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Dr. Eduardo Palacios is the Shorebird Research Biologist for the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE). Eduardo completed his PhD in 2001 from UC Davis. He has spent the last 25 years working as a researcher in Conservation Biology with CICESE. He implements bird monitoring and conservation projects with different NGOs across the US and Mexico, including Pro Esteros, Pronatura Noroeste, and Terra Peninsular. Eduardo also works with the Manomet Center for Conservation Science as the Shorebird Recovery Project Coordinator for Northwest Mexico, and wrote the Recovery Plan for shorebirds for the region. He recently helped secure the legal protection of four shorebird species and currently is coordinating the Point Blue Conservation Science’s Migratory Shorebird Project in Mexico.

2024 Schedule
Below is the 2024 Shorebird Festival schedule to help with your travel plans. Keep an eye out for the official schedule with detailed events to be posted as we get closer to the festival