It's long been known that Chicago is one of the best places in the midwest and even country to observe bird migration. But why is that the case? What makes our location so special and a hotspot for millions of birds every year on their north or southward journeys? Join longtime Chicago birder and Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Field Museum, Doug Stotz, for a discussion about the ins and outs of migration and how better understanding of migration patterns can make you a better birder.

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About our host: Douglas Stotz is a senior conservation ecologist in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum. He received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Chicago in 1990.  He is active in programs to preserve biological diversity and threatened habitats, both in the Chicago region and in other countries. In Chicago, he focuses his attention on studying bird migration, the effects of climate change on bird populations and the value of urban area to the conservation of biodiversity.  He is a co-chair of the Climate Change Committee for Chicago Wilderness.   As part of the Field Museum’s  tropical Rapid Biological Inventory teams, Dr. Stotz has participated in more than  25 inventories in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Cuba as well as one in China.  Doug is an author of two books on Neotropical birds; Birds of Peru, a landmark fieldguide to the more than 1800 species of birds in Peru, and  Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, which provides information on the distribution and ecological patterns of over 4000 Latin American birds and uses that information to analyze conservation priorities.