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In Search of Meadowlarks
Presented by John Marzhuff

“As a wildlife scientist and birder, I think about our relationship with, and effects on, nature. As I searched for meadowlarks and other open country birds among farms and ranches, I learned how these species flee the plow and how many farmers adjust their actions to lessen this exodus. I birded and talked with farmers on their lands from Nebraska to California to Costa Rica.” -John Marzluff

In his presentation John will introduce you to farms that show how some birds are extirpated while others evolve to live among the crops we need for our own sustenance. He’ll focus on the actions of many farmers that coexist with nature because ‘it is the right thing to do.’ He’ll talk of wine producers that welcome barn owls to their vineyards to help control rodents, organic producers that fallow some land each year to the benefit of yellowthroats, ranchers that employ intensive, rotational grazing to coexist with predators and trout, and a rancher that traded cows for tourists.