Rookery Bay Research Reserve to Host Breakfast with the Birds Lectures

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CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

CONTACT: Renee Wilson, 239-530-5958

Breakfast with the Birds Lecture Series Shines Spotlight on Avian Research and Stewardship

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The May lecture will focus on migration.

 

WHAT:   Breakfast with the Birds Lecture Series

WHEN:  May 15, June 19, July 17 and Aug. 14
               9 – 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center
               300 Tower Road
               Naples, FL 34113

How:   Preregister at http://rookerybay.org/calendar. Cost is $15 (Friends of Rookery
            Bay members enjoy 10 percent discount) and includes pastries, juice and
            coffee.

Learn all about birds during this popular summer lecture series hosted by Adam DiNuovo. Adam has been working with shorebirds and seabirds across the United States and beyond for more than 15 years. He is the Shorebird Stewardship Program Manager for Audubon Florida with his office at Rookery Bay Research Reserve.

The first lecture, on May 15, is titled "Connecting the Globe through Bird Migration." Additional lectures in the series include "The Amazing Lives of Beach Nesting Birds" (June 19), "The Unseen Army: How Volunteers and Citizen Scientists are Helping Save our Birds," (July 17), and "Back from the Brink: Using Social Attraction to Save Seabirds" (Aug. 14). Doors open at 9 a.m. and lectures begin at 9:30 followed by a question & answer session. Lecture attendees may enjoy admittance to the Environmental Learning Center for the day. 

For more information about the lecture series or to register, click here