*Finding the World’s Rarest Bird,* *Our Latest 'Coal Mine Canary’* *Thursday, April 25 @ 7:30 pm* *Presented by Nick Minor, University of Minnesota*
The Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of the hardest-to-find birds in the world. So when a small team finally discovered a lone female last December, a flurry of media coverage spread the news around the world. Can this skulking, nondescript bird—whose population size may be just one individual—serve as the poster child that Brazil’s Atlantic Forest so desperately needs? This is the story of finding the Stresemann’s Bristlefront, presented by Nick Minor, an early career biologist and science writer. A Chicago area native, he’s currently wrapping up a B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. As part of his passion for science stories, he co-edits the "News & Notes" column in Birding Magazine, is a regular contributing writer to the National Audubon Society, and does a variety of science communication and multimedia storytelling work. *When: *Please join us from 7:00-7:30 pm to socialize over cookies. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. *Where:* Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington. Enter through the staff door in the middle of the building. From Hwy 494 exit on 34 th Ave, go south to American Blvd; turn left on American and go 3 blocks. Visitor Center will be on your right. *All MRVAC meetings are free and open to the public.* Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
