[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Bridget Stutchbury, Professor of Biololgy and Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology, York University, Toronto Title: Investigating the Private Lives of Birds Prof. Stutchbury was the first person to realize that a geolocator--a device that stores data about the times of sunrises and sunsets and can weigh as little as a paperclip--could be used to track birds on their migrations. In the breeding season of 2007, she and the research team she led affixed geolocators to 34 birds--14 Wood Thrushes and 20 Purple Martins--in one location in Pennsylvania. When 5 thrushes and 2 martins were trapped back on the breeding grounds the following summer, the recovered data provided the first look at the complete migratory route of any bird, a look that changed many long-held assumptions. In her talk, she will discuss these findings and the latest information gained from this research. Scott Weidensaul says of Prof. Stutchbury's recent book, The Bird Detective, on which this talk is based, "With her trademark clarity and humor, Bridget Stutchbury--'bird detective' extraordinaire--reveals avian lives of uncommon drama, rife with adultery, divorce, sibling rivalry, lying, social climbing and life-or-death marathons--a peek into a world at once familiar and wonderfully different from our own." In her role as detective, Prof. Stutchbury uses every available means--high tech and low--from DNA analysis and geolocators to the old gumshoe standbys of stakeouts and trailing to snoop into the lives of birds because, she writes, "Studies of bird behaviour are fascinating in their own right but also help us to understand if and how birds can adapt to our modern world. Trying to save birds without understanding what makes them tick is a shot in the dark. Birds are highly social, and their social needs are at least as important as their physical needs." Bridget Stutchbury completed her Master's of Science at Queen's University and her Ph.D. at Yale and was a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. She is affiliated with more than a dozen organizations that seek to preserve bird habitat. She has published numerous papers in scientific journals and is the author not only of The Bird Detective but also Silence of the Songbirds and co-author with her husband, E.S. Morton, of Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Songbirds. 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 Prof. Stutchbury before the talk, join us at Gazala's Restaurant, 380 Columbus Avenue between 78th and 79th Streets, at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Geoffrey. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Bridget Stutchbury, Professor of Biololgy and Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology, York University, Toronto Title: Investigating the Private Lives of Birds Prof. Stutchbury was the first person to realize that a geolocator--a device that stores data about the times of sunrises and sunsets and can weigh as little as a paperclip--could be used to track birds on their migrations. In the breeding season of 2007, she and the research team she led affixed geolocators to 34 birds--14 Wood Thrushes and 20 Purple Martins--in one location in Pennsylvania. When 5 thrushes and 2 martins were trapped back on the breeding grounds the following summer, the recovered data provided the first look at the complete migratory route of any bird, a look that changed many long-held assumptions. In her talk, she will discuss these findings and the latest information gained from this research. Scott Weidensaul says of Prof. Stutchbury's recent book, The Bird Detective, on which this talk is based, With her trademark clarity and humor, Bridget Stutchbury--'bird detective' extraordinaire--reveals avian lives of uncommon drama, rife with adultery, divorce, sibling rivalry, lying, social climbing and life-or-death marathons--a peek into a world at once familiar and wonderfully different from our own. In her role as detective, Prof. Stutchbury uses every available means--high tech and low--from DNA analysis and geolocators to the old gumshoe standbys of stakeouts and trailing to snoop into the lives of birds because, she writes, Studies of bird behaviour are fascinating in their own right but also help us to understand if and how birds can adapt to our modern world. Trying to save birds without understanding what makes them tick is a shot in the dark. Birds are highly social, and their social needs are at least as important as their physical needs. Bridget Stutchbury completed her Master's of Science at Queen's University and her Ph.D. at Yale and was a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. She is affiliated with more than a dozen organizations that seek to preserve bird habitat. She has published numerous papers in scientific journals and is the author not only of The Bird Detective but also Silence of the Songbirds and co-author with her husband, E.S. Morton, of Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Songbirds. 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 Prof. Stutchbury before the talk, join us at Gazala's Restaurant, 380 Columbus Avenue between 78th and 79th Streets, at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Geoffrey. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speakers: Guy Tudor, John Gwynne and Terence Clarke, Wildlife Conservation Society Title: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: Behind the Scenes of the Creation of the Two-language Field Guide and Outreach Programs The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which among other things created and runs the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium, is publishing a five-volume guide to the birds of Brazil in both English and Portugese. Each volume is intended to be both a field guide to the birds of important wildlife areas of Brazil and a source of information about those areas and advocacy for their protection. The first volume, the subject of this talk, covering the 740 species of birds that live in the central Brazil regions called the Pantanal (a seasonally flooded wetland covering more than 80,000 square miles) and the Cerrado (one of the world's most biologically rich savannas), has just been published, and our three speakers are part of the team that created it. Guy Tudor contributed all of the illustrations of the passerines and was art designer for the book, John Gwynne contributed the illustrations for the raptors and Terry Clarke was the book's overall designer. In their talk, they will illustrate how the Birds of Brazil project was conceived and how the first volume was created. Guy Tudor, recipient of a MacArthur "genius award," contributed illustrations to A Guide to the Birds of Colombia, co-illustrated with John Gwynne Birds of Venezuela and illustrated, with text by Robert Ridgely, The Birds of South America and Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America. He