"Decline of Island Seabirds:" John Bower Upcoming Lecture

On May 22nd, from 4:00 to 6:00pm, at the Lopez Library, John Bower will present "Decline of Island Seabirds," including his research on major declines in the abundance of marine birds in the San Juans. He will consider why these declines are happening and discuss what we can do to help island marine birds. John teaches field biology, ecology, and evolution at Fairhaven College, Bellingham, and is Lopez ornithologist Kelley Palmer-McCarty's academic adviser for recently launched studies of Lopez birds. This is the second in a series of lectures on "Issues in Island Conservation Biology" sponsored by Kwiaht.