Rachel O'Malley
The Department of Environmental Studies at San José State University is pleased to present the first research presentation in our 2016-2017 public lecture series:
Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
WED, SEPT 7, 2016, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM, Washington Square Hall 111
Research update: New information. How do burrowing owls spend their winter?
Much of the research on western burrowing
owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea)
has
focused on breeding birds in the spring and summer. How birds were spending their winter
was
a mystery. However, recent data from
studies in Canada, the mid-west and west are beginning to shed light on this critical question. In our region, Phil Higgins, Debra Chromczak and I have
new information from our study of our local wintering burrowing owls. This presentation will provide updates
of knowledge we have gained about western burrowing
owls
from our Santa Clara
County wintering burrowing
owl study.
L I G H T R E F R E S H M E N T S P R O V I D E D . A L L A R E W E L C O M E .
Rachel O'Malley
The Department of Environmental Studies at San José State University is pleased to present the first research presentation in our 2016-2017 public lecture series:
Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Studies