Sound and Feature: How Media Specimens are Revolutionizing Modern Ornithology Exhibit lecture by Mike Webster (Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior / The Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Friday, June 9, 10:00 am - 11:00 am Stern Seminar Room (160), Mann Library
For centuries ornithological research has relied on the study of specimens to reveal the ecology, life histories and evolution of birds. Today we can also collect a new type of specimen, the "media specimen": an audio or video recording of a bird in nature. These recordings capture key aspects of wild bird behavior in ways that traditional physical specimens simply cannot. Drawing from his own work in Australia and North America as well as that of other Cornell scientists and students, Dr. Mike Webster of the Cornell Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior will show how media specimens are advancing modern-day research aimed at understanding and conserving birds and how inexpensive new technologies are allowing everyday "citizen scientists" to collect and use media specimens. Efforts such as these are fostering broader participation in ornithological science, a better understanding of birds at continental and even global scales, and deeper appreciation of the natural world by a world-wide public. Following Dr. Webster's talk, please join us for a reception in the Mann Gallery, in celebration of the new exhibit: "Around the World and Back: Building Cornell's Nature Collections Through Exploration."<http://events.cornell.edu/event/around_the_world_and_back> Other reunion 2017 events at Mann Library include: * Making It at the Library: 3D printing and makerspace demo<http://events.cornell.edu/event/making_it_at_the_library_3d_printing>, Friday, June 9, 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, Mann Lobby; * Exhibit: "Mark Catesby: Naturalist in North America,"<http://events.cornell.edu/event/Catesby> M-F 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sat 1:00 - 5:00 pm, Mann Lobby & Top Shelf Gallery, 1st floor; * Guided viewing of Mark Catesby's 18th century masterpiece<http://events.cornell.edu/event/mark_catesbys_the_natural_history>: "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands," with Dr. Don Rakow, Saturday, June 10, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Rare & Manuscript Collection Reference Room, Kroch Library Level 2B. For more information, please visit mannlib.cornell.edu<http://mannlib.cornell.edu/> or email Mann Public Education Programs<mailto:mann-public-ed-p...@cornell.edu> -- 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/ --