Last CFO Speaker Series of the Season - Birds in the Digital Age: Harnessing Innovation for Conservation (Thurs., 3/26)

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Colorado Field Ornithologists is hosting Dr. Rob Blenk, assistant professor of wetland and waterfowl ecology at Cal Poly in Humboldt, Calif., for a free, live-only webinar. His topic is "Birds in the Digital Age: Harnessing Innovation for Conservation."

In this presentation, Rob will discuss the ways technology is opening promising new avenues for the study and conservation of birds in North America and beyond

The webinar airs live on Thursday, March 26, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m MDT.

Rob’s global fieldwork includes studying pelagic seabird nesting in New Zealand and banding puffins in the United Kingdom.

His current work involves developing new techniques and technologies to refine and improve monitoring of waterfowl populations, such as using drones to survey for breeding harlequin ducks and using genetic markers to connect wintering brant to their regions of natal origin.

Register here: https://cobirds.org/speaker-series/