Presentation: Conserving Purple Martin’s in OSU’s McDonald-Dunn Research Forest
When: March 19, 2014 6:30 pm
Where: Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center, Ecotrust Building
721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209
The purple martin, once common in the Willamette Valley, has experienced a steep population decline since the 1940’s. The primary causes are thought to be the arrival of European starlings in Oregon and a reduction in the availability of snags across Oregon forests. Today, martin colonies occur in Oregon at only a few locations in the Willamette Valley, along the coast, and at sites near the Columbia River. Since 2011, the Oregon Wildlife Institute and its partners have been taking actions to conserve a small colony of martins on OSU’s Dunn Forest. This colony is one of very few in North America where martins continue to use snags for nesting. Please join us for a presentation by Wildlife Ecologist Dave Vesely about the natural history of purple martin and efforts to conserve the species in the Willamette Valley.
The Discovering Wildlife Lecture Series is sponsored by the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. Click here to learn more and register!
