Hope to see you here! Monday, Feb 20 from 7:30-9:00PM
"The race to conserve Asia's vultures" by Yula Kapetenakos The introduction of a veterinary drug used to treat cattle in Asia during the 1990's directly resulted in one of the most catastrophic bird population declines in modern history. With populations reduced to 1% of their former abundance, four species of Asian vulture may now be on the brink of extinction. Three of those species, Oriental white-rumped, slender-billed and red-headed vultures, persist in low numbers in Cambodia and conservation biologists have responded quickly to protect these southeast Asian populations. Yula's research focuses on the demography and genetics of these critically endangered Cambodian vultures. By employing genetic, mark-recapture methods, she has been able to acquire population information never before collected for these important populations. Speaker Info: Yula Kapetenakos, Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University<http://bit.ly/YulaBio> Read more about Yula's work in this 2008 article in Living Bird<http://bit.ly/yulaMNS>! ************************ Monday Night Seminars were originally conceived by Lab founder Dr. Arthur A. Allen as a venue for sharing the complex world of science in a format aimed at a public audience. Seminars typically begin at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.) in the Visitors’ Center Auditorium. As always, admission is free and open to all. ****************************************** Charles Eldermire Public Education Outreach Associate Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 254-1131 (607) 254-2111 [fax] birds.cornell.edu/visit<http://birds.cornell.edu/visit> twitter.com/sapsuckerwoods facebook.com/sapsuckerwoods -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
