Join us for HMANA's January Lunch & Learn on Wednesday Jan 24 at 12pm when we welcome back raptor expert, Bill Clark to speak about Vultures! This is a virtual event on Zoom. Open and free to all but registration is required. The Turkey Vulture is a New World Vulture that occurs widely in the […]
Wednesday, February 21, 12pm ET For our February Lunch & Learn series, we will be hearing from Audubon's Senior Coordinator of Avian Biology, Chad Witko. Chad will present on Audubon's Migratory Bird Initiative and Bird Migration Explorer. The mission of the Migratory Bird Initiative is to secure the future of migratory birds in the Western […]
Wednesday March 27, 2024 at 12pm ET For our March Lunch & Learn series, we are excited to welcome Boise State University graduate student, Nora Honkomp to talk about her research focused on raptor migration timing and climate change. To assess and predict the effects of shifts in raptor migration timing because of climate change, […]
Join us for our April Lunch & Learn Virtual Presentation Series where we'll be welcoming Rob Domenech, executive director of Raptor View Research Institute, discussing Tracking Montana’s Osprey. This presentation will include a brief history of the Montana Osprey Project, when it started and why, blood heavy metals analysis (i.e., Mercury levels) in Osprey sampled […]
Join us for our May Lunch & Learn presentation. We'll be joined by Canadian ecologist, Elly Knight who will be shining a light on nighthawk conservation! The ground-nesting Common Nighthawk is one of North America's most widely distributed bird species and yet it remains one of the least understood, thanks in part to its nocturnal […]
The Red-tailed Hawk Project: developing a model for studies in raptor ecology and evolution Join us for our June presentation series as we welcome Cornell University PhD candidate, Bryce Robinson. In this presentation, Bryce will outline the work of the Red-tailed Hawk Project, including what we do and don't know about the species, the goals […]
For July, we welcome Will Weber, chair of HMANA's Climate Committee to speak about raptors and climate change. Are Raptors Facing a Climate Emergency? Surviving Rapid Changes Climate change presents raptors with direct and indirect challenges. We will look at the precedents for raptor survival during climate change on a geological time scale compared to […]
Join us for our August virtual Lunch & Learn series where we welcome Marion Clément to talk owls! Wednesday, August 21 2024 12pm ET A small owl with bright yellow eyes and long lashes, it’s no wonder the Northern Saw-whet Owl recently won Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s cutest owl award. Despite its undeniable charm, almost […]
HMANA is cosponsoring our September Lunch & Learn Series with the Harris Center for Conservation Education in NH to bring you a presentation by Diego Gallego García. Presentation description: When studying avian ecology, the first questions that come to our minds are: where does the bird breed? How much space does it need? Does it […]
Join us as for our October Lunch & Learn Series where we'll feature an enlightening discussion of migration for one of the lesser-known North American raptors across three countries - The Ferruginous Hawk! Jim Watson, Wildlife Research Scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, will present information from his long-term studies of adult […]
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