Western Grebes. Photo: Patrick Dirlam/Audubon Photography Awards
The Mysterious Decline of Western and Clark's Grebes
Presented by Anne Yen
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Free
Meeting held by Zoom. Register below to receive Zoom information
OPAS will address a few updates, with the presentation to follow.
Western Grebe and Chick.
Photo: Renda Glick/Audubon Photography Awards
Western Grebes are diving birds that nest in the inland Northwest but they winter along saltwater coasts. University of Idaho graduate student Anne Yen will present the results of current research regarding the plight of Western and Clark’s Grebes in the inland northwest. These grebes face various threats at their breeding and wintering sites, and the North American Breeding Bird Survey reports a 75% population decrease since 1966. However, no data or past studies are available to assess which of the various threats are responsible for the declines. Moreover, threats to Western and Clark’s Grebe populations may vary regionally and declines may not be attributable to just one causal factor. Western and Clark’s Grebes have declined in Idaho more so than those in other regions and only 2 large breeding colonies remain. The drivers of the decline is the focus of her research.
Anne Yen is a graduate student in Wildlife Sciences and Graduate Student Mentor with the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Collaborative at the University of Idaho in Moscow. She was born and raised in suburban Detroit, Michigan and got her B.S. in Resource Ecology from the University of Michigan. Prior to attending the University of Idaho, she spent about 14 field seasons working with various federal and state agencies as well as non-profit organizations across the continental US and the Hawaiian Islands. Her family lives in King County and she calls Washington State her home state. Anne is also an artist and has a Certificate in Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington.
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