Following Forest Owls with Dave Oleyar - Presented on Zoom
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Following Forest Owls: Community science-driven studies of tree hollows and the communities of small owls that adopt them - Presented on Zoom
Date and Time:
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 ~ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm PST
Webinar Description:
Small forest owls (including our focal species: Elf Owl, Flammulated Owl, Northern Pygmy Owl, Whiskered Screech-owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, and Western Screech-owl) constitute a sub-guild of species that adopt tree hollows for roosting and nesting. Despite cultural popularity, many species of small owl, both in the western US and globally, remain understudied. Surprisingly, even in the western United States many knowledge gaps exist regarding the natural history and ecology of some forest owl species. In fact, five of our six focal species are listed as species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) in Arizona’s Wildlife Action Plan. Flammulated Owls are considered SGCN’s in 7 of 11 western states in their range, Whiskered Screech-owls and Elf Owls are SGCN’s in 100 percent of the states where they occur (2 of 2 and 3 of 3, respectively). The distribution and dynamics of tree hollows in different types of forest are equally understudied.
In 2016 Dave launched Following Forest Owls (FFO), a collaborative, community science driven research program that partners HawkWatch International, the Earthwatch Institute, the AMNH’s Southwestern Research Station, the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, the Forest Service, Tracy Aviary, and over 80 community scientists from across the US and globe each year. Teams of community scientists join research staff in the field at one of two study sites: the Wasatch Mountains in Northern Utah or the Chiricahua Mountains in southeast Arizona. Here we study the ecology of six small owl species and the tree hollows they adopt as roosting and nesting sites.
Speaker Biography:
Dave Oleyar is the Director of Long-term Monitoring and Community Science at HawkWatch International, where he leads research efforts on raptor migration, American Kestrel conservation, urban raptor ecology, and forest owl ecology. Dave holds an undergraduate in Biology from Baylor University in Texas, where he first started working with cavity adopting species while helping with Dr. Fred Gehlbach’s long-term work on rural and suburban Eastern Screech-owls. His earned his MS in Raptor Biology from Boise State University, where he studied the impacts of ski-area development associated with the 2002 Winter Olympics on Flammulated Owls nesting in northern Utah. Dave’s doctorate at the University of Washington focused on urbanization impacts on songbird populations and communities.
CEUs:
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$30.00 - Non-WCISA Member
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