March 24 – Unraveling the Mysteries of Songbird Mating Systems
Posted by Dustin Horton // March 11, 2014 // Calendar of Events
When: 7:39 p.m.
Where: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca
Speaker: Sara Kaiser, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Title: Unraveling the Mysteries of Songbird Mating Systems
Description: Most male Black-throated Blue Warblers are “socially monogamous,” meaning they are mated to a single female. However, all is not as it appears: up to 50% of Black-throated Blue Warbler nests have young sired by a male that is not the territory holder. Sara Kaiser, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, will discuss how habitat quality affects where and how often the Black-throated Blue Warbler mates outside its pair bond. Sara has been studying the mating system of these warblers in the hardwood forests of New Hampshire.
Admission: Free
Contact: (800) 843-2473, cornellbirds@cornell.edu
