RPBO Presentations
RPBO Podcast
RPBO volunteers Mark and Robyn Byrne host Bird Babble, a podcast about RPBO's programs and all things birdie in the Greater Victoria region.
Online Presentations
RPBO offers monthly virtual online presentations via the Zoom platform. If you would like to suggest a topic for a presentation, please send an email to visits@rpbo.org.
A list of upcoming programs is presented on our Google Calendar of Events
References from our Presentations
Baby Birds: Video: Chicken Embryo Growth
Cuba: Cuban bird guide
Birds-of-Paradise: Video: Birds-of-Paradise Project Introduction
Feathers: Plumology (FEATHERS) with Dr. Allison Shultz (podcast)
Feathers: Feathered Dinosaurs podcast
Gulls: Gull cheat sheet (PDF)
A 10,000 km Pelagic Trip - Japan to Vancouver: Ann's blog from the trip
Hummingbird Communication:
- Bringing up Baby (PDF)
- Hummingbird Communication (PDF)
- Hummingbird Nutrition (PDF)
- Vancouver Island Hummingbirds (PDF)
- Hummingbird Evolution (PDF)
Audio: Rufous Sonations
Hummingbird Papers and Publications
Not all of these journal references are open source. If they don't link and you really wish to read them, please email me at ajmoran@telus.net.
- Giraldo, M.A., Parra, J.L. & Stavenga, D.G. Iridescent colouration of male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) caused by multilayered barbules. J Comp Physiol A 204, 965-975 (2018)
- Meadows MG, Roudybush TE, McGraw KJ. Dietary protein level affects iridescent coloration in Anna's hummingbirds, Calypte anna. J Exp Biol. 2012;215(Pt 16):2742-2750
- Clark CJ (2014) Harmonic Hopping, and Both Punctuated and Gradual Evolution of Acoustic Characters in Selasphorus Hummingbird Tail-Feathers. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93829. Riede, T., Olson, C.R. The vocal organ of hummingbirds shows convergence with songbirds. Sci Rep 10, 2007 (2020)
- Eliason CM, et al., 2020, Signal evolution and morphological complexity in hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae). Evolution 74-2: 447-458
Brian M Myers, David T Rankin, Kevin J Burns, Christopher J Clark, Behavioral and morphological evidence of an Allen's x Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin x S. rufus) hybrid zone in southern Oregon and northern California, The Auk, Volume 136, Issue 4, 1 October 2019 - Hurly, T. A., R. D. Scott, and S. D. Healy (2001). The function of displays of male S. rufus. The Condor 103:647-651.
