Ryan Carle, Science Manager and Shorebirds Program Director, Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, will join us for our October 14th Membership meeting. He will share his research about Wilson’s and Red-necked Phalaropes—species that rely on saline lakes, like Mono and Owens Lake in the eastern Sierras, as their most critical feeding stations on their epic migration to South America. Ryan has worked for 20 years on bird conservation and research of seabirds and shorebirds in California and Chile. He has partnered with researchers around the western hemisphere, but his favorite place to work is Mono Lake where he was born and raised. Ryan will describe recent efforts, both locally and throughout the western hemisphere to close the gaps in our understanding of phalarope ecology, conservation status, and conservation actions needed to ensure a future for the phalaropes that depends on the saline lakes. Ryan will Zoom to the church hall from his base in Seattle. For RROS members wishing to join his presentation at home, a link will be sent out after October 1.

Where: The Fellowship Room of the First United Methodist Church, 1551 Montgomery, Santa Rosa. The Fellowship Room is located at the west (left when facing the church) end of the church.