Bird Behavior in Our Gardens and the Power of Citizen Science; taught by Jean Deo

When:
Thursday, Aug 10, 2017 6:00p -
8:30p

Where:
Grow Native Massachusetts at the UMass Waltham Field Station
240 Beaver St
Waltham, MA 02452

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Admission:
$28/ 38

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences

Event website:
http://grownativemass.org/programs/workshops

Presented by Grow Native Massachusetts.


Did you know that the brilliant red color of a Northern Cardinal comes from the fruits that the cardinal eats? Birds depend heavily on native plants for food, shelter, and even the color of their feathers. Avian populations are greatly impacted by changes in local plant communities, and because of this response, scientists use birds as an important indicator of biodiversity and habitat quality. When creating native plant gardens, we not only promote bird diversity, but we have a unique opportunity to make important contributions to conservation science by observing the birds in our local landscape. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of bird identification, explore habits of avian behavior, and then teach you how to collect and submit data to national citizen science databases. After time in the classroom, we will head outside to our Demonstration Garden to kick off our own Grow Native citizen science project. We will observe the birds present in the garden, and then practice uploading this data set into an online database. This will be the first of monthly bird-monitoring sessions led by our volunteers to document changes to biodiversity at our Garden over many years.


Jean Deo is an experienced ornithologist and field biologist who has worked on a variety of research projects from birds to bats to bacteria. She received her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University, where she studied the distribution of nesting songbirds in forests.


This workshop includes both classroom and field components. Look at our website for more details, including registration information.

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