is president of the New York City Butterfly Club and with Rick Cech is co-author of Butterflies of the East Coast. He is a longi-time member of the Linnaean Society and has received its highest award, the Eisenmann Medal. John Gwynne is chief creative officer/Vice President for Design emeritus of the WCS. He was in charge of its exhibition and graphic arts department for 27 years and is responsible for building many exhibits like The Congo at the Bronx Zoo. He has contributed illustrations to many books about neotropic birds, including Field Guide to the Birds of Panama. He has also been instrumental in starting workshops in Brazil that will use the new field guides to foster a greater appreciation for the avian diversity of the country and concern for its preservation. Terry Clarke is a graphic designer and a principle of Chelsea Communications, a design and production firm. He has designed many books, including Field Guide to the Birds of South America. A Life Member of the Linnaean Society, he served as its Editor for many years. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what promises to be an exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet our speakers before the talk, join us at Gazala's Restaurant, 380 Columbus Avenue, between 78th and 79th Streets, at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Geoffrey. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speakers: Guy Tudor, John Gwynne and Terence Clarke, Wildlife Conservation Society Title: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: Behind the Scenes of the Creation of the Two-language Field Guide and Outreach Programs The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which among other things created and runs the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium, is publishing a five-volume guide to the birds of Brazil in both English and Portugese. Each volume is intended to be both a field guide to the birds of important wildlife areas of Brazil and a source of information about those areas and advocacy for their protection. The first volume, the subject of this talk, covering the 740 species of birds that live in the central Brazil regions called the Pantanal (a seasonally flooded wetland covering more than 80,000 square miles) and the Cerrado (one of the world's most biologically rich savannas), has just been published, and our three speakers are part of the team that created it. Guy Tudor contributed all of the illustrations of the passerines and was art designer for the book, John Gwynne contributed the illustrations for the raptors and Terry Clarke was the book's overall designer. In their talk, they will illustrate how the Birds of Brazil project was conceived and how the first volume was created. Guy Tudor, recipient of a MacArthur genius award, contributed illustrations to A Guide to the Birds of Colombia, co-illustrated with John Gwynne Birds of Venezuela and illustrated, with text by Robert Ridgely, The Birds of South America and Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America. He is president of the New York City Butterfly Club and with Rick Cech is co-author of Butterflies of the East Coast. He is a longi-time member of the Linnaean Society and has received its highest award, the Eisenmann Medal. John Gwynne is chief creative officer/Vice President for Design emeritus of the WCS. He was in charge of its exhibition and graphic arts department for 27 years and is responsible for building many exhibits like The Congo at the Bronx Zoo. He has contributed illustrations to many books about neotropic birds, including Field Guide to the Birds of Panama. He has also been instrumental in starting workshops in Brazil that will use the new field guides to foster a greater appreciation for the avian diversity of the country and concern for its preservation. Terry Clarke is a graphic designer and a principle of Chelsea Communications, a design and production firm. He has designed many books, including Field Guide to the Birds of South America. A Life Member of the Linnaean Society, he served as its Editor for many years. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what promises to be an exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet our speakers before the talk, join us at Gazala's Restaurant, 380 Columbus Avenue, between 78th and 79th Streets, at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Geoffrey. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Janis L. Dickinson, Associate Professor in the Departments of Natural Resources and Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University and the Arthur A, Allen Director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Subject: Under the Mistletoe: The Evolution of Families in Western Bluebirds Prof. Dickinson's ongoing research program involves using a long-term study of color-banded Western Bluebirds as a model system for testing key hypotheses regarding the evolution of mating systems, sex ratio, dispersal behavior, cooperative breeding, migration and life-history traits. At the site, mistletoe grows on deciduous oaks and produces a sustained berry crop over the winter. It appears to be a form of wealth that drives family group living in Western Bluebirds. This talk will focus on the relative importance of mistletoe and parental nepotism in driving the first steps of cooperative breeding, the decision of young to remain home for their first winter and breed near parents. Janis Dickinson received her Ph.D. in Entomology/Animal Behavior from Cornell University in 1987. While doing her early research work in the Hastings Natural History Reserve in Carmel Valley, California, she held several positions at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Her early study was insects, and she has authored or co-authored numerous publications on beetles and butterflies as well as on Western Bluebirds. As she moved from insects to birds and to directing the world's largest citizen science program, her interest has remained on living communities and how they interact with the natural world around them. 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 Prof. Dickinson before the talk, join us at Pappardella's Restaurant, 75th St. and Columbus Avenue at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Jeff. