Home Sweet Habitat: Testing Adaptive Habitat Selection in Breeding Swainson’s Hawks
Join us Thursday, April 16, at 7:00 p.m. for a presentation by Elizabeth Meisman entitled “Home Sweet Habitat: Testing Adaptive Habitat Selection in Breeding Swainson’s Hawks and Fostering Community-based Raptor Research.” This month’s fascinating lecture will include information about the longest-running raptor projects in North America, the Butte Valley Swainson’s Hawk project. Meisman will share insights gained from her graduate research and the ecology of these remarkable birds. Additionally, she’ll discuss how community members can get involved in monitoring local raptors while contributing to meaningful, community-based research. Meisman is a wildlife biologist working across California on a variety of ecology, conservation, and long-term monitoring projects. She is currently an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in Dr. Matt Johnson’s Habitat Ecology Lab at Cal Poly Humboldt. Her master’s research aims to investigate habitat selection of Swainson’s Hawks breeding in the Butte Valley, testing the adaptive habitat selection hypothesis using the project’s long-term monitoring dataset. Programs are held on the third Thursday of the month, September through May, at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road, Arcata. Drinks and goodies are served at 7:00 p.m., the program begins at 7:30. You can also find it on Zoom—go to rras.org for the link.
DATES/TIMES
- Thursday : 7-9 p.m.
WHERE
PRICE
- Free
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