Join Sacramento Audubon on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 7:00PM for Amazing Adaptations: How Birds Cope with Hardship presented by Jamie Cornelius.

Most of us humans are able to retreat to the safety of a building or a well-stocked pantry to wait out storms, smoke, or heat waves…but what do all the birds do? Do they also seek shelter? Do they leave? How long can they wait before they must go try to find food? Such decisions can literally mean life or death, but some amazing adaptations help them to cope with times of unpredictable food and highlight how important social interactions are for birds.

Dr. Jamie Cornelius and her lab study behavioral and physiological strategies that birds use to cope with unpredictable change. In other words, why do some birds survive better than others when the going gets tough? She’ll describe field and lab experiments that help us understand their needs and what strategies might help them to cope with global change. Jamie is an assistant professor at Oregon State University in the Department of Integrative Biology and was a post-doctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology in Germany and a Fulbright fellow at St. Petersburg State University in Russia. She earned a B.S. in Zoology at the University of Washington and her PhD in Animal Behavior at nearby UC Davis!

Attend the Meeting and Presentation

This meeting will be a hybrid session. Sacramento Audubon will be hosting a watch party at Effie Yeaw Nature Center or you can participate from your home via Zoom. Light refreshments will be available at Effie Yeaw.

Attend the Meeting in Person
Registration is not necessary to attend the meeting at Effie Yeaw Nature Center.

Effie Yeaw Nature Center
2850 San Lorenzo Way
Carmichael, CA

Attend the Meeting online via Zoom
The presentation will be streamed in real time on ZOOM from Effie Yeaw. To attend the meeting via Zoom you will need to register for the meeting. Registration is required due to space limitations set by Zoom.

You must register to attend the online meeting on ZOOM, but you do not need a ZOOM account to join the meeting. After registering for the online Zoom meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting. (You do not need to register to attend the meeting at Effie Yeaw.)

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