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Hi All,
The guest speaker at the next meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the =
Nova
Scotia Bird Society will be Natalie Thimot, a researcher at the Mersey
Tobeatic Research Institute. The title of her talk is =93Conspecific =
brood
parasitism in Red-breasted Mergansers: Cues parasites use to select =
nests.=94
Conspecific brood parasitism is an alternative reproductive tactic where =
one
bird (the parasite) lays her eggs in the nest of another bird (the host) =
of
the same species. The meeting will be held at the Yarmouth County Museum =
and
Archives in Yarmouth at 7:00 PM on February 26. Natalie has a B.Sc. from
Universit=E9 Sainte-Anne and an M.Sc. in natural resource sciences at =
McGill
University. Natalie has also studied the diet and nesting ecology of =
Roseate
Terns, banded American Black Ducks and Northern Saw-whet Owls at =
Universit=E9
Sainte-Anne, and monitored Piping Plover nests in eastern New Brunswick.
Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
John
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'>The guest speaker at the =
next meeting of the Southwest Chapter of the Nova Scotia Bird Society =
will be Natalie Thimot, a researcher at the Mersey Tobeatic Research =
Institute. The title of her talk is “Conspecific brood parasitism =
in Red-breasted Mergansers: Cues parasites use to select nests.” =
Conspecific brood parasitism is an alternative reproductive tactic where =
one bird (the parasite) lays her eggs in the nest of another bird (the =
host) of the same species. The meeting will be held at the Yarmouth =
County Museum and Archives in Yarmouth at 7:00 PM on February 26. =
Natalie has a B.Sc. from Universit=E9 Sainte-Anne and an M.Sc. in =
natural resource sciences at McGill University. Natalie has also studied =
the diet and nesting ecology of Roseate Terns, banded American Black =
Ducks and Northern Saw-whet Owls at Universit=E9 Sainte-Anne, and =
monitored Piping Plover nests in eastern New =
Brunswick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'>Admission is free and =
refreshments will be served.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
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