AFO Café: Studying bird behavior through the use of accelerometry and magnetometry

We are excited to present the AFO Café—informal science conversations about birds, their habitats, and field biology, with a short update on AFO’s programs—all free, open to the public, and sponsored by Avinet Research Supplies. Please bring your coffee, tea, beer, or beverage of your choice, and join us! This month, we are excited to host Agustina Gómez-Laich (IEGEBA, CONICET) and Monserrat Del Caño (IBIOMAR, CONICET) to present studying bird behavior through the use of accelerometry and magnetometry. Many areas of animal biology, particularly behavior and movement ecology, have greatly benefited from advances in technology. In this AFO Café, Agustina will give a general overview of how bird behavior can be studied using the information provided by two miniature on-board sensors, triaxial accelerometers and magnetometers. Monserrat will show us the potential of accelerometry for the study of parental food provisioning and chick begging behavior in birds. The AFO Café is sponsored by Avinet Research Supplies: https://www.avinet.com/ You can also support the café by purchasing merchandise from our Bonfire store: https://www.bonfire.com/store/afo-caf… Learn more about AFO here: https://afonet.org/