The Eastern Whip-poor-will with Dr. Min Huang, CT DEEP

Name: The Eastern Whip-poor-will with Dr. Min Huang, CT DEEP
Start: 2024-07-10T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-10T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield, CT, United States, Connecticut 06759

Schedule

Wed Jul 10 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

80 Whitehall Road, Litchfield, CT, United States, Connecticut 06759 | Litchfield, CT

VIRTUAL PROGRAM! They are poetic muses. They inspire folk music. They appear in literature. Years ago, their haunting calls defined the quintessential summer evening. At dawn, dusk, and on moonlit nights, these elusive insectivores soar through the air, opening their impressive mouths, scooping up hundreds of insects. Today, the Eastern Whip-poor-will is on the decline. Dr. Min Huang will explain why and share many interesting facts about the Eastern Whip-poor-will and tell you where, if you are very lucky, you might be able to hear their haunting calls. 7:00 p.m., ZOOM. Members: FREE, Non-Members: $10.00. Pre-registration is required. Register online www.whitememorialcc.org
About Min Huang: Min Huang is a wildlife biologist for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and heads the Migratory Bird Program for the State. Min received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Conservation and a Bachelor of Art in English from the University of Connecticut and received his Master of Science in Wildlife Management from Frostburg State University. He received his Ph. D from the University of Connecticut, researching sub-population structure and survival of resident Canada geese. He has worked as a wildlife biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission where he managed a wildlife management area, working primarily with deer and various endangered species such as the Florida grasshopper sparrow, red-cockaded woodpecker, Florida scrub jay, and whooping crane. He also spent 5 years working for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as a District Biologist, where he primarily worked with ungulates and endangered species such as the spotted owl and marbled murrelet. Current projects he is involved with include migration and survival of North Atlantic Population Canada geese, nesting success of mallards in an exurban landscape, American kestrel survival, dispersal and migratory stopover habitat use, American bittern habitat use and migratory patterns, eastern whippoorwill status and use of managed forestry cuts, and multi-stock harvest management of waterfowl.