THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater
Speaker: Mark E. Hauber, Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, Hunter College, CUNY
Subject: Careless Cowbirds and Cheating Cuckoos: The Diverse Benefits
of Being a Brood Parasite
While 98% of birds are diligent parents, brood parasitic cuckoos,
cowbirds, honeyguides, and finches have foregone the cost of parental
care. Or have they? Hauber will survey recent work on brood parasites
to test general predictions of evolutionary theory and to uncover
particular adaptations for these parasites' parental care-free
reproductive strategies. Topics covered will include: how to recognize
yourself if you were a brood parasite, how to detect a foreign chick
in your nest, and why it is that the seemingly helpless blind cuckoo
chick is forced to toss out all host eggs and nest mates.
Mark Hauber received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
He has authored or coauthored numerous publications on evolutionary
hypotheses and ecological contexts of animal behavior.
The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please
join us for what promises to be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum
at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Dr. Huaber prior to the
talk, join us a Pappardella's Restaurant, 75th Street and Columbus
Avenue at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Alice.
Alice Deutsch, Vice President
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