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Birding by ear! This talk will give tips on how to get started, recording equipment recommendations, and stories on how I got started listening to nature and recording birds. 

There will also be stories of great recording experiences & total flops!

Natasza’s 8th grade science fair project was titled “The Aerodynamics of a Birds Wings".  Ever since she could remember, she was interested in birds, conservation, and art.  After taking a detour into the creative world, she decided it was time to get back to her other passion, nature.  She volunteered at several conservation organizations, including NYC Audubon, and eventually obtained a position in the Herbarium department at the New York Botanical Garden.  In 2015 she was introduced to recording birds as an assistant at the Lahti Lab, at CUNY Queens College.

In 2017, she had the amazing opportunity to attend the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Sound Recording workshop and since then, when out birding, makes recording bird calls and songs a priority.  Currently, she is an MS student at FSU in the biology department and Shorebird Stewart for Florida Audubon.  Besides birding, she spends her free time illustrating birds and plants.  In addition to working in conservation, she hopes to one day be a part of the international group of conservation artists, “Artist for Conservation".