March 14, 2022 — Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds returns on Thursday, March 24, with a presentation on one of the more amazing bird success stories of the 21st century — the transformation of the world’s largest garbage dump into a grassland oasis teeming with Sedge Wrens, Grasshopper Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, and Eastern Meadowlarks.
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From garbage dump to grassland bird oasis: Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds with Shannon Curley and Jose Ramirez-Garofalo, March 24.
Monday, March 14th, 2022Feb. 10, 12:30 p.m.: “High Tide for Salt Marsh Birds” on Zoom
Friday, February 4th, 2022February 4, 2022 — For the next Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds, we drill down from big-picture climate change issues to one habitat and four birds in Connecticut that are being affected by climate change today. Sam Apgar, a Ph.D., candidate at UConn, is the presenter and her talk is called “High Tide for Salt Marsh Birds.” Scroll to the bottom for a short video preview of Sam’s presentation.
Brooke Bateman, Ph.D.: “Birds Are Telling Us It’s Time to Act on Climate Change”
Thursday, January 13th, 2022January 13, 2022 — This might be the most important presentation you see all year: Dr. Brooke Bateman, lead climate scientist for the National Audubon Society, will explain how Connecticut can protect bird habitat while also making huge strides toward its climate change goals. Dr. Bateman’s presentation — “Birds Are Telling Us It’s Time to Act on Climate Change” — will expand upon her article in the recent Connecticut State of the Birds Report, “Three Million Birds Are Gone. How Do We Bring Them Back?”
