Aiken Audubon Program: Birds, Coffee & Chocolate

All are welcome to the Aiken Audubon monthly meeting and program. Our February meeting is our traditional chocolate potluck. Bring something wonderfully chocolatey, and share what everyone else has brought.

The Educational Presentation is titled “Birds and Coffee”.

Shade coffee growers in Central America may hold the secret to conserving migratory birds and alleviating poverty at the same time.

The benefits of shade coffee farms to birds (and likewise, the benefits of birds to coffee farms) has been well documented.

Shade coffee provides high-quality habitat for birds, especially in fragmented areas with little forest, and may even serve as matrix habitat for forest-dwelling species.

Migratory birds reduce pest damage to coffee crops during an important time of their growth cycle. Come and find out why “farmer-friendly coffee” is what bird-lovers should be drinking.