Is There Life After Birding?
March 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
IS THERE LIFE AFTER BIRDING?
Volunteer Monitoring for Conservation at the Puget Sound Observatory
Saturday, March 15, 11:00 to 12:30 pm
Where: Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street, Blaine
Cost: Free, No registration required.
Puget Sound Bird Observatory is a non-profit organization of bird folks who perform monitoring as part of national programs. Donald Norman, state coordinator for the National Breeding Bird Survey will talk about PSBO volunteer programs such as the Secretive Waterbird Survey, the Puget Sound Seabird Survey, and the MAPS bird banding program which the PSBO provides training. Don will provide information on a new program monitoring Great Blue Herons right here in Whatcom County. He will present some of the goals of these projects and how you can get involved.
Donald has been a biologist for over 35 years. He received his MS at Western (Huxley College of the Env) where he studied environmental contaminants in herons. He has also worked as a bird bander for 30 years and is currently the state coordinator for the National Breeding Bird Survey. He also has a native plant nursery, Go Natives! Nursery, in Shoreline WA, where he focuses on native plants to improve the wildlife in your garden.