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Warbler Week, Day 5

Friday, August 18

12 – 1 pm CST

 

Do you know your female warblers?

Presented by Purbita Saha

 
 
 
 Photo credit: Mary Manning

Synopsis: 

Think about the warblers on your life list. How many did you check off because you saw the male of the species? The bias against female birds is ingrained in birding and ornithology, all the way from field guides, to museum collections, to the stereotypes around birdsong and feather coloration.

This interactive program by the Galbatross Project, a community science movement that collects and shares natural history information on female birds in North America, will shed light on some of the mysteries and misunderstandings around female warblers, and how countering the bias can change birding and conservation for the better.

Purbita’s Bio:

Purbita Saha is a journalist, warbler enthusiast, and one of the five founders of the Galbatross Project. She was formerly an editor at Audubon magazine and is currently on staff at Popular Science.

Living on the border of New Jersey and New York, she enjoys scouring wetlands, woodlands, and landfills for feathered gems with her (leashed) dog, Jolene. Her greatest birding memories in Texas include a family of lifer whooping cranes and two new nemeses: the golden-cheeked warbler and Colima warbler.

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