*The Queens County Bird Club* *will be meeting at the Alley Pond
Environmental Center (APEC) on Wednesday, November 18th at 8pm.*
(For travel directions, see http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm).*
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PROGRAM: Cowbirds, Cuckoos, and Coots: Behavioral Diversity of Brood
Parasitic Birds, or Even Cowbirds Get the Blues,
by Dr. Mark Hauber, Hunter College
Perhaps the most surprising image in nature is a host feeding a large and
unrelated cuckoo chick. Why do birds not recognize and reject foreign
young? How can cowbirds and cuckoos get away with costly brood parasitic
breeding tactics? This talk will survey the evolutionary and behavioral
diversity of avian parasites, from the backyard cowbird to the world’s
largest parasite, the channel-billed cuckoo of Australia. Dr. Hauber will
draw examples using work from collaborative studies across Europe, North
American, African, and New Zealand.
QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}.
Trips and Meetings are free! Please consider joining or making a
contribution if you attend or participate.
Please check our website for more information:
http://queenscountybirdclub.org/
Please send questions about the meeting and QCBC to Arie Gilbert, President,
<ariegilb...@optonline.net>
*Donna Schulman
QCBC*
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