Boone Electric Cooperative, Amp Room

7 PM

Contact: buckinghame@missouri.edu

The Wood Thrush is an iconic bird of eastern forests and a priority for conservation in 25 U.S. states and holds threatened status in Canada. Improving our understanding of the species’ full life cycle ecology, including migration patterns between their breeding and nonbreeding ranges, is essential in order to better understand the species’ conservation needs and actions. Join Sarah to learn about an international group of over 60 bird-conservation partners undertaking a hemispheric research and conservation project across the Wood Thrush breeding and nonbreeding ranges from Canada through Costa Rica. This Motus project is the largest to date across a migratory songbird’s annul range to better understand migratory connections, routes, timing, and survival to inform conservation.

Sarah Kendrick is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Biologist and Midwest Motus Coordinator based in Columbia, MO.