MAY 18, 2016, 6:45 PM, Pierce County Library Administration Building, 3005 112th St E, Tacoma, WA 98446 (near Highway 512).  Dr. Ursula Valdez teaches at UW-Bothell, is a native of Peru, and refers to herself as a tropical ecologist with a research interest in predator ecology. She has facilitated classes taught simultaneously at the U and in Peru, using Skype. These classes focused on shared concerns between the northwest and Peru of biodiversity and climate change. Professor Valdez is also adept with social media to spread her message. She served as Raptor Ecologist at the Los Amigos River Biological Station and did research in the Amazon rain forest on Forest Falcons for her PhD.  In addition to teaching at the U, she also teaches a field course in the Andes and Amazon in Peru.  Find out about her mission and the very exciting birds she knows personally including Harpy Eagle!
More info:

http://www.uwb.edu/ias/faculty-and-staff/ursulavaldez

http://commons.bcit.ca/catttrax2/peru/action/

Ursula Valdez of Peru and UW-Bothell, an expert on forest falcons