Next Monday, March 8, at 7:30 pm will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club. Dr. Stephen Kress will give his presentation, "Saving Seabirds with Social Attraction". About one third of all seabird species are threatened because of effects of invasive mammals, marine pollution, loss of forage fish and climate change. Against this grim background, Stephen Kress' presentation offers hope that people can bring seabirds back to historic nesting places and expand ranges by using innovative restoration methods based on animal behavior. Steve will explain how seabird biologists are saving species by restoring nesting colonies using methods that were first developed on the Maine coast where Steve's pioneering research using decoys, audio recordings and mirrors has become known as social attraction. This method, often combined with translocation of seabird chicks, is now helping at least 95 seabird species in 25 countries. Steve will explain how these techniques brought puffins and terns back to nesting islands on the Maine coast and how others are using the methods to save endangered seabirds worldwide. Stephen Kress is the founder of National Audubon Society's Project Puffin and a Visiting Fellow of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. He previously served as Vice-President for Bird Conservation for the National Audubon Society and Director of the Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, Maine. His research focus is development of techniques for managing nesting seabirds. Hundreds of professional seabird biologists can trace their first interest in seabirds to internships with Project Puffin and many innovative seabird conservation methods that he developed in Maine are now standard practice worldwide. Dr. Kress received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and his Masters and undergraduate degrees from Ohio State University. He is coauthor with Derrick Z. Jackson of Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird back to Egg Rock and the recently published The Puffin Plan, an autobiography for 12+ readers. He is also author of many books on bird watching and gardening for birds. Many Ithacans know Steve from his popular Spring Ornithology courses at the Lab of Ornithology. This spring he is teaching it as a Zoom course for the Cayuga Bird Club. Register for Zoom meeting: https://tinyurl.com/cbc202103mtg Cayuga Bird Club meetings start at 7:30pm on the second Monday of each month, September through June, and are open to the public. Each virtual meeting will begin with the speaker's presentation, followed by club business. Colleen RichardsCorresponding Secretary Cayuga Bird Club ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more
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