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Fwd: New hybrid lecture 'Birds and Us' by Tim Birkhead

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Subject: Fwd: New hybrid lecture 'Birds and Us' by Tim Birkhead
From: Alison Mackerras <>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 23:10:32 +0000
Hi Peter,

Thanks for asking about the possibility of a recording.

If you are getting up to listen, I suggest you check that you have the 
correct time. I think it will be 3am our time, not 4am. We're only 9 
hours ahead at this time of year, not 10.

Regards

Alison Mackerras

On 7/7/22 18:23, Peter Cranston via Canberrabirds wrote:
> Linn Soc response re Birkhead:
> 
>  >>Dear Pete,
> 
> I am sorry the event time doesn’t suit you. Unfortunately, the speaker, 
> Tim Birkhead, doesn’t wish the event to be recorded so it won’t be 
> possible for us to replay it for you. <<
> 
> I shall register and set the alarm
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 9:40 AM Peter Cranston < 
> <>> wrote:
> 
>     Yes, Martin is correct (Australian time). We can hope that the
>     lecture can be viewed later and have already written to ask that it
>     be so.
>     Pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 9:26 AM Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds
>     <
>     <>> wrote:
> 
>         By my calculations that is 4 am Canberra time!
> 
>         Martin Butterfield
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>         On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 09:05, Anthony Lawson
>         < <>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>                 New hybrid lecture 'Birds and Us' by Tim Birkhead
> 
> 
>                       Birds and Us by Professor Tim Birkhead
> 
>                 July 14, 6 pm (In-person and online event)
>                 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>                 *From pigeons to arctic terns to hummingbirds, birds
>                 evoke a whole range of emotions in us. Ornithologist Tim
>                 Birkhead tells us the stories.*
> 
>                 Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our
>                 imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about
>                 science, faith, art and philosophy. Looking to the skies
>                 above, we have variously worshipped birds as gods,
>                 hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves in their
>                 feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight and,
>                 more recently — thankfully — we have attempted to
>                 protect them. I believe that by understanding our past
>                 relationships with birds will help us preserve our
>                 current empathy for birds. The story is one that merges,
>                 history, science and passion.
> 
>                 *Tim Birkhead* is emeritus professor of behaviour and
>                 evolution at the University of Sheffield and a Fellow of
>                 the Royal Society. His research on promiscuity and sperm
>                 competition in birds re-shaped our understanding of bird
>                 mating systems. Tim has been president of the
>                 International Society for Behavioural Ecology and the
>                 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. He has
>                 studied guillemots — mainly on Skomer Island — for 50
>                 years. As well as a passion for research, Tim is
>                 committed to the public understanding of science as has
>                 written several popular science books, including
>                 /Promiscuity/ (2000), /The Wisdom of Birds/ (2008),
>                 /Bird Sense/ (2012), /The Most Perfect Thing: the Inside
>                 (and Outside) of a Birds’ Egg/ (2016). His most recent
>                 book is /Birds and Us/ (2022).
> 
>                 *This is a hybrid event - both in person and online. The
>                 lecture inhouse will be followed by a brief wine
>                 reception in the library.
>                 Please book the right ticket! This event will not be
>                 recorded.*
> 
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>                 pm. If you booked an online ticket then the login link
>                 will be sent to you a few hours before the event. It
>                 will be a live stream on Zoom.
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