Lecture begins at 7pm
Questions and Networking hosted by Friends of the Pine Bush Community 8pm-8:30pm

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Inland pine barrens are a rare yet important habitat for shrubland birds in the Northeast. The Albany Pine Bush Preserve protects the fragments of an inland pine barrens that remain following decades of loss, fragmentation, and degradation of the ecosystem due to human development, species invasions, and fire suppression. Since the preserve was created in 1988, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission has been actively working to increase the size of the preserve and restore pine barrens through mechanical, chemical, and fire management. To understand the effects of our efforts on birds, we have been monitoring bird response to management at both the community and species level. At the community level, we are examining changes in the distribution and abundance of bird species using point counts and we are assessing trends in survival and productivity through banding using protocols from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program. At the species level, we are examining demography and territory fidelity of Prairie Warblers and habitat use of Eastern Whip-poor-wills and Eastern Towhee. Steve will provide a synopsis of the individual studies, but the overall result is that our management is having a positive effect on the shrubland bird community and is contributing to the regional conservation of this group of birds.

Steve Campbell is the Conservation Biologist with the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission and is an adjunct professor at University at Albany. His research interests include conservation biology, wildlife ecology, and population ecology.

Suitable for tweens, teens and adults.

This lecture is being offered in a hybrid format.

IN PERSON: If you would like to attend in person, please reserve your tickets below.

VIRTUAL: If you would like to watch it online, please click here to get a link.