Tag: Brail Trip

Join the Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) to celebrate International Women in Science Day. We will host a presentation by Luiza Figueira, the founder and Executive Director of the Mantiqueira Bird Observatory (OAMa), on February 10th, from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.

Luiza will be sharing her journey in developing the bird observatory, their success, and the organization’s future. Many of you may recognize Luiza. She was a KBO intern and research scholar from 2015- 2017 after which she started OAMa. One of KBO’s goals with our banding training program is that our interns will take what they have learned and start their bird research program, and that is what Luiza has done! Now, OAMa and KBO have an international internship exchange program, Banders Beyond Borders, that is looking to expand the professional development of our interns’ experience by having both organizations host and train them. Giving those interns a unique and invaluable experience.

We want to share that experience with you! Luiza will also be discussing the joint OAMa and KBO 10-day Birding Conservation Trip to Southeastern Brazil, August 13^th – 22^nd, 2025. Luiza will be present over Zoom, but in person, we will have KBO’s Director of Conservation Jaime Stephens and Board President Shannon Rio to help answer questions about the trip. Shannon is excited to share her experience from the trip when she went in 2023, so much so she is going again this year.

Registration is open and you can find a trip itinerary here: https://klamathbird.org/about-kbo/kbo_travel/brazil-trip-registration-open/ 

This presentation is for anyone interested in supporting women in science, learning about bird and habitat conservation in Brazil, or learning more about the international trip. We have moved to this presentation to all virtual. There will be a social from 5:30 – 5:45 and the presentation will start at 5:45 p.m.