WCAS Member Meeting and Speaker Series Feb 2022: A Bird’s Eye View: The Sensory World of Birds
Channel: Western Cuyahoga Audubon
Date: 2022-02-08

Program: “A Bird’s Eye View: The Sensory World of Birds” 
Presenter: Dr. Sarah Mabey, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Hiram College
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 1 at 7:30 PM; Member Meeting at 7:30 PM and Speaker at 8:00 PM (EST). 

Description: Did you know that a bird’s eyesight is more than  seven times keener than yours? Birds experience the sights,  sounds, and smells of the world in a radically different way than  we do. Learn about some of the amazing ways birds make sense  of their environment. 
About Sarah Mabey, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Hiram College:  Professor Mabey teaches courses related to her training in conservation biology and her diverse interests in environmental studies (Conservation Biology, Humans and the Environment, Ornithology/Field Ornithology, Wildlife Management, and Wildlife Rehabilitation as well as topical seminars on climate change and campus sustainability). She teaches several of these courses “in the field” at the James H. Barrow Biological Field Station. In her research, Professor Mabey is particularly interested in the dynamics of migration ecology and stopover behavior and the challenges associated with protecting birds and their habitats beyond the boundaries of parks and preserves. Students conducting research with Dr. Mabey get up at the crack of dawn to investigate a wide range of questions related to the impact of anthropogenic change on wildlife populations and behavioral ecology. After years of living the roaming life of a field biologist and working in unimaginably beautiful places across North and Central America and Europe, Professor Mabey now happily makes her home in the village of Hiram where you might find her reading The New Yorker in the garden, playing with her daughter, or planning her next trip “home” to the Rocky Mountains.

Western Cuyahoga Audubon is a chapter of the National Audubon Society based in Cuyahoga County in Northern Ohio, USA. WCAS seeks to connect and educate the public and conserve natural habitats for the sustainability of all bird species.