Hi all,
With apologies for yet another post from me today, I just wanted to take a moment to invite you to our next lecture in the Birds on Tap! series at Rising Tide Brewing (103 Fox Street) in Portland. Featuring speakers in the field of ornithology and conservation, we hold the event at one our best local breweries, allowing patrons to sample beers while learning about some of the most dynamic bird research in the region. In addition, Rising Tide generously supports the research by donating $1 from ever beer sold during the event to further the work of the featured speaker.
Please join us on Tuesday, September 22nd from 5-7pm as we welcome Dr. Brian Olsen from the University of Maine at Orono for his talk "Using birds to predict the future of tidal marshes." Tidal marshes blur the transition between land and ocean across great swaths of the Atlantic seaboard of North America. These estuarine systems act as the nurseries for our fisheries and provide protection from storm surges for our towns and cities. As an ecosystem with a mix of terrestrial and aquatic characteristics, however, they are also inhabited by species with unique adaptations for survival. Sea-level rise is already challenging these adaptations, and the outcome for these species, the ecosystem as a whole, and the services they supply our society remains unclear. This presentation discusses the state of tidal marsh bird populations in Maine and the Northeast US, with an eye toward what that can tell us about how our marshes are weathering the rising waters.
For more information about the event, see:
There is no cost, and there is no pre-registration. And for folks who attended May's program, rest assured that we will have more chairs and a microphone this time!
Hope to see you there (and I promise Dunlin subspecies will not be discussed in the lecture),
Derek and Jeannette
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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-6000
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