*** THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK - MEETING PROGRAM - AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY ***
This coming TUESDAY (9 Oct 2012) The Linnaean Society of New York (TLS) will present another two-part program at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, this time focusing on the every fascinating topics of migration and bird distribution. 6:00 p.m. THE eBIRD PROJECT - CHRIS WOOD Chris Wood is the project manager for eBird. He also leads trips in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America for the bird tour company WINGS and was the captain of Cornell's Team Sapsucker which holds the North American Big Day record and raised over $250,000 for bird conservation. He writes: “eBird, the real-time online checklist program launched in 2002 by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, provides rich data sources on bird abundance and distribution. Its goal is to maximize the utility and accessibility of the vast number of bird observations (now more than three million per month) made by recreational and professional bird watchers and to ensure these data are available to researchers and conservationists around the globe. I will highlight the growth of eBird and explore some of its research and conservation uses, including the role that eBird analysis is playing in land management in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.” 7:30 p.m. AN ACOUSTIC PERSPECTIVE ON NOCTURNAL BIRD MIGRATION - ANDREW FARNSWORTH Andrew Farnsworth is Research Associate in the Conservation Science Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He received his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell, studying characteristics of flight calls. He conducts his fieldwork on flight calls and migration throughout the United States and the Caribbean and works with several conservation groups and industry partners to advance research on the potential risks to migratory wildlife from wind energy. He is a board member of New York City Audubon, has written and co-authored species accounts for the Handbook of Birds of the World, and leads tours in North and South America and the Caribbean for Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. He writes, “Until recently, rarely have we been able to the identify the species of birds migrating at night. Knowing the species composition of nocturnal migration is critically important for conservation efforts, especially given the explosion of human activities that are changing the night sky. My research focuses on using acoustic technology to track nocturnally migrating birds by their flight calls. I will be speaking about the ecology and evolution of these calls, the basics of acoustic migration monitoring, including how to identify these calls, and the practical relevance of acoustic monitoring for understanding migration biology and enhancing conservation planning. I will also be speaking about acoustic monitoring in relation to BirdCast, an exciting new collaboration among ornithologists, computer scientists, and meteorologists to predict movements of birds. At the conclusion of the talk, weather permitting, I will invite the audience to join me at Belvedere Castle, nearby in Central Park, to listen for flight calls of passing nocturnal migrants”. WHERE & WHEN Both programs are open to the public FREE OF CHARGE and will be held in the People Center on the 2nd floor of the AMNH. Enter the museum from the 77th Street entrance, where the route to the auditorium via the elevator will be sign posted. The first program will last approximately one hour with time before the second program to talk to both speakers, and mingle with TLS officers and council members who can provide information on becoming a part of this thriving natural history society. MORE INFORMATION ON THE TLS PROGRAM Jeff Nulle (Vice-President and Chair of the Program Committee) has put together a spectacular program of invited speakers, workshops and video presentations for the coming 2012/2013 season. For more details, please check out (and bookmark) our website http://linnaeannewyork.org/programs.html or visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linnaean-Society-of-New-York/335385365977?ref=ts Hopefully many of you will be able to join us on Tuesday (no reservations necessary). With fall migration firmly upon us, these two exciting presentation by top birders could not be more timely. Angus Wilson Council Member, The Linnaean Society of New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
