I hope that Prof. Staicer’s presentation is widely viewed – and assimilated
MCFC poster for Prof Staicer’s presentation
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There is a lot of info about birds that is well known to birdwatchers when you talk to them, but is often hard to access or to fully comprehend for those who are not themselves experienced birdwatchers and also familiar with the extensive scientific literature on birds. For example, the kind of info needed to answer the question, ‘what are the likely effects of widespread clearcutting in NS on bird populations?’
I have assembled at least a sampling of the scientific literature and various articles on birds and forests and forestry under Natural History/Birds, but I have still found it difficult to answer that question – and to critique the answer of DNR/L&F that cats have far greater impact on bird populations in NS than clearcutting.
I couldn’t have ordered a better tutorial on the topic of birds and forests and forestry in NS than the webinar on Migratory Birds and Forestry given by recently retired Dalhousie Professor and ornithologist Cindy Staicer in the Medway Community Forest Cooperative (MCFC) webinar series yesterday. It is now available as a Youtube video.
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