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Janis L. Dickinson, Associate Professor in the Departments of Natural Resources and Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University and the Arthur A, Allen Director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Subject: Under the Mistletoe: The Evolution of Families in Western Bluebirds Prof. Dickinson's ongoing research program involves using a long-term study of color-banded Western Bluebirds as a model system for testing key hypotheses regarding the evolution of mating systems, sex ratio, dispersal behavior, cooperative breeding, migration and life-history traits. At the site, mistletoe grows on deciduous oaks and produces a sustained berry crop over the winter. It appears to be a form of wealth that drives family group living in Western Bluebirds. This talk will focus on the relative importance of mistletoe and parental nepotism in driving the first steps of cooperative breeding, the decision of young to remain home for their first winter and breed near parents. Janis Dickinson received her Ph.D. in Entomology/Animal Behavior from Cornell University in 1987. While doing her early research work in the Hastings Natural History Reserve in Carmel Valley, California, she held several positions at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Her early study was insects, and she has authored or co-authored numerous publications on beetles and butterflies as well as on Western Bluebirds. As she moved from insects to birds and to directing the world's largest citizen science program, her interest has remained on living communities and how they interact with the natural world around them. 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 Prof. Dickinson before the talk, join us at Pappardella's Restaurant, 75th St. and Columbus Avenue at 6 p.m. The reservation will be in the name of Jeff. Geoffrey Nulle, Vice President -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David Lahti, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Queens College CUNY Subject: The Evolution of Bird Behavior Studying animal behavior from an evolutionary perspective has led to the realization that genes and environment, nature and nurture, cooperate to guide the development of traits. This is true even of very plastic or changeable traits, such as those that involve learning. However, we still have a limited understanding of behavioral evolution. Behavior is often so developmentally distant from the genes, and controlled by so many genes, that we cannot very easily determine whether and how it can evolve. Birds are valuable study organisms for this purpose because they have relatively short generation times for a vertebrate, have many traits that involve significant learning, and are easily studied both in the wild and (for some species) in the laboratory. This talk will describe two studies that show how complex traits that involve learning can evolve by natural selection. The first deals with African weavers, whose eggs are distinctively colored and patterned in order to avoid being fooled by the eggs of a parasitic cuckoo. In the other case study, male swamp sparrows sing to attract mates and repel intruders, and their songs are more effective when they are faster. Both egg recognition in weavers and song production in sparrows are heavily dependent on learning, and yet experimental studies demonstrate how they can evolve by natural selection. These examples show how closely inheritance and learning can work together to guide both the development and the evolution of behavior. David Lahti received a Ph.D. in philosophy of biology in 1998 from the Whitefield Institute at Oxford, UK and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology in 2003 from the University of Michigan. He is widely published in ornithology. He has been the recipient of several awards including the Wilson Ornithological Society Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award in 2000 and the American Museum of Natural History Chapman Memorial Award also in 2000. Some of his research interests are brood parasitism and coevolution in weaverbirds, development and evolution of bird song learning, and the ecology and evolution of egg color in birds. 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. Lahti 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Morgan W. Tingley, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley and Visiting Scholar, American Museum of Natural History Subject: Avian Distributional Changes over a Century of Climate Change in California While climate change is generally considered a challenge for the future, 20th century climate change has already had an effect on the ecology and distributions of animals. For the last 8 years, researchers at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley have been retracing the steps of the eminent zoologist Joseph Grinnell and resurveying the Sierra Nevada to learn how species distributions and communities have changed over the past 100 years. Focusing on three elevational transects through the Sierras, the work of the “Grinnell Resurvey Project” has significantly added to our knowledge of how fauna have adapted to climatic shifts over the last century, thus helping us to better predict how species will respond to future shifts. Tingley will present his research illustrating how birds in California are responding to rapidly shifting environmental conditions. His research provides evidence over an unusually long time span of how climate change has already begun affecting bird ranges. Morgan Tingley received his Masters of Science in Zoology from Oxford University in 2005. His research interests have long focused on avian response to anthropogenic environmental change, with particular forays into the effects on birds of introduced species, wind farms, climate change, and fire. He is in the final stages of writing his dissertation. 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 Morgan Tingley 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Morgan W. Tingley, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy Management, University of California, Berkeley and Visiting Scholar, American Museum of Natural History Subject: Avian Distributional Changes over a Century of Climate Change in California While climate change is generally considered a challenge for the future, 20th century climate change has already had an effect on the ecology and distributions of animals. For the last 8 years, researchers at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley have been retracing the steps of the eminent zoologist Joseph Grinnell and resurveying the Sierra Nevada to learn how species distributions and communities have changed over the past 100 years. Focusing on three elevational transects through the Sierras, the work of the “Grinnell Resurvey Project” has significantly added to our knowledge of how fauna have adapted to climatic shifts over the last century, thus helping us to better predict how species will respond to future shifts. Tingley will present his research illustrating how birds in California are responding to rapidly shifting environmental conditions. His research provides evidence over an unusually long time span of how climate change has already begun affecting bird ranges. Morgan Tingley received his Masters of Science in Zoology from Oxford University in 2005. His research interests have long focused on avian response to anthropogenic environmental change, with particular forays into the effects on birds of introduced species, wind farms, climate change, and fire. He is in the final stages of writing his dissertation. 