The March Cayuga Bird Club meeting will be this coming Monday, March 14, at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cookies & conversation begins at 7:15. Our speaker, Anastasia Dalziell, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will be presenting “Strange Tales of a Curious Bird: Recent Research on the Superb Lyrebird”.
The male Superb Lyrebird is world famous for its remarkable ability to mimic natural and human-made sounds. Postdoc Anastasia Dalziell traveled to the forests of southeastern Australia to study lyrebird mimicry and found that, contrary to early suggestions, male lyrebirds are highly selective about when and what sounds they mimic. She will also discuss the association between vocal mimicry and dance, along with other findings that challenge our understanding about the evolution of complex communication in animals. Members are invited to dinner with Anastasia before the meeting at Aladdin’s in Collegtown at 5:30. Please RSVP by noon Monday to cl...@juno.com so reservations can be made. There will also be an opportunity at the meeting to sign up for tickets to the documentary, The Messenger, which will be shown at Cornell Cinema on Sunday, April 10th, at 4:30. Stay tuned for additional information. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our Club meeting on Monday, March 14 Colleen RichardsCayuga Bird ClubCorresponding Secretary ____________________________________________________________ Affordable Wireless Plans Set up is easy. Get online in minutes. Starting at only $9.95 per month! www.netzero.net?refcd=nzmem0216 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
