February 23rd Meeting w/Speaker Marianne Korosy
Kathleen Carr
Event Title: Forests, Beaches, Marshes, and Scrublands
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Social at 7:00 pm - Program at 7:30 pm
Florida has 100 designated Important Bird Areas (IBAs) that encompass
a range of natural habitats including forests, grasslands and shrub
lands, coastal beaches and tidal marshes, and migratory stopover
habitats. Tour some of Florida's special IBAs and find out where the
birds can lead us in citizen science, conservation, and outreach.
Marianne Korosy is Audubon of Florida's Important Bird Area
coordinator. Her work for the past two years has focused on building
chapter-based coastal bird steward programs in southwest Florida.
Marianne leads a volunteer bird banding project involving Clearwater
and St. Pete Audubon chapters at rooftop Least Tern colonies in
Pinellas County and also conducts a volunteer-based winter sparrow
banding project at Weekiwachee Preserve in Hernando County. Marianne
has a Masters degree in geology from FSU and is a PhD candidate in
conservation biology at the University of Central Florida.