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 Morgan Tingley 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Peter Capainolo, Senior Scientific Assistant, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Biology, City College of CUNY Subject: The Biology and Ecology of North American Birds of Prey The diversity and natural history of selected species of eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures and owls of North America will be explored. During a slide presentation, birds of prey will be defined, adaptations for survival will be discussed and their current taxonomic positions will be explored as well as the unique relationship human beings have had with these magnificent birds throughout history. Peter Capainolo has had an interest in natural history, particularly ornithology, since boyhood. Birds of prey fascinated him and he received one of the first falconry licenses issued by New York State at the age of 18. He studied zoology and practiced falconry under Heinz Meng at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author, with Carol A. Butler, of How Fast Can A Falcon Dive? Fascinating Answers To Questions About Birds Of Prey published by Rutgers University Press. He will be available to sign a copy of this book if you bring it to the lecture. 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 Peter Capainolo 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Peter Capainolo, Senior Scientific Assistant, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Biology, City College of CUNY Subject: The Biology and Ecology of North American Birds of Prey The diversity and natural history of selected species of eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures and owls of North America will be explored. During a slide presentation, birds of prey will be defined, adaptations for survival will be discussed and their current taxonomic positions will be explored as well as the unique relationship human beings have had with these magnificent birds throughout history. Peter Capainolo has had an interest in natural history, particularly ornithology, since boyhood. Birds of prey fascinated him and he received one of the first falconry licenses issued by New York State at the age of 18. He studied zoology and practiced falconry under Heinz Meng at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author, with Carol A. Butler, of How Fast Can A Falcon Dive? Fascinating Answers To Questions About Birds Of Prey published by Rutgers University Press. He will be available to sign a copy of this book if you bring it to the lecture. 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 Peter Capainolo 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David Speiser, Board Member, NYC Audubon and Wildlife Photographer Subject: A Taste of Spring: Warblers of the Metropolitan Area Wood warblers migrate and breed throughout the Metropolitan area in the Spring and Fall, and are often thought to indicate the beginning of Spring. David will present images of about 40 species of warblers and will discuss his relationship with these special birds. From their breeding grounds to Central Park, warblers are busy feeding, singing and looking for homes. His images will capture some of their natural beauty and their daily challenges. David Speiser is employed as an operations and management consultant, but his real passion is photography and birding. He has birded extensively throughout the world and has seen over 4,000 species. His images have been featured at the Central Park Zoo and the Royal Botanical Gardens of Ontario as well as numerous publications including Birder’s World and Audubon Magazine. His work can be viewed at www.lilibirds.com 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 David 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Dustin Rubenstein, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University Subject: Causes and Consequences of Family-Living in Birds >From bees to birds, lions to shrimp, many species of animals live in complex >family groups. Why do so many species of animals live in groups comprised >primarily of relatives? Most studies of family-living, or cooperative breeding >behavior, highlight the importance of environmental factors in mediating the >paradox of not only why these groups form, but why some such individuals delay >independent reproduction to help raise others’ offspring. Using birds as an >example, Rubenstein will discuss the diversity of cooperatively breeding >species and then examine how environmental uncertainty influences the >evolution of this complex social behavior. Dustin Rubenstein received his Ph.D. in 2006 from Cornell University. His research is integrative in nature and combines studies in ecology, evolution, behavior, and physiology. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications and most recently wrote about his recent field expedition to Kenya in the New York Times Scientists at Work Blog. 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. Hill 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann Theater Speaker: Geoffrey Hill, Scharnagel Professor of Biological Sciences at Auburn University Subject: Nature’s Palette: The Wonders of Bird Coloration The colors of birds delight us with their brilliance, captivate us with their subtleties, amaze us with their variety, and most of all leave us pondering their existence. Why are some birds so bright and gaudy they cannot go undetected, while others are so drab and cryptic they are very tough to spot? Why do House Finches lose their coloration when they fall ill while the colors of parrots are resistant to the effects of disease. Why do many female birds look different than males? Why aren’t there any ducks with red feathers? This talk will be a fun and informative presentation on bird coloration and will cover a range of topics from feather pigments to the functions of red and blue plumage coloration. Geoffrey Hill received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the function and evolution of ornamental traits in birds and on the ecology and conservation of birds in the southeast. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications, editor of the two-volume collection of technical papers entitled Bird Coloration and the author of three books including the recently published National Geographic Bird Coloration. Dr. Hill will be available to sign his new book National Geographic Bird Coloration if you bring it with you. 