Brown Bag Webinar w/ Charles Clarkson, PhD

Birds have been evolving on our planet for roughly 1.6 million years. During this period, they have radiated into over 10,000 species and can be found in nearly every habitat that exists. Aside from bringing us great joy as they nest in our backyards, visit our feeders and fill wild spaces, birds provide countless ecosystem services. They pollinate our plants, control pest populations, remove decomposing organic material and spread seeds far and wide, thereby creating new habitats across the globe.

Charles Clarkson will tell us about the amazing things birds do, what we stand to lose in a warming world as many of our avian populations decline rapidly and how Audubon is working to reverse these declines.

Charles Clarkson, PhD, is the Director of Avian Research for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island where he is leading efforts to conserve bird populations across all properties Audubon manages. His work includes establishing a baseline dataset on bird abundance and distribution as well as targeted research on the impacts of pesticides to nesting and migrating birds.