Birds Meet: Bright Lights and Sleepless Nights – Webinar  
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 –   (Archived event)
Join the Urban Birds team at BirdLife Australia
for our first Birds Meet webinar of the year – a captivating journey into the surprising ways birds adapt to changing environments, especially those shaped by light. This free event will explore how light pollution impacts birds, from the sleep cycles of urban species to the astonishing behaviours of Pectoral Sandpipers thriving in the constant daylight of the Arctic summer. Discover how birds push their physical and behavioural boundaries to survive and adapt in these extreme environments..

About the presenter:
Dr. Anne Aulsebrook, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University with a passion for uncovering the quirks of bird behaviour. Anne’s research spans bustling cities with buzzing streetlights to the untouched expanses of the Arctic. Before joining Deakin, she worked at the world-renowned Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, where she investigated how shorebirds navigate a world without true darkness