February 2012 Meeting

Tue, February 7, 2012, 7:00 pm
Blue Spruce County Park
Speaker: Dr. Marja Bakermans

Description

Dr. Marja Bakermans will inform us about the plights of the Cerulean Warbler at this meeting. Dramatic population declines of Cerulean Warblers have not been totally understood as the demographic responses of this species to habitat alteration are almost completely unknown. As a result conservation efforts have been somewhat limited.

Dr. Bakermans' research on the Cerulean's wintering grounds examined the suitability of shade coffee plantations and the foraging and habitat use by wintering migrant birds, with emphasis on Cerulean Warblers. This portion of her study was conducted in three primary forest sites and three shade coffee plantations on the western slope of the Cordillera de Merida of the Andes Mountains.

Be sure to come to learn more about this beautiful threatened species.