March 3, 2020, Tuesday - Connecting Birds & People Through Bird-Friendly Coffee at East Side Neighborhood Services

Time: 7 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St NE

Connecting Birds & People Through Bird-Friendly Coffee

Hosted by Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis

Can you help conserve birds and nature just by having a cup of coffee? Yes, if it’s the right kind of coffee!

Long-distance migratory birds spend only a few months of their annual cycle on the breeding grounds. During the remainder of the year, they fly often thousands of miles to and from the tropical habitats where they spend most of their lives. Innovative advances in tracking technology and wintering ecology make it very clear that the health of "our birds" is inextricably linked to how well they are nourished during the non-breeding season. As a commodity produced in the tropics and imported to North America, coffee also has a migratory path.

Join us for an evening exploration of the story of bird-friendly coffee with our guest speaker, Tom Will. Tom works as a Non-game Bird Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Migratory Birds staff in Bloomington, MN. He has been an active participant in regional, continental, and international Partners in Flight activities and a long-time contributor to Partners in Flight science publications.He has lived and worked as an ornithologist and conservation ecologist in the Galapagos, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Mexico before settling 20 years ago in Saint Paul.