The feature studies that the speaker has been involved with over the past 60 years include: Peregrine Falcon recovery, Burrowing Owl conservation, the Mexican Galapagos Isla Clarion, Least Flycatcher ecology, Saw-whet Owl Migration, Swallows as the 21st century canaries in a coal mine, My Career: a teenager living his dream, The Beaverhill Bird Observatory at 40, Citizen Science – introduction to eBird, iNaturalist and others, and Winter Birds and the history of the Edmonton Christmas Bird Count.
Instructor: Dr. Geoff Holroyd
Dr. Geoff Holroyd’s interest in birds developed as a teenage volunteer and chairman of the Long Point Bird Observatory. He earned his MSc and PhD from the University of Toronto for his studies of swallows’ foraging strategies and diets. He retired in 2012 after 36 years with the Canadian Wildlife Service conducting studies of the wildlife in the Rockies National Parks, peregrine falcons and burrowing owls, and chairing their national recovery teams. He is the historian for the Edmonton Nature Club’s Christmas Bird Count and chair of the Beaverhill Bird Observatory. He recently co-authored the book Wildlife of the North.
