[cobirds] Northern Colorado Bird Alliance April Program - 4/10 @ 7pm

Birds exhibit a broad palette of colors that thrill our senses, but serve utilitarian purposes such as providing camouflage or communication. Conspicuous plumages exploit the exceptional color vision of birds and may be tuned to specific viewing conditions. In this talk, Tom Schultz will explore the mechanisms that produce bird colors, whether they are pigmentary or structural, and how they work to produce salient signals. In addition, he will examine the evidence for how bird coloration serves as a condition-dependent signal providing information about the health or fitness of a potential mate or rival.

Tom D. Schultz is an Emeritus Professor of Biology at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he taught Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, the Biology of Insects, and Ornithology. His research has concerned the utility of structural coloration in providing anti-predator defenses in tiger beetles, and mating signals in damselflies. He retired and moved to Fort Collins in 2019 with his wife Janet, where he spends his time engaged with hiking, natural history, nature photography, and fly-fishing.

Join us for this informative program. It is free and the public is welcomed!

Zoom Link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85913966797

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