interests in birding and ornithology, especially as they relate to conservation and management. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Colorado Field Ornithologists, and he recently served two terms on the Board of Directors for Western Field Ornithologists.
In recent years, Ted participated in the creation of Bird Conservation Plans for Partners in Flight and in the production of Eco-Regional Plans for The Nature Conservancy. He is currently involved in efforts to describe the nocturnal flight calls of migrating birds in western North America. In all his work, Ted is interested in promoting partnerships that depend on the active contributions of amateur field ornithologists.
Book Signing: Friday, March 12th, 5:00-6:00 pm
Banquet Keynote Speaker: Saturday, March 13th
