Christina “Kashi” Davis from New Jersey’s Endangered and Non-Game Species Program will present a program entitled, “Hurricanes and Beach Nesting Birds-More Than Meets the Eye” at the Monmouth County Audubon Society meeting at 8 p.m. on Jan. 11.
The program will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall, 200 Fair Haven Rd., Fair Haven. The public is welcome; admission is free.
Christina “Kashi” Davis grew up in rural southwestern New Jersey. She worked for the National Park Service, National Forest Service and for academic institutions in California, Alaska and Virginia, but then realized just how much she loved New Jersey. She circled back home and made her way through the state’s seasonal job offerings – State Park Service, New Jersey Audubon and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
While working for TNC in 2001 she encountered Piping Plovers. The following year she started working for NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program, where she has been ever since. Her responsibilities include non-raptor coastal birds (beach nesting, long-legged waders, gulls, terns, seabirds, secretive marsh birds) which has given her an interest in how sea-level rise and climate change impact these species. Her presentation is based on her 14-year work with these beach-nesting birds.
Christina has her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from Stockton University and her master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University. She lives with her husband, Glen, in Cape May Point. She is an avid runner and keeps a “run list” of birds she has seen/heard on runs.
The Monmouth County Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is dedicated to the enjoyment and study of nature, wildlife conservation, habitat protection, and education. Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month Sept. through May at the Knights of Columbus hall, 200 Fair Haven Road, Fair Haven; guest speakers address a wide variety of nature-related topics, and refreshments are provided. In addition, the group sponsors at least one field trip per month, and members receive The Osprey, the club’s bi-monthly newsletter. For more information, visit www.monmouthaudubon.org or email [email protected].