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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

SPEAKER’S REPORT: Dr. Henrik Ferreira

Dr. Ferreira’s presentation could well be named ‘Birds from Around the World’ as his 341(!) seven second each photos of birdlife began in Brazil and finished in Australia. Each segment was punctuated with stories of inter-esting and humorous situations he found himself in during his bird photography trips. As well as birds many other animals, insects and flora were incorporated into his address including jaguar, caiman, snake, deer, water buffalo, capybara, river otter, fox, giant snails, bees, lizards, fish (piranha!) and frogs.
His Brazilian trip in 2013 encompassed three distinct regions: The Pantanal, a huge tropical flood plain and wetland in the western state of Mato Grosso; the Ubatuba, a coastal forested area on the Atlantic north of Sao Paulo; and the Itatiaia National Park, in south-eastern Brazil’s Mantiqueira Mountains. The following are just some of the bird types that were shown: guan, trogan, ant shrike, woodpecker, toucan, heron, ibis, humming-birds, tanager, eagle, and finch. Some of his photos have been prize-winning, capturing birds in typical, or odd and funny poses, in flight, in pairs, and in flocks.
The countries Dr. Ferreira covered next were Hawaii, England, New Zealand, and South Africa, finishing in local and far western and northern regions of Queensland. In each, he showed us birds that were the most uni-que or beautiful of that country.
This was an impressive, breathtaking at times, whirlwind presentation backed up by digital photo books of each of his trips for us to browse through afterward. This was roughly only 20% of his total collection, so I’m sure we can look forward to inviting him back to show us more in the future. 

(Report by Lauren Marlatt)

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