0475 - Black-capped Chickadees: The Soap Opera in Your Backyard

Course Description

Black-capped chickadees are familiar songbirds that are year-round residents across most of Canada south of the treeline. Anyone who has ever maintained a bird feeder in the winter has likely had these birds visit their yard. The bustling activity of chickadees at feeders in winter masks social dynamics that lead to consequences months later in the breeding season. In this presentation I will talk about knowledge derived from decades of research on the social lives of black-capped chickadees.

Instructor

Scott Ramsay is an associate professor of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University since 2001. He spent nearly five years in the mid- to late-1990s at Queen’s University studying the mating system of black-capped chickadees.

Location 

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion (101 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, ON)

• Parking is free.

• Download the facility map (PDF) to find facilities and parking lots.

• Check Grand River Transit for public transit locations, times and fees

Notes

Notes

• Lecture Time :  130-300 pm
• Lecture Cost:  $14.00 + HST

• Participants must register for the class before the start date of the course. There will be no opportunity for purchase the day the class begins.

• Laurier’s online registration system accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Visa Debit, and MasterCard Debit.

• You will only be able to purchase 1 seat at the time of registration. If looking to register more than 1 person, each registrant will require their own account to complete the registration.

• Lectures are non-refundable

• Contact

  Please email lall@wlu.ca with any questions