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Jul 16 at 07:00 PM -
Join us for our next Summer Speaker Series presentation with Yellowstone wildlife biologist, David Haines! All Speaker Series events take place at Yellowstone Forever headquarters across from the Roosevelt Arch. Description: Monitoring, Research, and Management in the World’s First National Park Yellowstone National Park’s landscape is home to approximately 150 breeding bird species and supports many other species during seasonal passage through the region. The Yellowstone Bird Program monitors a suite species and bird communities in the park with some long-term data exceeding 90 years. Some of this data has identified species declines, the recovery of bald eagle and peregrine falcon from the negative effects of widespread DDT use, bird community responses to changes in the environment, and more. This talk will provide an overview of Yellowstone’s Bird Program and highlight monitoring, research, and management for trumpeter swans, peregrine falcons, golden eagles, and willow songbird communities. Bio: David Haines is a wildlife biologist with more than 20 years of experience studying birds and is currently Yellowstone National Park’s Bird Program lead. David has a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in ecology and systematic biology, and a master’s degree from the University of Montana in wildlife biology. David has been affiliated with Yellowstone’s bird program since 2011, first as part of the Yellowstone Raptor Initiative, a five-year program established to collect baseline demographic data on previously overlooked species in Yellowstone. At the University of Montana, David studied the breeding ecology and resource selection of golden eagles across Yellowstone’s northern range.