Tofino Shorebird Festival: Evening Recap & Lecture Presentation

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Saturday, April 30th, 2016
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

We will start the evening with dinner and a drink while we recap the highlights of the day, and start the 2016 Shorebird Fest species list!

With Mark Maftei – biologist with the High Arctic Gull Research Group and Environment Canada

Mark Maftei's passion for seabirds has taken him around the globe, from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic to South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean. Although he specializes in Arctic species, Mark’s recent work has focused on learning more about some of BC’s most interesting and enigmatic seabirds including rhinoceros and Cassin’s auklets - two species which breed and winter in our waters. Mark spent many years living in Bamfield and now resides in Victoria where he works for the Wildlife Research Division of Environment Canada studying colonial seabirds. In addition to his work with the government, Mark is also a founding member of the High Arctic Gull Research Group, a collaborative team of scientists currently conducting research on some of the rarest and least-known seabirds in the world.