Through the Eyes and Lives of Crows: Opportunities and Challenges of a “Urbanizing” World Online
Urban development and climate change are challenging all organisms, including humans, to adapt. Crows and ravens (Corvus sp.) certainly fit our idea of the kind of animal that should be able to adapt—smart, flexible, and broad in what they eat or need to live. Indeed, some species of crows are well-established in our cities worldwide. But who are these neighbors of ours and how do we make their lives better or more difficult? In this talk, through stories of real, individual crows in our 32-year study of American crows living in and near Ithaca, NY, I will introduce you to their complex social world and how they have adapted to ours, but also how even small cities present novel challenges. Finally, I will introduce you to some of the 47 crow species that live across our globe. Among them are some remarkable birds, but, sadly, many could disappear before we even know much about them.
This talk will be given by Anne B.Clark, Ph.D., from Binghamton University. Clark, is behavioral ecologist who studies how social animals behave and how their behavior reflects their environments.She has studied scent signals and social behavior of night-living primates, but also parent-offspring relations in birds, yawning in parakeets (thermoregulation and contagious social behavior!), and for the last 20+ years, the social ecology of American crows in suburban Ithaca, NY with Dr. Kevin J. McGowan (Cornell Lab of Ornithology).
- Date:
- Thursday, May 5, 2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Library:
- Central Library
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Adults Teens
- Categories:
- Department - Arts & Literature Department - Science, History & Technology Animals & Pets