KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Redbud Audubon Society will welcome speaker Floyd E. Hayes, Ph.D. who will be presenting his program “Adventures Along the Amazon on Thursday, Oct. 20.

Refreshments will be offered at 7 p.m. and the program at 7:15 p.m. in the Glebe Social Hall, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 4085 Main St., Kelseyville.

Hayes’ presentation will include short videos of plants and animals, landscapes and people, from four trips with students from Pacific Union College to Amazonian Brazil during each spring break from 2013 to 2016.

During each trip, Hayes is accompanied by four to five students who take courses from him in tropical biology.

Each day they search for plants and animals to learn as much as possible about the creatures of the Amazon.

The group also is part of a larger group of students participating in a mission trip in which they help build health care facilities and provide water filters for rural communities.

Hayes is a zoologist specializing in the ecology, behavior and biogeography of birds, and has studied other organisms including anemones, crustaceans, sea urchins, frogs, turtles, snakes and bats.

Since 2003 Dr. Hayes has worked as a professor of biology at Pacific Union College.

He has published the results of field research in 14 countries in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and was the editor in chief of Journal of Caribbean Ornithology from 2005 to 2013.

In his spare time he enjoys birding, rock climbing, mountaineering, snorkeling, scuba diving, and documenting his adventures with photos and videos.