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. Hill 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann Theater Speaker: Geoffrey Hill, Scharnagel Professor of Biological Sciences at Auburn University Subject: Nature’s Palette: The Wonders of Bird Coloration The colors of birds delight us with their brilliance, captivate us with their subtleties, amaze us with their variety, and most of all leave us pondering their existence. Why are some birds so bright and gaudy they cannot go undetected, while others are so drab and cryptic they are very tough to spot? Why do House Finches lose their coloration when they fall ill while the colors of parrots are resistant to the effects of disease. Why do many female birds look different than males? Why aren’t there any ducks with red feathers? This talk will be a fun and informative presentation on bird coloration and will cover a range of topics from feather pigments to the functions of red and blue plumage coloration. Geoffrey Hill received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the function and evolution of ornamental traits in birds and on the ecology and conservation of birds in the southeast. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications, editor of the two-volume collection of technical papers entitled Bird Coloration and the author of three books including the recently published National Geographic Bird Coloration. Dr. Hill will be available to sign his new book National Geographic Bird Coloration if you bring it with you. 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. Hill 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History Subject: The Evolution of Beauty Sexual selection by mate choice is a powerful evolutionary force which creates the form of diverse sexual advertisements including many plumage color patterns, displays, and songs in birds. It is currently popular to hypothesize that most of these sexual advertisements are indicators of mate quality, but the alternative hypothesis is that these sexual signals are arbitrary– in other words "merely beautiful." The talk will explore extraordinary avian intersexual display behaviors and songs, and discuss whether quality indication theory in sexual selection can explain the actual diversity of avian signals. Prum will propose that Darwin was precisely correct in his original characterization of mate preferences as "aesthetic sensibilities," and discuss an alternative model of sexual selection as an example of a new field of study– Evolutionary Aesthetics Richard Prum received an A.B. (1982) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1989) from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He has published extensively in several areas including developmental biology, optical physics, molecular genetics, phylogenetics, paleontology, and behavior ecology to address central questions about bird development, evolution, and behavior. In 2009, Richard Prum received the prestigious MacArthur Fellow Foundation Award. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what will undoubtedly be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Dr. Prum 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History Subject: The Evolution of Beauty Sexual selection by mate choice is a powerful evolutionary force which creates the form of diverse sexual advertisements including many plumage color patterns, displays, and songs in birds. It is currently popular to hypothesize that most of these sexual advertisements are indicators of mate quality, but the alternative hypothesis is that these sexual signals are arbitrary– in other words merely beautiful. The talk will explore extraordinary avian intersexual display behaviors and songs, and discuss whether quality indication theory in sexual selection can explain the actual diversity of avian signals. Prum will propose that Darwin was precisely correct in his original characterization of mate preferences as aesthetic sensibilities, and discuss an alternative model of sexual selection as an example of a new field of study– Evolutionary Aesthetics Richard Prum received an A.B. (1982) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1989) from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He has published extensively in several areas including developmental biology, optical physics, molecular genetics, phylogenetics, paleontology, and behavior ecology to address central questions about bird development, evolution, and behavior. In 2009, Richard Prum received the prestigious MacArthur Fellow Foundation Award. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what will undoubtedly be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Dr. Prum 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Schodde, former Curator and Director of the Australian National Wildlife Collection Subject: Australasia – The End or the Beginning of Modern Birdlife Australasia, the global antipodes, has some of the most unusual birds in the world: flightless emus and kiwis, swans that are black, fowls that build incubators for hatching eggs, a raft of parrots and cockatoos, and lyrebirds, bowerbirds and birds-of-paradise of exquisite plumage and remarkable display. Yet many of its birds, particularly its songbirds, are of conventional form, like the thrushes, warblers, wrens and flycatchers of the northern hemisphere. So it was thought throughout almost the whole 20th century that Australasia, originally an avian vacuum, was colonized in waves by immigrant Eurasian bird stocks over the last 5-10 million years. Those that arrived first diverged the most, isolated by sea from the rest of the world. For them it was the end of the line on land. Recent fossil, biogeographic and molecular evidence now suggests that the opposite is true. The growing body of data indicates that Australasia, as part of the ancient southern supercontinent Gondwana, was the source of many of today’s modern groups of birds, not just emus and parrots, but also the songbirds, today the largest and most successful ordinal group of birds in the world. The talk will trace the development of these ideas and the evidence on which they are based, and explain why most of the root lineages of songbird evolution survive today in the montane rainforests of New Guinea. Richard Schodde received his Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of Adelaide. He is the author or coauthor of numerous scientific papers and books including The Encyclopedia of Birds. A Complete Visual Guide (with Fred Cooke) published in 2006. In 2009 Schodde was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his contribution to the natural sciences, particularly ornithology. 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. Schodde 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David L. Pearson, Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Subject: Why Are There More Bird Species in Some Areas of the World Than Others? Using bird watching skills learned as a youth, Pearson visited six tropical countries around the world (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesian Borneo) to test hypotheses that claim to explain why there are more bird species in some parts of the world than others. Spending up to 18 months on a 15-hectare site in extensive primary forest in each country, he observed all the bird species he could find, how they foraged, and what niche they used in the forest. He will discuss what hypotheses were in fact predictors of species richness. David Pearson received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has authored or coauthored over 100 scientific articles on birds and other fauna as well as eight books including four in the Traveller's Wildlife Guide series for Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Thailand. An avid bird watcher, he has visited over 40 countries in search of life birds. His life list is “almost 7000”. 