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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01D15793.03E9FB90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01D15793.03E9FB90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial><STRONG>Murres of the=20 North Atlantic - Laura Tranquilla </STRONG></FONT></FONT></P> <P><STRONG><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Place and Time: NS Museum of = Natural History,=20 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Lower Auditorium on Thursday, January 28th = at=20 7:30PM</FONT></STRONG></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New = Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa'>Laura=20 McFarlane Tranquilla is a seabird ecologist by training but her interest = in=20 birds began with her </SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; = mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa">introduction=20 to mist-netting songbirds in the blackfly-infested forests of her home = province,=20 New Brunswick.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since then = she has=20 pursued seabird field research on remote and stormy islands on both east = and=20 west coasts of Canada.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>Her=20 education has included work with forest songbirds (BSc, University of = New=20 Brunswick), seabird physiology (MSc, Simon Fraser University) and = multi-colony=20 seabird tracking (PhD, Memorial University of Newfoundland). = </SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN lang=3DEN-US=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-fareast-font-family: calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; = mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: arial; = mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT=20 face=3DArial>Until recently, winter distribution, movements, and ecology = have been=20 poorly known for most birds. This knowledge gap precludes efforts to = 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 = Roman">.</FONT><STRONG><BR></P></STRONG> <P><FONT face=3DArial>Refreshments available during and following and is = open to=20 the public.</FONT></P> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: = #000000"> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01D15793.03E9FB90--
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