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Fall 2007 Monday Night Seminar Video Archive
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September 17,
2007
Calling patterns of night--migrating birds over central New York William R. Evans, Independent Researcher |
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| Hear Bill's talk, now
archived online! Most bird migration over New York occurs at night and many species give flight calls during their passage. On a good migration night, thousands of calls can be heard by a listener who is tuned in. Bill will share tips for hearing the flights and discuss patterns of calling he has deciphered in 20 years studying the phenomenon in central New York. |
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September 24,
2007
A bird's-eye view of forest fires in the West Dick Hutto, University of Montana |
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archived online! Studies of birds in burned forests reveal that many species are nearly restricted in their distributions to burned forests. And the presence of many of these bird species is tied to the presence of standing dead trees. Dick will illustrate these facts with data from more than 50 different fires that have burned since 1988 in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, and discuss the implications of post-fire timber harvesting on their ecology. |
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October 1, 2007
Mercury and migration: Conservation through the lives of Adirondack loons Nina Schoch, Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program |
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archived online! This presentation will provide an overview of the loon conservation efforts conducted in New York's Adirondack Park by the Wildlife Conservation Society and its partners in the Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program. Beautiful photographs and video clips describe intriguing facts about Common Loons and their natural history, as well as the Loon Program's research on the impact of environmental mercury pollution on these captivating birds and their aquatic habitats. |
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October 22, 2007
The ravens' vs. the wood frogs' sharing systems Bernd Heinrich, University of Vermont |
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archived online! Ravens typically feed in large crowds on ephemeral food bonanzas. Wood frogs breed "explosively" in crowds in ephemeral pools. Vocal communication among unrelated individuals plays a large role in both. Bernd will explore the similarities and differences in the evolution of these systems. |
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November 19, 2007
Natural Sound: Science, music, experiment Ann Warde, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bioacoustics Research Program |
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| Hear Ann's talk, now archived online! Early Macaulay Library recordings of natural sounds have played an important role for American experimental composers. Through visual images of musical structure and an anecdotal history about how composers were first drawn to these recordings, Ann Warde, Research Analyst at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will explore how the recorded material was translated into music in her presentation, “Natural Sound: Science, Music, Experiment.” Ann will also present some of the source recordings and the music that they inspired. |
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