Photo by Scott Markowitz

Research volunteers.

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) and other banding research is a presentation by ornithologist Scott Markowitz of the Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO). It will take you through the reasoning and methodology of the Institute for Bird Population's Monitoring of Avian Productivity and Survivorship study. Markowitz will share the how the Puget Sound Bird Observatory's two stations operate, and how the data contributes so the scientific understanding of bird population health. PSBO operates MAPS bird-banding stations that are part of a continent-wide network of research stations monitoring the reproduction and survival of bird populations.

Scott Markowitz

Markowitz is the director of research at PSBO and is a faculty fellow at Pacific Lutheran University. He is also working on the mechanics of sexual selection in Sialia mexicana (Western Bluebird) with regards to coloration as an honest indicator of successful foragers and the connection with the rate of extra-pair copulations, of which he will also share.

Join us for this fascinating program. It is fee and open to the public.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for socializing and treats. A brief meeting begins at 7:15 and the program begins at 7:30.