Re: "Birds of Two Worlds..." I heard Arvind's presentation last year. It's excellent and is one that Colorado birders will enjoy, I believe. It addresses the plight of "our"declining grassland birds during the winter. Hope as many of you as possible can attend. See you at 7:00, so there is time to say hi before the 7:15 slide show and talk.
Joe Roller, Denver On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Scott E. Severs <scottesev...@gmail.com>wrote: > Boulder Co. Audubon Program > > Unless otherwise noted, these events are held at the Unitarian > Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. (off 55th St. > between Arapahoe and Baseline) and begin at 7:15 PM. > > February 28: Arvind Panjabi, RMBO, "Birds of Two Worlds: The > Mexico-Colorado Connection" > > Twenty-nine of 34 grassland-dependent species that breed in the > western Great Plains overwinter in the limited grasslands of the > Chihuahuan Desert. This globally important region, two-thirds of which > lies in Mexico, is less than 15% grassland, and only a fraction of > that is suitable for most grassland specialists. Many Chihuahuan > Desert grasslands have been radically altered through grazing and > cropland agriculture. Since 2005, more than 150,000 acres of desert > grassland were converted to irrigated agriculture in central Chihuahua > alone, much of it illegally. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory is > cooperating with Mexican and U.S. NGOs, universities, government > agencies, and joint ventures to develop and implement plans for > protecting these beleaguered grasslands and their unique community of > birds. Their actions offer hope for conserving this critical habitat > while also increasing sustainability of farming and other economic > activities. > > Arvind Panjabi is the International Program Director for Rocky > Mountain Bird Observatory. His research focuses on distribution and > conservation of breeding and migratory birds throughout the Rocky > Mountain West and Northern Mexico. > > > --Scott > > Scott E. Severs > Longmont, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
