Birdsbesafe® Cat Collar Cover [F-16-12]
| Presenter: | Susan Willson |
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| Location: | SLU: Griffiths Art Center 123 |
| Classes: | 1 Session 1.5 hours |
| Dates: | Mon 2:00 PM 10/10 |
| Status: | CLOSEDCourse Update: NOTE: "Birdsbesafe..." has been moved from SLU: Bewkes 303 to SLU: Griffiths 123 (at the opposite diagonal end of campus from Lot J and D). Allow extra time for walking from these lots. Lot H, opposite from Griffiths, is usually full during the day. View the location page for details. |
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NOTE: This class has been moved from SLU: Bewkes 303 to SLU: Griffiths 123 - at the opposite diagonal end of campus from Lots J and D. Allow extra time for walking from these lot. Lots H, opposite Griffiths, is usually full during the day, though there often are open handicap spots available. Be sure and hang your handicap permit. (Consider dropping off your passengers at Lot H, and parking in Lot J or Lot D.) View the location page for Griffiths 123.
Domestic cat predation on songbirds is arguably the greatest anthropogenic threat that birds face today. Come learn about our study of the Birdsbesafe® cat collar cover, which is a cheap, colorful, and extremely effective collar that cats can wear to reduce bird predation. We’ll examine results of the presenter’s study of the collar with 54 North Country cats, as well as her hypothesis for latitudinal variation in the effectiveness of the collar. If you love songbirds, but also love your outdoor cats, you need to come to this talk!
Susan Willson is a tropical and avian ecologist in Biology at SLU. She has carried out research in the Neotropics for over 20 years. However, when she’s in the North Country, she works on avian conservation issues, including American Kestrel breeding ecology, and the use of the Birdsbesafe® collar cover to decrease songbird predation by domestic cats.
NOTE: Suggested website: http://www.birdsbesafe.com