The North Shore Audubon Society will present *Parrot and Parakeet
Conservation: Adventures on New Zealand's South Island *via Zoom tonight
(February 28) at 7pm.
Zoom registration link: http://bit.ly/3lrHsvP
Parrots and parakeets once were very abundant on New Zealand’s islands, so
much so that one observer said that parrots were so numerous that they
could be shaken from a tree like apples. Following the colonization of New
Zealand by Polynesians, and then by Europeans, all bird species’ numbers
declined, including the curious and brightly-colored Psittacids: the
parrots and parakeets. In response to the wholesale decline of native bird
species, New Zealand has led the charge in conservation efforts aimed at
returning natural taonga (treasures) back to the land. Join Dr. Doug
Robinson to learn about the current efforts to return New Zealand’s parrots
and parakeets to their historic numbers as he speaks about his sabbatical
research on Yellow-crowned Parakeets and Kākāpō.
*Dr. Doug Robinson* is an evolutionary ecologist interested in the
environmental factors (physical and social) that contribute to bird
behavior. Dr. Robinson has been studying bird biology since 1994 and has
worked with grassland birds, seabirds, and conducted long-term behavioral
research on American Crows. As a Associate Professor of Biology at Mount
Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, he has had the opportunity to teach
courses in Ecology, Evolution, Animal Behavior, Comparative Anatomy and
Physiology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and a 3-week course in
Conservation of New Zealand plants and animals.
Jonathan Herman
Publicity volunteer, North Shore Audubon Society
PO Box 763, Port Washington, NY 11050
www.northshoreaudubon.org
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