Subject: May 4 Zoo Evening Lecture
> May 4 - Lecture at 7:30 p.m.
> Chivalry Is Dead in Migratory Birds: Lessons From the Winter Season
> 
> The relationship between male and female migratory birds during the
> breeding season appears idyllic: Both members of a breeding pair vie for
> each other's attention, cooperate to bring food to their nestlings, and,
> in some cases, even raise a second brood together. Things change
> dramatically during the winter season in the tropics. There, it's a
> battle of the sexes. Males compete with females for the best
> habitats-and usually win. As a result, females suffer lower survival.
> Peter P. Marra of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center will talk about
> this and other discoveries of his 15-year research program on the winter
> ecology of migratory birds in Jamaica. This lecture is part of the Zoo's
> celebration of International Migratory Bird Day. 
> 
> FREE, but please RSVP at
> http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Lectures/rsvp.cfm
> <http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Lectures/rsvp.cfm> . The
> lecture is in the National Zoo's Visitor Center, just off Connecticut
> Avenue. Take public transportation, or drive through the vehicle
> entrance at Connecticut Avenue and park in Lot A.
> 
> Susan Lumpkin, Ph.D. 
> Friends of the National Zoo> 
> Washington, D.C. 20008> 
> www.fonz.org <http://www.fonz.org>