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. Pearson 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David L. Pearson, Research Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Subject: Why Are There More Bird Species in Some Areas of the World Than Others? Using bird watching skills learned as a youth, Pearson visited six tropical countries around the world (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesian Borneo) to test hypotheses that claim to explain why there are more bird species in some parts of the world than others. Spending up to 18 months on a 15-hectare site in extensive primary forest in each country, he observed all the bird species he could find, how they foraged, and what niche they used in the forest. He will discuss what hypotheses were in fact predictors of species richness. David Pearson received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has authored or coauthored over 100 scientific articles on birds and other fauna as well as eight books including four in the Traveller's Wildlife Guide series for Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Thailand. An avid bird watcher, he has visited over 40 countries in search of life birds. His life list is “almost 7000”. 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. Pearson 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, People Center Moderator: Sean Sime, Nature Photographer Subject: Members Slide Show This presentation comprises a selection of photographs of natural history including birds. All the images were all taken by our members. This evening will be an opportunity for the audience to participate and the photographers to share their expertise and experiences. Sean Sime received a Master’s in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the International Center for Photography in Manhattan. His photographs have appeared in Life magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Time magazine, and National Wildlife. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what promises to be a very exciting and fun evening. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Sean prior to the talk, join us ay 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramirez, Senior Guide, Caligo Ventures, Inc. Subject: Bird Diversity in a Neotropical Country: Costa Rica Costa Rica, a country the size of West Virginia, has 820 species of birds. Lying between two great continents, each with its peculiar avifauna, Costa Rica is a land bridge where the faunas of the two continents meet and intermingle. This talk will discuss the unusual diversity found as a result of geography and other factors. Rafael Campos-Ramirez is the former Assistant Curator for the University of Costa Rica and Field Assistant to Gary Stiles (author of A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica). His Central American experience includes studies on birds, bats, and primates as well as a number of botanical surveys. He has more recently participated in bird banding studies of migratory birds in the New York area. 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 Mr. Campos-Ramirez 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Rafael Guillermo Campos-Ramirez, Senior Guide, Caligo Ventures, Inc. Subject: Bird Diversity in a Neotropical Country: Costa Rica Costa Rica, a country the size of West Virginia, has 820 species of birds. Lying between two great continents, each with its peculiar avifauna, Costa Rica is a land bridge where the faunas of the two continents meet and intermingle. This talk will discuss the unusual diversity found as a result of geography and other factors. Rafael Campos-Ramirez is the former Assistant Curator for the University of Costa Rica and Field Assistant to Gary Stiles (author of A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica). His Central American experience includes studies on birds, bats, and primates as well as a number of botanical surveys. He has more recently participated in bird banding studies of migratory birds in the New York area. 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 Mr. Campos-Ramirez 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Paul Kerlinger, President, Curry & Kerlinger LLC. Subject: Do Wind Turbines Kill Significant Numbers of Night Migrants? This presentation on birds, wind turbines and communication towers will provide a brief overview of the history of wind power in the United States and state of the art information on how many and what types of birds are killed by wind turbines. In addition, Dr. Kerlinger will present his most current research on the role of the FAA in the lighting of communication towers. The results of those studies promise to reduce fatalities at communication towers by more than 1 million night migrants per year. Paul Kerlinger received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. A nationally known avian expert, he has done groundbreaking research on bird migration and behavior as well as the bird-tower issue. He served as Director of New Jersey Audubon's Cape May Bird Observatory for seven years and has worked with both environmental and industry groups across the country on the issues of bird and habitat protection. Kerlinger is the author of dozens of published scientific papers as well as five books, including How Birds Migrate, Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks and, as coauthor, The New York City Audubon Society's Guide to Finding Birds in the Metropolitan Area. 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. Kerllinger 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater Speaker: Angus Wilson, Chair, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) and Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center and Member of the NYU Cancer Institute. Subject: A New Yorker's Guide to Watching Seabirds and Cetaceans: Where, When and How The waters that bathe the coastline of New York State are used year round by large numbers of seabirds and marine mammals that come to us from all over the North and South Atlantic oceanic basins. This presentation will overview some of the more exciting species that can be seen in the winter and summer months either from shore or as part of an organized pelagic excursion. Good land-based vantage points within easy reach of New York City will be described, as will some of the basic techniques for finding and identifying birds and mammals on the open ocean. Angus Wilson received his Ph.D. in 1990 from Kings College, University of London, Canada. He has traveled widely in search of seabirds including the Humboldt Current, Southern Ocean, Aleutians, Sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia, Greenland and arctic Canada. He has coauthored The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World (Voyageur Press, 2006) with his brother Ben Wilson. 