[NatureNS] NSBS Regular Monthly Meeting

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Murres of the North Atlantic - Laura Tranquilla=20

Place and Time: NS Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, =
Halifax, Lower Auditorium on Thursday, January 28th at 7:30PM

Laura McFarlane Tranquilla is a seabird ecologist by training but her =
interest in birds began with her introduction to mist-netting songbirds =
in the blackfly-infested forests of her home province, New Brunswick.  =
Since then she has pursued seabird field research on remote and stormy =
islands on both east and west coasts of Canada.  Her education has =
included work with forest songbirds (BSc, University of New Brunswick), =
seabird physiology (MSc, Simon Fraser University) and multi-colony =
seabird tracking (PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland).=20


Until recently, winter distribution, movements, and ecology have been =
poorly known for most birds. This knowledge gap precludes efforts to =
understand and interpret the challenges that affect seabirds year-round. =
Bird-borne tracking devices can record the behaviour and location of =
free-ranging seabirds in remote ocean areas throughout the year. Using =
data during 2008-2010, we described the winter distribution and =
movements of Common Murres and Thick-billed Murres from 7 breeding =
colonies from the Canadian Arctic to Newfoundland and Labrador. This =
talk will outline the importance of particular marine areas for murres, =
the risks they may encounter on wintering grounds, and speculate on how =
the two species may share resources in the Northwest Atlantic.


Refreshments available during and following and is open to the public.






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education has included work with forest songbirds (BSc, University of =
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Brunswick), seabird physiology (MSc, Simon Fraser University) and =
multi-colony=20
seabird tracking (PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland). =
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understand=20
and interpret the challenges that affect seabirds year-round. Bird-borne =

tracking devices can record the behaviour and location of free-ranging =
seabirds=20
in remote ocean areas throughout the year. Using data during 2008-2010, =
we=20
described the winter distribution and movements of Common Murres and=20
Thick-billed Murres from 7 breeding colonies from the Canadian Arctic to =

Newfoundland and Labrador. This talk will outline the importance of =
particular=20
marine areas for murres, the risks they may encounter on wintering =
grounds, and=20
speculate on how the two species may share resources in the Northwest=20
Atlantic</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New =
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