*Mark your calendar for this one!*
*MANAGING RAT MIGRATION: ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS OF BROWN RATSBy Matthew CombsTuesday, January 22, 7pm* *Location: **Reidy Hall at the Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue <https://maps.google.com/?q=1157+Lexington+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g> between 79th and 80th Streets in Manhattan* Learn about New York City’s least favorite furry friend from Matthew Combs, whose work studying the genetics of the City’s rats recently caused quite a stir. Controlling the City’s rat populations can often have severe implications for raptors such as Red-tailed Hawks, so it can be helpful for bird lovers to learn about these common critters. Combs will explore the biology of rats, the risks they pose, and even debunk some rat myths. We will then hear how he uses genetics and ecology to understand rat populations in our city and how that might translate to management goals and priorities. Matthew Combs conducts his research as a doctoral candidate at Fordham University. Should be extremely interesting! Hope you’ll come. This lecture is free and open to the public. This series has been made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