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. Wilson 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater Speaker: Angus Wilson, Chair, New York State Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) and Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center and Member of the NYU Cancer Institute. Subject: A New Yorker's Guide to Watching Seabirds and Cetaceans: Where, When and How The waters that bathe the coastline of New York State are used year round by large numbers of seabirds and marine mammals that come to us from all over the North and South Atlantic oceanic basins. This presentation will overview some of the more exciting species that can be seen in the winter and summer months either from shore or as part of an organized pelagic excursion. Good land-based vantage points within easy reach of New York City will be described, as will some of the basic techniques for finding and identifying birds and mammals on the open ocean. Angus Wilson received his Ph.D. in 1990 from Kings College, University of London, Canada. He has traveled widely in search of seabirds including the Humboldt Current, Southern Ocean, Aleutians, Sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia, Greenland and arctic Canada. He has coauthored The Complete Whale-Watching Handbook: A Guide to Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World (Voyageur Press, 2006) with his brother Ben Wilson. 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. Wilson 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Curator of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History Subject: Bird Song, Plumage Color and the Evolution of Beauty in Nature Sexual selection by mate choice is a powerful evolutionary force which creates the form of diverse sexual advertisements including many plumage color patterns, displays, and songs in birds. It is currently popular to hypothesize that most of these sexual advertisements are indicators of mate quality, but the alternative hypothesis is that these sexual signals are arbitrary– in other words "merely beautiful." The talk will explore extraordinary avian intersexual display behaviors and songs, and discuss whether quality indication theory in sexual selection can explain the actual diversity of avian signals. Prum will propose that Darwin was precisely correct in his original characterization of mate preferences as "aesthetic sensibilities," and discuss an alternative model of sexual selection as an example of a new field of study– Evolutionary Aesthetics Richard Prum received an A.B. (1982) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1989) from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He has published extensively in several areas including developmental biology, optical physics, molecular genetics, phylogenetics, paleontology, and behavior ecology to address central questions about bird development, evolution, and behavior. In 2009, Richard Prum received the prestigious MacArthur Fellow Foundation Award. The meeting is open to the public, without charge. Please join us for what will undoubtedly be a very exciting talk. Enter the Museum at West 77th Street. If you would like to meet Dr. Prum 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Kaufman Theater Speaker: Robert F. Rockwell, Professor, Department of Biology, City University of New York and Research Associate, Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History Subject: The Early Bear Gets the Goose: Climate Change, Polar Bears and Lesser Snow Geese Global climate change has resulted in early breakup of sea ice and in polar bears coming ashore earlier. As such, they are increasingly missing opportunities to hunt ringed seals, their main prey, in the spring. Ironically, the earlier onshore arrival is leading those in the west Hudson Bay population to increasingly overlap the nesting period of the 50,000 pairs of Snow Geese nesting on the Cape Churchill Peninsula. As that overlap increases, the polar bears are increasingly foraging on Snow Goose eggs. This talk examines these changes in terms of the benefits to the bears and the cost to the geese. Robert F. Rockwell received his Ph.D. in 1975 from Queens University, Ontario, Canada. He has worked on snow geese and polar bears for 41 years at a remote camp outside Churchill, Manitoba. He is President of the Hudson Bay Project Corporation and Director of Animal Research at the La Perouse Bay Tundra Biology Station, among other scientific and academic positions that he holds. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications on behavioral ecology and population genetics of the Canada Snow Goose and other animals. 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. Rockwell 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David S. Wilcove, Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Public Affairs, Princeton University Subject: The Case of the Killer Potato Chip: Oil Palm Agriculture, Deforestation, and Species Endangerment in Borneo Southeast Asia is widely recognized as one of the hottest of the world's biodiversity hotspots, due in large part to the rapid rate at which the region's forests are being logged or converted to agricultural land. The most rapidly expanding crop in the region--indeed throughout the tropics--is oil palm. Wilcove will discuss the impacts of oil palm agriculture on birds and butterflies in Borneo and mainland Malaysia. He will then compare the impacts of oil palm to the impacts of logging. He will close with some recommendations for addressing the threat that oil palm poses to biodiversity in Southeast Asia. David Wilcove received his Ph.D. in 1985 from Yale University. He is the author of The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America (1999) and numerous scientific publications, book chapters, and popular articles dealing with conservation biology, endangered species, biogeography, and ornithology. He is also the author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations published in 2008. 