Great Lakes Now hosted a multimedia celebration of bird conservation and spring migration across the Great Lakes region last week.
The virtual event showcased the short film “Birds of Paradise” from Points North and the Boardman Review, which follows a waterbird migration counter at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory near Paradise, Michigan. Then, Great Lakes Now host Anna Sysling moderated a panel discussion of avian researchers and regional experts about conservation efforts to protect a variety of bird species across the Great Lakes.
Featured guests included:
- Alli Smith, project coordinator with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology‘s Merlin Bird ID app
- Robyn Bailey, project leader for NestWatch at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Dan Wanschura, host and executive producer of Points North
- Lester Graham, host of The Environment Report at Michigan Public
- Kim Kaufman, director of Black Swamp Bird Observatory
- Ava Landgraf, conservation and research coordinator at the Detroit Bird Alliance
- Troy Peters, engagement director at Audubon Great Lakes
For more information on our upcoming virtual events, visit our Events page.
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Points North: Birds of Paradise
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