In the Eye of a Fly — with Bekka Brodie

ODNR building 360 East State Street, Athens, OH, United States

Join the Athens Area Birders for this month's 'Birder's Tuesday'. Dr Brodie talks about what’s behind the large, specialized eyes of flies, and how these insects use them to communicate, find mates, and food. 6:30 pm – Light refreshments 7:00 pm – Presentation

Free

Birds of Hawaii

Grover Center W113 53 Richland Avenue, Athens, OH, United States

Ryan Wagner of the Ohio University Wildlife Club reports on the native avifauna of the Big Island of Hawaii that features the unique honeycreepers found nowhere else in the world. He will discuss the natural history of the island and threats to its biodiversity.

Free

Great Backyard Bird Count morning walk

Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United States

Join the 22nd annual Great Backyard Bird Count on a morning walk on the Dairy Barn Ora Anderson Trail! Help locate wintering birds and contribute to a worldwide snapshot of bird distribution and abundance. Athens Area Birder Stefan Gleissberg will help identify the feathered creatures and submit our collective bird list to birdcount.org. Open to beginner birders. Meet at... Read More

Nightfall at The Ridges

Radar Hill Trail 39.314374, -82.120776, Athens, OH, United States

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: Parking lot below the Compost Facility, to the right off Dairy Lane/Blackburn Road, Athens, OH We will walk up towards Radar Hill (20 min) and quietly await the American Woodcock males to start their “peent” calls and aerial displays after sunset. Rain will cancel, but mist or light drizzle won’t. Guide: Stefan Gleissberg

Conservation and Compliance: Illegal Logging in one of Europe’s Biodiversity Hotspots — with Meghan Little

ODNR building 360 East State Street, Athens, OH, United States

National parks and other forms of protected areas have become the main mechanism worldwide for biodiversity and forest conservation. A closer look at these areas often reveals challenges with illegal hunting and logging, undercutting conservation efforts. Meg researches Kosovo’s newest national park, ‘Bjeshkët e Nemuna’, examining why illegal logging continues despite environmental regulations, and what... Read More

AAB Birder’s Tuesday on Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation– with Aimee Delach

ODNR building 360 East State Street, Athens, OH, United States

"Climate change poses profound challenges to human and natural communities that are already seriously threatened by habitat loss, overexploitation of resources and pollution. This talk will describe some of the myriad ways that climate change affects wildlife and habitat – from severe weather and extreme drought, to sea ice loss, sea level rise, changes to habitat and food web, and... Read More

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Our forest in transition: Over 200 years of change since Rufus Putnam’s survey

ODNR building 360 East State Street, Athens, OH, United States

When public lands were surveyed in the U.S., “witness trees” were often recorded to facilitate the relocation of property boundaries; these witness trees provide a record of forest conditions in Appalachian Ohio c.1800. Comparison with present-day forests reveals a dramatic decline in oaks and a notable increase in red maple. Furthermore, fine-scale topographic patterns observed... Read More

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Paola Muñoz: Conservation in Costa Rica

ODNR building 360 East State Street, Athens, OH, United States


Paola will present on deforestation and forest fragmentation in Costa Rica, and how conservation efforts such as creating protected areas, biological corridors, and buffer zones, as well as governmental programs to conserve forest carbon stocks (REDD+) and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have reversed the trend and increased Costa Rica’s forest cover dramatically. Pao Muñoz... Read More