Location: Community Church Unitarian Universalist, 6690 Fleur de Lis (Lakeview)
Speaker: Kiara Valentine, Tulane University, “Is life a beach for coastal breeding birds?”
6:30 p.m. social, 7:00 p.m. program
Imagine trying to raise a family on a busy beach where predators are abundant, storms flood your home, and heatwaves threaten your unborn young. This is the daily reality for beach-nesting birds. Their already tough job is getting harder due to coastal development, increasing predators, and climate change, which brings rising seas and deadly heat. My research addresses the question: does how a bird nests determine its fate in a warming world?
