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Screening Room: The Little Brown Bird

with Duval Audubon Society

Join The Library to watch The Little Brown Bird followed by a group conversation led by Andrew Schumann, White Oak Conservation and Duval Audubon Society. This Screening Room continues an eight-part 'Conservation Series' at Jacksonville Public Library (running May through June)

Join the Jacksonville Public Library and Duval Audubon Society to watch the documentary The Little Brown Bird (32 min.) followed by a presentation and Q & A with Andrew Schumann, Conservation and Recovery Program Manager, White Oak Conservation and Board Member, Duval Audubon Society.

Duval Audubon Society's mission: Connecting people with nature, conserving and restoring natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife.

Andrew Schumann's career at White Oak Conservation has allowed him to work with some of the world’s most endangered animals. He has a strong interest recovering wild populations of animals through rearing and release programs. At White Oak he has been able to do this, and has worked with Andean condor, whooping crane, Mississippi sandhill crane, and Florida grasshopper sparrow reintroduction, translocation, and supplementation projects. In 2015, when he learned the last Florida grasshopper sparrows were about to become extinct within remnant patches of Florida dry prairie, White Oak Conservation and many passionate colleagues and organizations teamed up to prevent this from happening. Andrew and team developed and implemented the first conservation breeding program for the species, and today, thanks to the collaboration amongst many organizations not only are wild populations of Florida grasshopper sparrow are for the first time increasing, but protected Florida dry prairie habitat is also increasing.

About the film: This documentary created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Wildpath, highlights the endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, with only about 80 remaining in the wild. Biologist Fabiola 'Fabby' Baeza-Tarin and an unexpected team, including Andrew Schumann, are working to protect these sparrows, their dwindling habitat, and the headwaters of the Everglades.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from The Mosaic Company. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or The Mosaic Company.

This is an 8-part series consisting of a variety of library programs on conservation and the environment with the Duval Audubon Society, North Florida Land Trust, and the St. Johns Riverkeeper.

Registration is required for this event, and must be completed two hours prior to the start time. A library card and PIN are required for registration. If you do not have a card, click HERE to obtain one.

All registered seats will be forfeited at 6:55 p.m. and made available to waitlisted and walk-in attendees. Registered attendees arriving after this time will be seated if seats are available.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please allow 1–2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Services at 255-2665 or email JPLPrograms@coj.net.

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