BIRDING WITH ALPACAS IN ECUADOR

Guest speaker Dr. Dan Kotter will recount his experiences birding in Ecuador at the September 14 Flathead Audubon meeting. The meeting begins at 7 PM, and will be available via Zoom and phone for those who wish to attend. See instructions below.
Dan’s tale is a mix of science and storytelling that involves avian and landscape ecology across the Andes, Amazon, and Southern Choco regions of Ecuador. He spent 5 months there as a volunteer for an NGO, helping with indigenous land restoration in the cloud forest in critical Andean Bear habitat. He spent half that time hiking and looking for new bird species in sub regions of the country, but sometimes the birds
just find you. Dan has been working in the areas of ecology and cartography in Northwest Montana, Yellowstone, and Colorado for 13 years. He moved to Montana in 2007 after earning a degree in Geology. He has contributed to research on willows, beavers, grizzly bears,and fish in Montana.

How to Zoom:

The September 14 FAS meeting will be available to all electronically, via Zoom. To join the meeting insert the following meeting link into the address bar of your browser and hit enter, or go directly by clicking on the meeting link. The meeting link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88948959640.
If this is the first time you’ve used Zoom it may take a few minutes to load the program on your computer (and you’ll likely need to give permission to load). Use your computer’s audio (preferred), or get the audio by phone:
+1 (253) 215-8782, 88948959640#
You should eventually be let into a “waiting room” where you will then be added to the meeting by the host. You will be muted when you first  join the meeting. You can use your computer’s microphone and speakers; this is the preferred way to join. You can also call on your phone to get an audio connection to the meeting using the above phone number and passcode.