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Migratory Shore Bird Project: Connecting Communities of the Americas through Research for Conservation
Thursday, January 9, 2025 7:00 - 9:00 PM Speaker: Matthew Reiter - Point Blue Conservation Science Register HERE for this Speaker Series Topic: Shorebirds are some of the most migratory species on the planet. However, their populations in the Western Hemisphere have been declining over the past 40 years. To better understand what is driving changes in shorebird populations and to turn data into knowledge and then conservation action, in 2011 Point Blue and partners launched a coordinated research, monitoring and conservation network for shorebirds in the Pacific Americas Flyway. The Migratory Shorebird Project is now a network of over 50 partners in 13 countries from Canada to Chile working together to study shorebirds and shorebird habitats and to implement conservation actions at scales that are relevant for these long-distance travelers. Speaker Bio: As a Research Director and quantitative ecologist with Point Blue Conservation Science, Dr. Matt Reiter’s work focuses on the ecology and conservation of migratory waterbirds and their wetland habitats in order to understand the impacts of threats such as habitat loss and climate change across broad migratory landscapes. Matt received an M.S. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Minnesota and has been at Point Blue since 2009. Next Speaker: Thursday, February 13, 2025 Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide Speaker: Jeff Miller
Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide
Thursday, February 13, 2025 Speaker: Jeff Miller More information will be shared soon!
Pileated Woodpeckers – By Sylvia Hunt
Speaker Series Archived Recordings
2024
November – “Christmas Bird Count 2024” – by Josiah Clark
October – “Raptor Quest: Chasing America’s Raptors” – by Scott Harris
September – “Vagrancy in Birds” – by Daniel Edelstein
August – “Vaux’s Swifts Counting Training” – by Michael Helm
June – “Marin’s Declining Shorebirds” – by Nils Warnock
May – “Ethical Wildlife Photography” – by Sarah Killingsworth
April – “Monarch Butterfly” – by Mia Monroe and Ole Schell
March – “Re-discovering and Conserving the Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon, A Critically Endangered Species” – by Jordan Boersma, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
February – “Western Snowy Plovers” – by Matt Lau – National Park Service
January – “Northern Spotted Owls” – by Taylor Ellis
2023
November – “My Favorite Birds of the Sierra Nevada Mountains” – by Rich Cimino
October – “Unique and Rare Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa” – by John Sterling
September – “The Marvelous Hummingbird – From Sea to Summit” – by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
June – “Tour of Marin Audubon Tidelands” – by Jude Stalker
May – “The Importance to Islands and Avian Evolution” – by Bob Lewis
April – “California Condor – Forever Free” – by Kurt Leuschner
March – “Bay Area Mountain Lions” – by Winston Vickers
2022
December – “Domestic Cat Management in Marin County” – by Grant Sizemore
November – “Anacapa Island Seabird Restoration” – by Annie Little
October – “Hummingbirds of California and Beyond” – by Bob Lewis
September – “Beauty and the Beast – California Wildflowers and Climate Change” – by Rob Badger and Peter H. Raven
June – “Conservation of the Tri-colored Blackbird and its Habitat in the Sierra Foothills and Central Valley” – by Daniel Airola
May – “Northern Spotted Owl Monitoring in Marin County” – by Renee Cormier
April – “Hansen’s Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevadas” – by Keith Hansen
March – “Turkey Vultures, California Condors and the Migration of Raptors Across the Desert” – by Kurt Leuschner
February – Minnesota’s Sax-Zim Bog & the “Invasion of the Vole Snatchers” – by Sparky Stensass
January – “Birding in New Mexico” – by Rich Cimino
2021
December – “Monarchs in Marin. How Much Trouble Are They In?” – by Mia Monroe and Ed Nute
November – “Birding Adventures in Morocco” – by Stirling Bird Tours
October – Amigos Alados “Feathered Friends” – by Alison Quoyeser
September – Birds and Mammals of Tanzania – by Wendy Dreskin
June – For the Love of Hummingbirds – by John Shewey
May – A Worldwide Collaboration to Track Bird Migration – by Amie MacDonald
April – Discovering Wood Warblers in Marin County – by Daniel Edelstein M.S.
March – Birding by Kayak on the Russian River – by Theresa & Miles Tuffli
February – Marin’s Booming Bird Population – by Roger D Harris
January – Change in Bird Status in the Central Valley – by John Sterling
2020
December – When Waterbirds are in Crisis – by JD Bergerson
November – Habitat Potential – by M.T. Clark
October – Birds of the Sierra – by Bob Lewis
September – Natural History of the Gulf of the Farallon Marine Sanctuary – by David Wimpfheimer
June – Habitat Potential – by Josiah Clark