Our Wintering Hummingbird – Greg Green

Over a decade ago, Greg Green was asked to explain why we have a hummingbird that overwinters in the PNW (Anna’s). This question culminated into a research project and an article in BirdWatching Magazine. Greg has since been giving presentations on the ecology of hummingbirds and recently returned from the cloud forests of Ecuador where he photographed and observed a portion of the 132 species that live there. Green’s presentation provides an overview of the unique ecology of this extraordinary group of birds, contrasting the PNW with Ecuador, and tells the fascinating story of Anna’s hummingbird’s march north over the past 75 years. Greg Green is a career wildlife biologist and instructor at Western Washington University where he teaches ecology, wildlife techniques, and natural history.

Environmental Sciences instructor and noted ecologist Gregory A. Green has devoted 50 years to wildlife ecology which began as a USFS biological aide in 1974.  He is now teaching at WWU to pass on important information to students. Green’s career spans the western U.S. and Alaska with particular emphasis on threatened and endangered species, forest and shrub-steppe ecology, temperate and arctic marine mammal and seabird ecology, climate change, natural resource management and mitigation plans, and conservation assessments. Greg recently received the Leadership in Conservation Award from the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife which recognizes Greg’s “career-long leadership in conservation and dedication to wildlife management in Washington State and beyond.” Eight years in the making, Greg is also a lead contributor to “Wild Lives,” a book celebrating the world’s wildlife, is slated for publication in October 2023. Alongside long-time friend and nature photographer Art Wolfe’s photographs, each of Green’s eleven chapters focuses on the state of wildlife in a specific biome. An accomplished landscape and wildlife photographer himself, you can see photos from Green’s travels near and far at greggreenphoto.com.Green has published over 35 papers in research journals and five book chapters, with subjects ranging from marine mammals to desert lizards, burrowing owls to bats, leatherback turtles to red foxes, and beyond. He has also served as an associate editor for three different journals (Northwestern Naturalist, Journal of Wildlife Management, Herpetological Conservation and Biology), managing over 200 manuscripts submitted for publication. Active in the community over the years, Green is past-President of both the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society (WA TWS) and the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology (SNVB), a past board member for the Cascade Carnivore Project and Western Wildlife Outreach, and previously served as a member of the Whatcom County Wildlife Advisory Committee.

September 26, 7:00pm NCAS Membership Meeting

At The Whatcom Museum