This year, GBBO’s Susan Merideth and Elisabeth Ammon promoted
bird conservation in at Reno’s Earth Day celebration in Idlewild Park. We were
invited to the conservation zone organized by The Nature Conservancy and NV Energy, and we
showed some of the fun bird monitoring and research techniques we use on a
regular basis. Many people saw for the first time a mistnet, a radio-tracking
setup, a call-playback setup and banding gear. About 15,000 people attended and
many stopped by to talk birds with us and check out our map of Nevada Bird
Count coverage. Only very few asked how much for “our jewelry”, referring to
the strings of bird bands we had on display. We were humbled and excited by how
many folks really care about birds and bird conservation around the state. Here are some pictures of the event and of
our informational card.
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