March 2012 Meeting

Tue, March 6, 2012, 7:00 pm
Blue Spruce County Park
Speaker: Jason Hill, Penn State University

Description

Jason Hill will present his findings concerning grassland birds at the Piney Tract in Clarion County at our February meeting. Many of you will remember the excellent program he presented to Todd in April 2010.

Originally from Marshalltown, Iowa, Jason earned his BS in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in 2001. He has completed many years of field research in California (Sea Otters), Costa Rica (House Wrens), New York (Barn Swallows), Florida (Red-cockaded Woodpeckers), Minnesota (American Woodcock), California (cavity-nesting birds), and Maui (Po'ouli capture team). He completed his M.S. in Ecology at University of Connecticut under Chris Elphick studying post-fledging ecology of saltmarsh sparrows. He is current finishing his PhD at Penn State in Ecology under Duane Diefenbach studying the population dynamics of grassland sparrows on reclaimed surface mines.