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. Wilcove 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: David S. Wilcove, Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Public Affairs, Princeton University Subject: The Case of the Killer Potato Chip: Oil Palm Agriculture, Deforestation, and Species Endangerment in Borneo Southeast Asia is widely recognized as one of the hottest of the world's biodiversity hotspots, due in large part to the rapid rate at which the region's forests are being logged or converted to agricultural land. The most rapidly expanding crop in the region--indeed throughout the tropics--is oil palm. Wilcove will discuss the impacts of oil palm agriculture on birds and butterflies in Borneo and mainland Malaysia. He will then compare the impacts of oil palm to the impacts of logging. He will close with some recommendations for addressing the threat that oil palm poses to biodiversity in Southeast Asia. David Wilcove received his Ph.D. in 1985 from Yale University. He is the author of The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America (1999) and numerous scientific publications, book chapters, and popular articles dealing with conservation biology, endangered species, biogeography, and ornithology. He is also the author of No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations published in 2008. 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. Wilcove 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., Distinguished Visiting Research Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Subject: Osprey Migration: Navigation, Orientation, and Mortality in Juvenile and Adult Ospreys This talk will review what we have learned from satellite tracking east coast Ospreys, concentrating on data from 29 juveniles that have been tagged since 2004. The migratory behavior of adult Ospreys is fairly well understood. They navigate between nesting territories and wintering grounds often 3-4,000 miles apart. They are as faithful to their wintering grounds as they are to their nest sites. Among the many mysteries of migration, perhaps the most difficult to understand, is how first-year birds find their way to their wintering grounds. They do not navigate, as they have no instinct that directs them to a particular destination. Instead, they simply instinctively head south. How do they know when to stop and where to settle? It is well known that roughly 80% of all first year Ospreys do not complete their first migration cycle. We do not know where the mortality occurs. The uncertainty over when mortality occurs and the high cost of satellite transmitters explain the paucity of data on juvenile migration. Finally, nearly all east coast Ospreys, roughly 40,000 adults and juveniles, migrate through Cuba and Hispaniola each fall. The conservation implications of this bottleneck will be discussed. Richard O. Bierregaard received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications on birds of prey, birds of the New World Tropics, habitat fragmentation and conservation. 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. Bierregaard 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Theater Speaker: Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., Distinguished Visiting Research Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Subject: Osprey Migration: Navigation, Orientation, and Mortality in Juvenile and Adult Ospreys This talk will review what we have learned from satellite tracking east coast Ospreys, concentrating on data from 29 juveniles that have been tagged since 2004. The migratory behavior of adult Ospreys is fairly well understood. They navigate between nesting territories and wintering grounds often 3-4,000 miles apart. They are as faithful to their wintering grounds as they are to their nest sites. Among the many mysteries of migration, perhaps the most difficult to understand, is how first-year birds find their way to their wintering grounds. They do not navigate, as they have no instinct that directs them to a particular destination. Instead, they simply instinctively head south. How do they know when to stop and where to settle? It is well known that roughly 80% of all first year Ospreys do not complete their first migration cycle. We do not know where the mortality occurs. The uncertainty over when mortality occurs and the high cost of satellite transmitters explain the paucity of data on juvenile migration. Finally, nearly all east coast Ospreys, roughly 40,000 adults and juveniles, migrate through Cuba and Hispaniola each fall. The conservation implications of this bottleneck will be discussed. Richard O. Bierregaard received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored or coauthored numerous publications on birds of prey, birds of the New World Tropics, habitat fragmentation and conservation. 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. Bierregaard 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Auditorium Speaker: Kimberly Bostwick, Curator of Birds and Mammals at Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates and Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Subject: Cloud Forest Virtuosos: Discovering the Amazing Wing- Instruments of Club-winged Manakins We often have the sense that all the major biological discoveries have been made long ago. In this talk, Bostwick encourages the audience to discover for themselves the solution to a mystery that puzzled even Darwin, and has only been worked out in recent years. That is, some animals exhibit exceptions to the rule of "survival of the fittest" and conform more to the idea of "survival of the sexiest". Male Club-winged Manakins, an Andean cloud-forest bird, is one of these exceptions; it has a unique, specialized, and very costly method of courting females, that will be revealed and explored in detail. Kimberly Bostwick received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She has authored numerous papers on bird ecology and evolution. She most recently appeared in the first episode of PBS’s Nature series entitled Deep Jungle. 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. Bostwick 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Linnaean Society Meeting Announcement
THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK SPEAKERS PROGRAM Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:30 p.m. The American Museum of Natural History, Linder Auditorium Speaker: Kimberly Bostwick, Curator of Birds and Mammals at Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates and Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Subject: Cloud Forest Virtuosos: Discovering the Amazing Wing- Instruments of Club-winged Manakins We often have the sense that all the major biological discoveries have been made long ago. In this talk, Bostwick encourages the audience to discover for themselves the solution to a mystery that puzzled even Darwin, and has only been worked out in recent years. That is, some animals exhibit exceptions to the rule of survival of the fittest and conform more to the idea of survival of the sexiest. Male Club-winged Manakins, an Andean cloud-forest bird, is one of these exceptions; it has a unique, specialized, and very costly method of courting females, that will be revealed and explored in detail. Kimberly Bostwick received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She has authored numerous papers on bird ecology and evolution. She most recently appeared in the first episode of PBS’s Nature series entitled Deep Jungle. 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. Bostwick 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
