TONIGHT!! Costa Rica w/Dr. Christy Carello and Students

[Pam Piombino]

BOULDER COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY

PRESENTS 

MSU Professor, Dr. Christy Carello and Students

 

Monitoring Avian Habitat Use, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

 

                   Tuesday, April 25, 2015, Program 7:15 p.m.

     Unitarian-Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. Bldr

 

Costa Rica is the only country in Latin America that is adding forest, with a strong history of protecting natural resources for both its intrinsic value and because tourism is a large part of the economy.   Seven organizations in Costa Rica developed the Bellbird Biological Corridor in order to link the upper cloud forest to the coastal region through protection of existing habitat and reclamation agricultural land.  The group has traveled to the region to document the use of migratory and resident birds in reclaimed cattle pasture and coffee plantations.  There, they conducted point counts and mist-netting in these reclaimed areas as well as a reference forest.  They will present their study objectives and preliminary results. In addition, they will show many images of the fabulous species they encountered and discuss some of the challenges working in the neotropics.  

Dr. Carello will present this program with three of her biology students, Vinson Turco, Stacy Fuller and Kevin Dykstra.

Christy Carello, Ph.D.

Dr. Carello earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz and her Masters and Ph.D. at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently a professor in the Department of Biology at the Metropolitan State University of Denver where she teaches courses in General Biology, Conservation Biology, Ecology and Ornithology. She serves on the Colorado Field Ornithologist Board of Directors.

This program is free and open to the public.