The next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club will be held Monday, October 14, 2024, 7:30pm at Foundation of Light (391 Turkey Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850). "Ticks and the Ripple Effects of Disease in Ecological Communities" will be presented by Dr. Joel Brown, a Postdoc at Cornell University Baker Institute of Animal Health and the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health In the Northeast US, ticks and associated diseases have become an enormous public health issue. There are few groups of people more aware of, and exposed to, the risk of tick-borne diseases than birders. In this talk, I will discuss how ticks are embedded in the wider ecological community, the relationships they have with birds, and attempt to debunk some myths surrounding tick-borne disease. I will present some possible solutions and open some engaging discussion on how to make our local birding less risky. About the Speaker: Dr Joel Brown is a postdoctoral associate at the Baker Institute of Animal Health and the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at Cornell university. He trained as a community ecologist at Queen Mary, University of London, Imperial College London, and the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is passionate about biodiversity in many forms, particularly how it is being affected by environmental change and what this might mean for public health and vector borne disease. There will be a dinner with Joel at Sumo Restaurant (at the Cayuga Mall on Triphammer Rd.) at 5:30 pm. Please rsvp to cl...@juno.com by noon Monday (10/14) so reservations can be made. Colleen RichardsCorresponding SecretaryCayuga Bird Club Cayuga Bird Club meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. In-person meetings start with social time at 7:00pm, the reading of the bird list at 7:20pm, and club business at 7:30pm, followed by the speaker's presentation starting around 8:00pm and ending by 9:00pm. We will attempt to make presentations available virtually as a recording posted a few days later, on our YouTube channel @cayugabirdclub. Some meetings may shift to Zoom if warranted by circumstances. --
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