Joanna Wu will present The Most Overlooked Birds in America: Females.

Joanna Wu is a Ph.D. student studying female birds in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. She previously worked at the los Angeles Audubon Society in the Important Bird Areas program.

This talk explores the history of focus on make birds, female vocalizations, conservation implications of overlooking female birds, and female bird identification tips.

Female birds are frequently more drab and inconspicuous than males, leading to an unconscious bias towards male birds in birdwatching.

The program is open to the public and is free.

This will be a hybrid meeting - It is your preference: Join in person or online.

In person: the meeting will take place at the Whittier Community Center, located at 7630 Washington Ave. Whittier. Please wear a mask.

Online: please RSVP here and we will send you a link to the meeting.