BLACK BIRDERS WEEK: #LIFERMEMORIES IN AN URBAN PATCH Wednesday, June 2, 7-8pm Online Discussion with Georgia Silvera Seamans, PhD and Leo Douglas, PhD with The Feminist Bird Club and NYC Audubon
Join a virtual discussion of lifer moments and urban patch parks featuring Georgia Silvera Seamans and Leo Douglas, hosted by NYC Audubon Conservation Associate Aurora Crooks. All ages will be able to enjoy this birdy discussion. Registration required. Limited to 500. Free. Register here: https://nycaudubon.z2systems.com/np/clients/nycaudubon/eventRegistration.jsp?event=2440&; Georgia Silvera Seamans is an urban and community forester. She is the founder of Local Nature Lab and directs Washington Square Park Eco Projects. Georgia is one of the organizers of #BlackBotanistsWeek and co-developed the #NYCNatureForum. She is a researcher and writer with articles in *Urban Forestry & Urban Greening*, *Arboriculture & Urban Forestry*, *Popular Science*, and *Audubon*. Leo Douglas is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Liberal Studies. He received his PhD and a Masters in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology from Columbia University, New York City. He has also received an Advanced Environmental Policy Certificate from Columbia. Additionally, he holds a Masters in Zoology from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, where he studied the effects of forest degradation on endemic and Neotropical migratory birds. He is a past-president of BirdsCaribbean, the largest single international NGO focusing on the conservation of flora and fauna within the greater Caribbean region. He is a former board member of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB). He is a 2004 Fulbright OAS Scholar, a 2016 – Partners in Flight (PIF) Leadership Award recipient for Outstanding Contribution to Bird Conservation, a 2018 Musgrave Medal recipient – for Distinguished Eminence in the Field of Science on the island of Jamaica, and 2021 NYU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award recipient. Program description and registration link can also be found on the NYC Audubon homepage, www.nycaudubon.org. Kathryn Heintz Pronouns: she/her/hers Executive Director New York City Audubon 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1523 New York, NY 10010 646.434.0423 khei...@nycaudubon.org www.nycaudubon.org -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
