Join us for our March Lunch & Learn as we welcome Antonio (Tony) Celis, Chief of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Bird Banding Lab (BBL). Tony’s talk will provide an overview of the Bird Banding Lab (BBL) program, including its history, current initiatives, and future vision. He will discuss the lab’s mission, methods, key successes, and what lies ahead for the BBL.
Bio: In this role, Tony collaborates with the BBL team and partners to maintain the lab as
the premier resource for long-term bird banding and marking data in North America. His vision
is to enhance the BBL as an integrated scientific resource that quickly adapts to emerging
research needs, study methods, and technologies to support effective bird management and
conservation science.
Tony earned his B.S. in Biology from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos in
Mexico (2002), followed by a Master’s in Integrative Biology (2008) and a Ph.D. in Natural
Resources and Environmental Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(2015). He later held a postdoctoral research position at the Illinois Natural History Survey
(2017). His research focuses on various aspects of avian ecology and behavior, with an
overarching goal of improving conservation efforts. His work includes studies on bird migration
and stopover ecology, population dynamics of species of concern, and bioacoustics
For those not able to join via Zoom, we will live stream the program on our HMA Facebook page as well. Recordings of all programs will be available on our website, www.hawkmigration.org following the event.
