Monthly Meeting and Lecture
January 2020 Monthly Meeting and Lecture Program: Shawnlei Breeding, Project Manager of Florida Audubon Eagle Watch
Date and Time
Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 7pm (doors open 6:30pm)
Location
Origin Church, 6073 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Program & Speaker
Please join us for our first member lecture program of the new year when Florida Audubon Eagle Watch Project Manager Shawnlei Breeding will be the featured speaker.
Shawnlei Breeding spent many years as an administrator before pursuing her dream of working with animals. She came to Audubon from Disney’s Animal Kingdom where she was a Bird Keeper at their Avian Research Center. She has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma and a M.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Central Florida. Her background has led to multiple experiences and expertise including organizing wintering shorebird surveys, mapping sea turtle nest data and maintaining strategic partnerships with local, regional and national organizations to leverage conservation effectiveness.
The EagleWatch program provides valuable information on nesting activity and the current trends of eagle populations in Florida. For 26 years, dedicated volunteers have monitored Bald eagle nests around the state as part of Audubon Florida’s community science EagleWatch program. Watch volunteers monitor almost half of the 43 active, documented nests in Palm Beach County and play an important role in reporting new nests, documenting nest status and protecting nests from disturbances with the potential to cause nest failure.
Come learn more about the program and how the data collected is helping Florida’s population of Bald eagles.
More Meeting Information
Meeting and program is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments, at Origin Church, 6073 Summit Blvd in West Palm Beach. We look forward to seeing you there!
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