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URL:https://naturevancouver.ca/events/stories-in-flight-at-the-iona-island
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SUMMARY:STORIES IN FLIGHT AT THE IONA ISLAND BIRD OBSERVATORY
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Paula Gomez Villalba and Chloe Boynton\n\nHundreds
  of thousands of birds fly over us each spring and fall in incredible wave
 s of migration. WildResearch’s flagship program\, the Iona Island Bird O
 bservatory (IIBO)\, monitors the birds that move through Iona Beach Region
 al Park through bird banding and surveys.\n\nJoin biologists Paula Gomez V
 illalba and Chloe Boynton as they share what bird banding is all about\, w
 hy it matters for conservation science\, and how you can get involved. Wit
 h a spotlight on Wilson’s Warblers and swallows\, they’ll show how fea
 thers can tell an individual bird’s story\, and how those stories can de
 epen our understanding of migratory birds and the challenges they face.\n\
 nThis presentation will be held via Zoom video conferencing and will begin
  at 7:30 pm. Nature Vancouver members will receive the Zoom link in the we
 ekly eNews on the Monday preceding the event. Non-members are welcome and 
 are asked to email zoom-request@naturevancouver.ca a few days in advance
  to register and receive the link.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nAbout Paula Gomez V
 illalba (she/they)\n\nPaula is a biologist\, science communicator\, and La
 tina settler who grew up on Muisca traditional territory in Colombia and o
 n xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory in Richmond\, B.C. She is part 
 of the IIBO Leadership Committee and has been volunteering and banding wit
 h WildResearch for seven years. Paula has a Bachelor’s degree in Integra
 tive Biology from the University of California\, Berkeley and experience i
 n research and conservation that grounds her passion to connect communitie
 s and local ecosystems.\n\nAbout Chloe Boynton (she/her)\n\nChloe is a bio
 logist and birder who grew up and lives on the unceded and ancestral terri
 tories of the Coast Salish peoples. She completed a Bachelor of Science at
  Queen’s University in Kingston\, ON and her Masters of Science at Simon
  Fraser University. She has been a WildResearch member for over 10 years\,
  serving on multiple committees over the years and is currently a Director
  at Large on the Board of Directors and chair of the Research Committee. S
 he is passionate about birds\, nature and sharing that interest with other
 s.
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CATEGORIES:Birding,Online
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