Free Workshop with Paul Collins

Co-hosted by the Solvang Library
Saturday, May 11, 10:30 a.m. to noon
Solvang Library
1745 Mission Drive, Solvang

Featured photo of Paul Collins by Bruce Reitherman

This casual workshop for all ages is your chance to get a close-up look at some of the skulls and skins from the world-class collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Naturalist Paul Collins will share some treasures from the museum and attempt to answer any and all questions about wildlife from our region. Drop by at any time during the 90-minute program, and if you have animal specimen that you would like help in identifying, this is your chance!

Paul Collins is the Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, where he has worked for the past 45 years. He is one of the nation’s leading experts on the animal life of the Channel Islands and has spent more than 40 years studying the island’s birds and other fauna through his work for the museum, National Park Service, Nature Conservancy, and other agencies involved with the biota of the Channel Islands. He is currently working with H. Lee Jones on a book about the birds of the California Channel Islands.