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For long-term professional research on birds, it is hard to match Sue Finnegan. Her reputation in the birding world reaches far beyond the Museum’s Wing Island Bird Banding Station where she has worked since 2000. Sue is a Certified Master Bird Bander and with her team has banded over 58,468 birds on Wing Island and some 152 bird species.
Sue’s interest in birds began as a young girl feeding birds in her backyard. Her career, however, turned to medicine where she graduated from Northeastern University and Harvard’s School of Medicine Joint Center for Radiation Therapy. Her interest in birds was once again revived staying home to care for her young children. She took birding classes at Mass. Audubon-Worcester and began banding birds at a local banding station, studying under a Master Bander for six years. Sue obtained her own Master Permit and in 2000 opened the Wing Island Bird Banding Station at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Enhanced by her medical background, she developed a particular interest in the role of birds in the spread of disease, especially through ticks. And while Sue and her team do not have an official study, they do monitor birds for such diseases as avian pox, scaly leg, tumors, and parasites.
This presentation is a rare opportunity to learn of the recent developments in bird migration, behavior, and disease transmission through the work of the Wing Island Bird Banding Station and the exceptional knowledge of its Manager, Sue Finnegan.
Date & Time
Tue, May 2, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Details
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main StreetBrewster, Massachusetts 02631
