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Monthly Club Meeting – “Avifauna of Hawaii: Birds on the Brink”
May 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Club Meeting – Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578
Presented by: Mandy Talpas, Hawaii Bird Tours
Hawaii is tragically known as the endangered species capital of the world and the archipelago is home to approximately one third of all endangered species in the United States. We will introduce you to Hawaii’s rare endemic birds, from petrels to honeycreepers, share the threats they face, and highlight the conservation initiatives in place to help save them from the brink of extinction.
As a Pennsylvania native, and a tremendous lover of birds and wildlife, Mandy Talpas has dedicated her life to avian conservation. She’s worked as a Naturalist, a Conservation Educator at an AZA-accredited zoo, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, and a Bird Banding and Education Specialist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. She continued to broaden her studies with the Ornithology Lab at Villanova University, as well as studying tropical ecology throughout Latin America.
She is now Hawaii’s premier nature and bird guide with her very own birding tour company, Hawaii Bird Tours.