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Environmental historian and author Daniel Lewis will deliver a free illustrated lecture based on his book Belonging on an Island - Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai’i on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:00 pm in Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. A native of Hawai’i, Lewis will talk about extinct and endangered birds of Hawai’i, evolution, survival, conservationists and the concept of belonging. Birds discussed will include the Stumbling Moa-Nalo, the Palila, and the Japanese White-eye. He’ll also speak briefly about the birds highlighted in his most recent book, Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future. This event is presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society.
Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanic Gardens and a writer and college professor. He writes about the biological sciences and their intersections with extinction, policy, culture, history, politics, law and literature.