[cayugabirds-l] Monday Night Seminar: David Bonter--Of Islands and Undergrads

[Marc Devokaitis]

Hi Everyone:

Please join us this coming Monday for the first Monday Night Seminar of the
new year, featuring the indomitable Dr. David Bonter. As always, the
seminars are held in the auditorium, and free and open to the public. The
doors open at 7:00.

We will be streaming this seminar live. Bookmark
http://dl.allaboutbirds.org/cornelllab-monday-night-seminars for quick
access on Monday evening.  Hope to see you there!

-Marc



Dr. David Bonter, Director, Citizen Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology



*Of Islands and Undergrads: A decade of bird study in the Isles of Shoals*



The Isles of Shoals, a craggy archipelago in the Gulf of Maine, is an ideal
place to immerse students in learning and research focused on birds. For
the past decade, Dr. David Bonter has taught Field Ornithology and mentored
research of Cornell undergraduate students studying the eiders, swallows,
gulls and warblers that invade the islands during the breeding season. This
presentation will virtually transport you to Appledore Island where you’ll
learn about the students’ findings and experience their journey through the
trials and tribulations of ornithological field work.







Upcoming Monday Night Seminars:







March 6, 2017

Dr. Andrew Farnsworth, Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology



*Perspectives** on Nocturnal Bird Migration: What we've learned
from BirdCast*



Bird migration is a spectacular global phenomenon that has long captured
the attention of human observers. But it wasn’t until the turn of the 20th
century that ornithologists realized the magnitude of migration that
occurred at night. Now in the early 21st century, several technologies have
advanced sufficiently far to allow us to achieve new understandings of the
magnitude and characteristics of nocturnal bird migration across a broad
range of scales in new and different ways. The BirdCast project is a
collaborative effort between ornithologists and computer scientists to
further our understanding of the biology of bird migration by using state
of the art machine learning and computer science techniques in combination
with data collected with remote sensing methods, like radar and acoustic
monitoring, to achieve these understandings. Dr. Andrew Farnsworth will
speak about some of the novel insights gleaned and results produced so far
from this fascinating project.





April 3, 2017

Juan Pablo Culasso



*A World of Sound*



A blind birdwatcher from Uruguay proves you don’t need sight to see.
Through the sounds of nature he is able to envision the world that
surrounds him. Juan Pablo Culasso is one of the best birdwatchers in the
Americas by using his ears, not his eyes. He was born blind and as a child
learned to identify the feathered creatures by their voices. As an adult,
his career is recording the sounds of nature. Last year, he had the
opportunity, as a guest of the Uruguayan government, to travel to
Antarctica to learn the landscape of the world’s last wilderness through
its sounds. Join us to hear from Juan Pablo about his travels to this
remote place and what he discovered there.





May 1, 2017

Dr. Christine Sheppard, Bird Collisions Campaign Manager, American Bird
Conservancy



*Bird Mortality From Collisions With Glass: What we’ve learned, what we
need to know, what you can do*



You probably think that you can see glass – but long ago, you learned a
concept – glass is an invisible barrier or reflective illusion – that birds
never understand. As many as a billion birds die each year in the U.S.,
nearly half of them on home windows. In the last decade, many scientists
have contributed pieces to the puzzle of how birds really see the world.
This has established a basis for developing new solutions for existing
glass, as well as materials and design strategies for creating new,
bird-friendly buildings. Most architects, urban planners – most people –
don’t understand why birds are important and how big the collisions problem
is. Virtually everyone has seen or heard a bird hit glass, but think of it
as a rare occurrence. Dr. Christine Sheppard will discuss the tools we have
to solve the problem and the big job ahead getting those solutions
implemented. However, this is one conservation issue where individuals can
take immediate action and see immediate results.

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[cayugabirds-l] Birds of North America Paper Series - FREE

[bob mcguire]

I just spoke with Lang Elliott. He is cleaning out in preparation for his trip 
- and is getting rid of his paper version of "The Birds of North America”. This 
is some 600+ pamphlets, one on each bird. Free to the first comer. Contact Lang 
directly:  langelli...@mac.com

Bob McGuire
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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: FYI for nature photography lovers

[AB Clark]

> This was just sent around on the Broome Bluewing list and it seems 
> appropriate to alert Cayuga Bird list as well. Hope some of you get to see it!


Anne
>  
> Nature's Best Is Almost Here!
> 
> We cannot overstate how incredibly excited we are for our newest exhibition, 
> Nature's Best Photography.
>  
> Nature's Best Photography is an award-winning showcase of 50 stunning 
> large-scale photographs. The collection includes images from international 
> photographers who have captured the natural beauty and wonder of our planet's 
> creatures and habitats. The only other museum to feature Nature's Best 
> Photography is the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History!
>  
> This exhibition will open to the public on Friday, February 17 and we highly 
> recommend that you come check out these stunning photographs.
>  
> https://www.roberson.org/exhibits-events/the-exhibitions/natures-best-photography/
>  
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Eagle Huntress showing at Cornell Cinema this weekend

[Diane Morton]

Meena asked me to post this announcement about the Eagle Huntress to the
listserv, with this note:

"I liked the film very much. It is shot beautifully and with due respect to
majestic golden eagles. The locals also treated the Golden Eagles with such
respect and after 7 years of being in captivity the birds are released back
to the wild so that can start breeding with the wild birds." - Meena

I've also seen the film and agree that the cinematography is amazing, and
the story inspiring.

Diane

Here is the announcement:

Cornell Cinema presents



*THE EAGLE HUNTRESS*

 "*The Eagle Huntress* is all at once an inspiring story for children of
all ages to believe that they can do anything, a reflection of the
unfairness of gender roles and a rare and unique look at a remote part of
the world. It's a worthwhile film for both children and adults and
especially those who would try to clip the wings of a young girl with big
dreams." (*New York Daily News*)


*One of 15 films shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Oscar!*



Saturday, February 4 at 2:00pm

Sunday, February 5 at 4:30pm

Willard Straight Theatre



*Feb 4*: $5 adults, $4 kids 12 & under, *Feb 5*: $5.50/all



*Watch a trailer here*: The Eagle Huntress 







*Directed by Otto Bell*

The film follows a 13-year-old girl named Aisholpan as she trains to become
the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an
eagle hunter, rising to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed
down from father to son for centuries. Subtitles will be read out loud at
the February 4th show. Recommended for ages 8+. Subtitled. More at
theeaglehuntress.com/site/

*1 hr 27 min*



More information (including parking tips
)

available at cinema.cornell.edu


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