Birds, climate change topic of meeting
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POLSON — “Birds, Climate Change, and Us” by Amy Cilimburg will be Mission Mountain Audubon’s program on Thursday, 9 October at 7 p.m. in the Polson Library Meeting Room. Everyone is welcome.
Perhaps you have already heard about the “Audubon Report” on birds imperiled by climate change. The results from that study, released in early September, are alarming – 314 North American bird species on the brink. What are the implications for Montana birds and what can we in Montana do about it? How can citizen scientists help, and how can we use “climate-smart conservation” in the Mission Valley as part of the solution?
Join Montana Audubon’s Amy Cilimburg for a slide show presentation that highlights not just answers to these questions, but also a deeper look into the Audubon report, the largest and most comprehensive examination of birds and climate change ever undertaken in North America. Over the past seven years, Audubon’s team has analyzed more than 30 years of bird observations from the North American Breeding Bird Survey, Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, and data from leading climatologists in the US and Canada. This assessment gives us an unprecedented ability to project where birds are most likely — and unlikely — to survive in the future. We’ll look at the future of swans, curlews, hummingbirds, and more. And we’ll circle around to the status of climate change solutions. Much can be done locally for bird conservation with our own voices— to create a better future for all.
Amy Cilimburg is a wildlife biologist and the director of bird conservation and climate policy for Montana Audubon.
