Date: 2/1/26 11:48 am From: Kevin Krajcir <kjkrajcir...> Subject: February 2026 ASCA Meeting - Henslow's Sparrow Winter Ecology
Good afternoon!
Join the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas (ASCA) on Thursday February
12th at 7 PM to hear from me (Kevin Krajcir) speak about habitat
associations and responses to prescribed fire of Henslow’s Sparrows in
southern Arkansas.
During the past few winters, Kevin has conducted surveys and studies of
Henslow’s Sparrows (*Centronyx henslowii*) that overwinter in rare saline
soil barren habitats of South Arkansas. Kevin will present some findings
from a habitat association study conducted at four natural areas during the
winter of 2023-2024. These results were also compared to a similar study
conducted almost 20 years prior to reveal how habitat preferences of this
declining grassland sparrow might be changing.
Kevin Krajcir completed his undergraduate degree from Hendrix College in
2017 and a master’s in biology at Arkansas State University in 2022. Kevin
currently works for the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission as a
Conservation Biologist and the agency’s Grants Coordinator. He also serves
as the Vice President and CBC Compiler for ASCA and the Conservation Chair
for the Arkansas Audubon Society.
