Join us on November 13th as Dr. Gary Casper presents: Bioacoustic Monitoring of Birds, Bats and Frogs

For over a decade, digital acoustic recorders have been set out to record natural sounds throughout the western Great Lakes Region to listen for birds, bats and frogs. Set in both remote wilderness areas and noisy urban cities, these electronic ears have revealed a world of sounds and now provide an excellent tool for monitoring wildlife. Did you know turtles make sounds? This talk will demonstrate how these systems work, how wildlife make themselves heard, and the methods developed to analyze terabytes of data annually that track how these critters fare in our noisy world.           

Dr. Gary Casper is Director of Biodiversity Programs at the Mequon Nature Center and has been studying bioacoustics for nearly 20 years. He led a Milwaukee area study using this technology and continues to run acoustic monitoring programs throughout the western Great Lakes region. 

Date: 11/13/23

Location: Back room of The Sugar Maple Bar, 441 E. Lincoln Ave, Bayview, WI

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: FREE!!!

Join us on October 9th at Sarah Villanova Borges and Shashwat Sardesai from UWM's Coffeeshop Astrophysics group present: Ancient Astronomy

What did ancient humans know about the cosmos and the celestial bodies? The sky above us has brought awe for all and has been used for navigation and time tracking since pre-historical times. In this talk, we'll look at the story of astronomy, the oldest science, and talk about the incredible measurements, observations and theories that early civilizations did, from tracking the motion of planets and stars, to creating the first calendars.

Sarah Villanova Borges grew up observing the night sky of Brazil. This fascination for the universe led her to pursue her graduate studies in computational astrophysics. Currently, she is a third-year physics graduate student at UWM.

 

Shashwat Sardesai is a fifth-year graduate student working with the NANOGrav collaboration. He has been with Coffeshop Astrophysics for 4 years.

Hope to see everyone there!!!