Hi Everyone: Please join us for the next Monday Night Seminar, featuring Andrew Farnsworth <http://birdcast.info/person/farnsworth/> of Birdcast <http://birdcast.info/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+Staff+eNews&utm_campaign=23bb415a34-Sapsucker_Woods_Events_Feb2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c649f110c-23bb415a34->, this coming Monday at 7:30pm. 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 March 6th, 7:30PM Perspectives on Nocturnal Bird Migration: What We've Learned from BirdCast *Speaker: *Dr. Andrew Farnsworth, Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird migration is a spectacular phenomenon that has long captured the attention of human observers. The Cornell Lab's BirdCast project <http://birdcast.info/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+Staff+eNews&utm_campaign=23bb415a34-Sapsucker_Woods_Events_Feb2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c649f110c-23bb415a34-> uses state-of-the-art machine learning and computer science, along with data from radar and acoustic monitoring, to uncover migration secrets. Andrew Farnsworth will talk about some of the novel insights revealed by this fascinating project. *You can watch any of our past live-streamed seminars via the **free video seminar archive* <http://bit.ly/1fYRfuT>* on our website.* Upcoming Monday Night Seminars: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Marc Devokaitis Public Information Specialist Cornell Lab of Ornithology *Learn something new about birds every month! Sign up for our eNewsletter at **birds.cornell.edu/enews* <https://secure3.birds.cornell.edu/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1065> *Have we helped you today? Your support makes our work possible. If you’re not yet a member, please visit **birds.cornell.edu/join* <https://join.birds.cornell.edu/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1806&ea.campaign.id=21925&ea.tracking.id=DMA>* to support our cause and receive our beautiful quarterly magazine, Living Bird. * [image: 05_cornell_sm] -- 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/ --
