Lecture / Seminar
patrick.kelly@dal.ca
The main presentation will be:
Acoustic Monitoring of Nocturnal Migrant Songbird, by John Kearney
This talk will provide an introduction to acoustic migration monitoring, an analysis of its advantages and disadvantages relative to other methods of migration study, a presentation on the results obtained so far, and some suggestions as to how anyone can set up a microphone in their backyard to start listening to migration.
John Kearney, is an environmental anthropologist with forty years of experience working in a wide diversity of community, academic, and industry settings in Canada, South America, and Asia. His publications include numerous reports, journal articles, book chapters, and a book in the field of natural resource management. He has also played a leading role in the implementation of community-based management in Canada. In recent years, John’s company, John F. Kearney & Associates, has specialized in the environmental assessment of the impact of wind energy facilities on birds in Nova Scotia. A number of baseline studies and post-construction monitoring projects have been conducted in this new but rapidly expanding industry in the province. The company has sought to set a high standard of data collection and analysis in order to ensure that environmental assessments protect and conserve bird populations while contributing to the development of an environmentally sustainable wind energy industry. John F. Kearney & Associates has deployed acoustic monitoring technology to study the vast number of birds that pass unseen over wind farms during their nocturnal migrations in the spring and autumn.
patrick.kelly@dal.ca
The main presentation will be:
Acoustic Monitoring of Nocturnal Migrant Songbird, by John Kearney
This talk will provide an introduction to acoustic migration monitoring, an analysis of its advantages and disadvantages relative to other methods of migration study, a presentation on the results obtained so far, and some suggestions as to how anyone can set up a microphone in their backyard to start listening to migration.
John Kearney, is an environmental anthropologist with forty years of experience working in a wide diversity of community, academic, and industry settings in Canada, South America, and Asia. His publications include numerous reports, journal articles, book chapters, and a book in the field of natural resource management. He has also played a leading role in the implementation of community-based management in Canada. In recent years, John’s company, John F. Kearney & Associates, has specialized in the environmental assessment of the impact of wind energy facilities on birds in Nova Scotia. A number of baseline studies and post-construction monitoring projects have been conducted in this new but rapidly expanding industry in the province. The company has sought to set a high standard of data collection and analysis in order to ensure that environmental assessments protect and conserve bird populations while contributing to the development of an environmentally sustainable wind energy industry. John F. Kearney & Associates has deployed acoustic monitoring technology to study the vast number of birds that pass unseen over wind farms during their nocturnal migrations in the spring and autumn.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
Beveridge Arts Centre
