Monthly Species Working Group Webinar Series
R2R is focused on recovering the most rapidly declining birds in the U.S. and Canada by supporting species-focused teams. View recordings of our monthly webinar series highlighting the work of these groups below. Visit our ‘News & Events’ page for information on upcoming webinars.
August 2025
Justin Springer (Re:wild, https://www.rewild.org/) and Justin Saunders (Jamaica Environment Trust, https://www.jamentrust.org/) talked to the Road to Recovery team about conservation coordination, implementation, and community involvement during our monthly webinar series.
View Recording of August Webinar (English)
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July 2025
When salt touches the sky: Study & Conservation of Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Pablo Gigy Gregoret shared his work on the study and conservation of Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) across South America’s saline lakes.
View Recording of July Webinar (English)
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June 2025
Fernando Medrano with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (RCO; Chilean Bird and Wildlife Observers Network) – Advances and challenges in the conservation of storm petrels that nest in the Atacama Desert
View Recording of June Webinar (English)
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April 2025
Sarah Kendrick – Range-wide Wood Thrush Motus-tagging Project
View Recording of April Webinar (English)
Due to a technical issue, the Spanish version of the presentation was not recorded correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience and its unavailability.
May 2025
Chrissy Kondrat and Corrie Borgman – A Binationation Effort to Conserve Bendire’s and LeConte’s Thrashers
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March 2025
Patricio Mena-Olmedo – Monitoring Program for Migratory Birds at Fundación Jocotoco and Its Interdisciplinary Approach
View Recording of March Webinar (English)
The first portion of the presentation is missing from the English recording, we apologize.
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February 2025
Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Andreina Pernia, and Victor Ayala Pérez – Shorebird conservation through capacity building at the flyway scale: five years of the Coastal Solutions Fellows Program
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January 2025
Tom Will – Using the R2R Framework to Guide and Assess Yellow-billed Cuckoo Progress toward Recovery
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December 2024
Jeff Walters – The Recovery of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: Homology with the R2R Vision
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November 2024
Amy Chabot – Collaborative Recovery Efforts for the Loggerhead Shrike: 2013-2024
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October 2024
Brandt Ryder and Chris Latimer – Leveraging multi-disciplinary data to identify and target strategic grassland bird conservation
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September 2024
Steve Roels – The Evolution of the Kirtland’s Warbler Conservation Team in the Post-Delisting Era
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June 2024
Yvan Satgé and Jennifer Wheeler – From Lost to Listed – Conservation Milestones for the Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)
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May 2024
Calandra Stanley – Tracking Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) progress along the Road to Recovery
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April 2024
Amber Roth – Road to Recovery for the Golden-winged Warbler
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March 2024
Clay Green – Implementation of the Reddish Egret Conservation Plan
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February 2024
Randy Dettmers and Elizabeth Hunter – Identifying remaining critical demographic information gaps and developing a full annual cycle population model for Cerulean Warblers
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January 2024
Michael Green and Ken Popper – Western Yellow Rail Working Group organization and progress
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December 2023
David Yeany and Matt Young – Evening Grosbeak: Initiating Continental Research and Conservation for a Steeply Declining Irruptive Migrant
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November 2023
Katie Christie and Kelly Srigley Werner – Lesser Yellowlegs Research and Conservation: Filling Knowledge Gaps while Moving to Action.
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October 2023
Thomas Ryan – The status of Least Tern Populations in California and Northwest Mexico