Boulder Co. Audubon Program Unless otherwise noted, these events are held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. (off 55th St. between Arapahoe and Baseline) and begin at 7:15 PM.
February 28: Arvind Panjabi, RMBO, "Birds of Two Worlds: The Mexico-Colorado Connection" Twenty-nine of 34 grassland-dependent species that breed in the western Great Plains overwinter in the limited grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert. This globally important region, two-thirds of which lies in Mexico, is less than 15% grassland, and only a fraction of that is suitable for most grassland specialists. Many Chihuahuan Desert grasslands have been radically altered through grazing and cropland agriculture. Since 2005, more than 150,000 acres of desert grassland were converted to irrigated agriculture in central Chihuahua alone, much of it illegally. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory is cooperating with Mexican and U.S. NGOs, universities, government agencies, and joint ventures to develop and implement plans for protecting these beleaguered grasslands and their unique community of birds. Their actions offer hope for conserving this critical habitat while also increasing sustainability of farming and other economic activities. Arvind Panjabi is the International Program Director for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. His research focuses on distribution and conservation of breeding and migratory birds throughout the Rocky Mountain West and Northern Mexico. --Scott Scott E. Severs Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
