Cape Arago Audubon Society kicks off its 2024 programming with “Birds and Mammals of Brazil” on Tuesday January 9 at the Bandon Public Library in the Sprague Room at 7 PM featuring Roy Lowe.

In the fall of 2022, Roy Lowe traveled to Brazil for birding and photography. On the first leg of the trip, he visited the Atlantic Rainforest where only 8-10 % of this ecologically diverse habitat remains, supporting many rare and endemic birds. Roy then traveled to the Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. The primary focus here was to observe and photograph jaguars in their native habitats, but there were many other mammals and birds to enjoy as well.

Roy will be sharing some of the photographs as well as stories from that adventure on January 9th. The public is welcome to attend this monthly program of the Coos county chapter of the National Audubon Society.

Roy is a resident of Waldport. He was employed with the US Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 37 years. At the time of his retirement, Roy was the Refuge Manager of the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In retirement he has worked with the Paulson Institute and World Wildlife Fund-Hong Kong and has been monitoring the return of western snowy plovers to Lincoln County following a 39-year absence.