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Bluebirds in a Noisy World

When

Tue Nov 15, 2016    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Where

Bellwood-Antis Public Library
526 Main St., Bellwood, PA, 16617

Event Type

Danielle Williams, graduate student at Penn State University under Dr. Margaret Brittingham, will discuss her master’s research about how noise from natural gas compressor stations affects Eastern Bluebird reproduction. She will explain the pilot study she conducted in the summer of 2016 and her plans for expanding the project in 2017. She will also go over how feeding rates, incubation rates, and other parameters might be impacted and what that could mean for bluebirds and other species.