Monthly Club Meeting – You Can Save 75 Birds Right in Your Yard

You can make a big difference by saving 75 of birds you love to watch right in your yard.  Our club can save1,500 birds.  How?  by protecting the birds from deadly window collisions. There will be several videos, including a quiz challenging you to find birds in a very special habitat and a free “Consumer Guide to Bird Window Collision Prevention.” He will describe feasible strategies for preventing bird window collisions in our community and nationally.

Speaker Bio: Jim Cubie is a retired attorney who has worked for conservation in many different venues. Since the 2019 report in Science reporting that we have lost a shocking 30% of our birds, he has dedicated himself to preventing bird window collisions and the promotion of native plants. He works closely with the nation’s leading bird window collision expert, Dr. Daniel Klem of Muhlenberg College. He began his career with Ralph Nader, developed an environment strategy for a presidential campaign and retired as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee. His signature accomplishment was the creation of the Wetland Reserve Program. It has restored over 3 million acres of drained agricultural wetlands. His life list of about 700 includes the famous Lancaster County Gyrfalcon. He is married to Doreen Cubie, a widely published freelance writer specializing in wildlife conservation — and the reason he has a life list of 700 birds.