Join the MMA for an important and timely community conversation focused on the protection of owls and the growing concern over rodenticide impacts on Nantucket and beyond. This special panel discussion will explore how rodenticides move through the food web, the documented effects on owls and other raptors, and the urgent conservation actions needed to safeguard these vital members of our island’s ecosystem.

The discussion will feature acclaimed naturalist and author Scott Weidensaul, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Living on the Wind and New York Times bestselling author of A World on the Wing. A contributing editor to Audubon and a longtime columnist for Bird Watcher's Digest, Weidensaul is also a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society and co-founder of Project SNOWstorm, which tracks snowy owl movements through satellite telemetry.

Joining Weidensaul will be: Susan Baker of the Chicago Ornithological Society and the Chicago Bird Alliance Rodenticide Committee; Meaghan Q. Sinclair, a Mass Audubon Certified Field Naturalist and wildlife photographer; Gwen Shipley, a science teacher at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA; Heather Packard, Community Organizer with Mass Audubon’s Policy & Advocacy team and manager of the grassroots volunteer program Climate and Nature Champions, which engages more than 15,000 advocates; and Ginger Andrews, the MMA’s Field Ornithologist.

Together, these distinguished experts bring deep scientific expertise, conservation leadership, and extensive field experience to a timely and engaging discussion.

Snowy owl image by the late Greg Hinson.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9EGqyJ3XT06N8-GU14iuog#/registration