THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater
Speaker: Daniel Klem Jr., Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology &
Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Muhlenberg College
Subject: Preventing Avian Mortality at Windows: A Review of Existing and
Promising Methods and Challenges Associated with Their Use
An extensive and growing amount of evidence supports the interpretation that,
except for habitat destruction, collisions with clear and reflective sheet
glass and plastic in the form of windows cause the deaths of more birds than
any other human-associated avian mortality factor. Research results and avian
conservation progress will be updated from a Linnaean Society March 2001
presentation entitled: Plate Glass: a universal avian mortality factor and
conservation issue. Relatively modest progress has occurred for almost a
decade, and as such the bird-window collision topic continues to need the
dedicated attention of conservationists, members of the building industry,
lawmakers and enforcers, and the general public. A brief overview of the topic
and the findings of two 2009 ornithological publications on prevention and
architectural and landscape risk factors associated with windows that was
conducted in New York City will be highlighted.
Daniel Klem received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale. For 35 years, beginning with his dissertation and continuing to the
present, he has studied and published extensively on the relationship between
birds and windows. His other research and published works document the anatomy,
behavior, ecology, and conservation of birds of prey, waterbirds, and select
passerines. He has also co-authored three books on the birds of Armenia.
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. Klem prior to the talk, join us at
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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