Today, September 11, is be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird Club, which is free and opened to the public. 7:30 at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Club Members are invited to join our speaker, Amanda Rodewald, for dinner at Taste of Thai Express (downtown on Rt. 13N) just before the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Laura Stenzler (l...@cornell.edu<mailto:l...@cornell.edu>) by 3 this afternoon. We are looking forward to hearing Amanda D. Rodewald, Ph.D., Garvin Professor of Ornithology and Director of Conservation Science, Cornell University Robert F. Schumann Faculty Fellow, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Department of Natural Resources; Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University. Her presentation will be - In the Thick of It: How Invasive Plants Affect Breeding Birds Invasive species are among the most serious conservation threats to native biodiversity. Invasive plants, in particular, can affect birds by altering food and nesting resources. Recent studies also show that invasive plants can increase the vulnerability of breeding birds to nest predators. Dr. Rodewald will discuss a decade of research showing how Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), one of the most problematic exotic and invasive shrubs in eastern forests, influences predator-prey interactions in urbanizing landscapes. As both a faculty member in the Cornell Department of Natural Resources and Director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Amanda Rodewald works to generate, apply, and communicate science in ways that advance understanding of ecology and also support conservation. Her research program seeks to understand the behavioral and demographic mechanisms guiding population, community, and landscape-scale responses of birds to land use change and human activity in the eastern US and Latin America. The meeting will be held at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. All are welcome. Doors open at 7:00 pm and there will be cookies and conversation starting at 7:15. Bird club business begins at 7:30 pm followed by the presentation. Members: Please remember to review the annual proposed budget in the newsletter before our vote at this meeting. ____________________________________________________________ -- 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/ --
