It's tough to catch the eye of a potential mate when you’re dressed all in black with no fancy feathers to jiggle around. But a tiny bird called the Blue-black Grassquit has found a way. Learn about this fascinating species during the 2023 Paul C. Mundinger Distinguished Lectureship presented by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The Mundinger lecture is being held on October 25, at 5:30 p.m. in room B25, Warren Hall, on the Cornell University campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. This is an in-person and virtual event.

The lecture will be delivered by Regina H. Macedo from the Universidade de Brasilia (University of Brasilia). She has been studying the Blue-black Grassquit for decades, peeling apart the influences that resulted in the bird's energetic courtship leaps.

Learn more about the lecture and how to tune in to the live-stream.