The delightful Paridae (chickadees and titmice) are highly social birds that exhibit exceptional vocal complexity. Capable of encoding 2/3 of the information that the English language can, the sophisticated information encoded in parid calls is used by numerous species to avoid danger and enhance survival. Dr. Katie Sieving of the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation will discuss how we decode meaning in Parid calls and how we are beginning to map landscapes of animal information.
NOTE NEW MEETING TIME! September 21 Meet & Greet @ 6:30 p.m. Program @ 7:00 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Katie Sieving, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida
B.Sc. Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California @ Davis
Ph.D. Ecology, Ethology, & Evolution, University of Illinois @ Champaign