“Following the Phalaropes” Audubon season opener
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Farrand Hall SB Museum of Natural History
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Date & Time
Wed, Sep 27 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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2559 Puesta del Sol
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Farrand Hall SB Museum of Natural History
The Audubon program season begins Wednesday, September 27 with “Following the Phalaropes: A Journey along the Migration route of a Shorebird. Free to the public, the talk starts at 7:30 p.m. in Farrand Hall, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. It will be presented by Nora Livingston, lead naturalist and field seminar presenter at Mono Lake.
The Wilson’s Phalarope is a tiny shorebird that travels more than 5,000 miles each year between breeding grounds in North America and wintering grounds in South America. They depend on saline lakes along the way because the simple but productive ecosystems provide fuel for their epic journeys.
Ms. Livingston will talk about the natural history of the Wilson’s Phalarope and her journey following them from from Mono Lake, a major phalarope migration staging area, to Laguna Mar Chiquita in Argentina, where some 60% of the Wilson Phalarope population winters.
The Santa Barbara Audubon Society presents monthly programs open to the public the fourth Wednesday of the month. For more information go to: https://santabarbaraaudubon.org/programs/.