Halmos Hosts Waterbird Society Meeting Workshop

On October 11, the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center (HCAS) hosted a special participant workshop on bird necropsy techniques as part of the annual meeting of the Waterbird Society, an international scientific organization for seabird and waterbird research and conservation.  The 2023 annual meeting was held in Fort Lauderdale and chaired by Ricardo Zambrano, a Regional Biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The workshop was organized by Assistant Professor Kate Sheehan, Ph.D., from Frostburg State University in Maryland and wildlife veterinarian Renata Schneider, D.V.M., from the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station in North Miami.  More than 25 participants from local to international locations were taught hands-on techniques, including general bird dissections and specific procedures for parasite recovery.  Halmos Associate Professor David Kerstetter, Ph.D., Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, coordinated the NSU logistical arrangements and assisted with participant dissections.  Additional assistance was provided by Halmos College associate professor Christopher Blanar, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, and former Halmos College undergraduate students Alexia Hilber and Briana Zaffiro.

Posted 11/05/23