What: Talk - Migratory Birds: Why Panama Matters to Vermont


When: Thursday, May 24, 7pm-8:30pm


Location: VINS Nature Center, Quechee, VT

Details:  Free - a $10 donation suggested (donations will be shared by VINS
and  Conservación Panamá Inc.), Light refreshments will be provided


Description:

In honor of the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the most
powerful and important bird-protection law ever passed, 2018 is being
celebrated world-wide as the “Year of the Bird”.  This month, attention
will be focused on International Migratory Bird Day which is observed each
year in May.  To celebrate, VINS invites you to join us for an evening talk
dedicated to some of the Upper Valley’s most colorful and well-traveled
residents.


Migratory birds such as the warblers, flycatchers, and even raptors are
some of the most enjoyable and anticipated birds to watch during the spring
and summer here in Vermont.  These migrants spend, in fact, most of their
lives not with us in Vermont but in the new world tropics ("Neo-tropics")
including Mexico, Central and South America.


In the rapidly developing economies of South and Central America, the fate
of the land and wildlife, including many of the birds we know and love here
in Vermont, hangs in the balance.  Fortunately, there are those taking
action to study and conserve these critical habitats.


Ezeikel Jakub, Director of Ornithology at Conservación Panamá Inc., will
share his organizations’ grassroots research and conservation efforts and
will take us on a tour of this tropical paradise in danger through
photographs, sounds, and videos. Conservación Panamá Inc. is a Greenfield
(MA) registered 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to conservation
research in Panama.


For more info contact Sarah Strew:

www.vinsweb.org

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(802) 359-5000 x245



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Sarah Strew, M.S. - Environmental Education

Lead, Nature Camp and Adult Programs

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Vermont Institute of Natural Science

149 Natures Way

PO Box 1281

Quechee,VT 05059

Main: 802.359.5000

Fax: 802.359.5001

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