LANCASTER — From brilliantly colored tanagers to broad-billed toucans and elusive trogons, Colombia is home to an extraordinary variety of birds. Lancaster resident and photographer David Ammerman has spent years seeking them out, camera in hand, and he will share some of his favorite discoveries during a presentation at Thayer Memorial Library.
Ammerman will present “Tanagers, Toucans and Trogons: The Birds of Colombia” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, at the library, 717 Main St. The program will feature photographs taken during his travels through Colombia, offering an up-close look at the country’s colorful birdlife, including tanagers, toucans, trogons, hummingbirds and some of its rarer species.
Ammerman has spent more than a decade exploring forests in the United States and around the world in search of birds. His photography has become part of the birding community as well: More than 100 of his photographs have been used by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program to help train its Merlin bird-identification app…