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Daily DigestYuck!
 There's a winter storm warning in effect until 7 a.m. on Thursday with 2 to 4 inches of snow expected. Be prepared for a messy morning commute as freezing rain and sleet move through the region. The morning commute will be slippery — drive careful!
Some New York schools, including Hoosick Falls Central School and St. Mary's Academy in Hoosick Falls have already canceled classes.
All North County schools are closed; Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Berkshire Hills, Southern Berkshire and Central Berkshire school districts are closed. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Peter Tyack, "How Toothed Whales Echolocate to Find and Capture Prey" - November 27, 2007
"How Toothed Whales Echolocate to Find and Capture Prey" Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Friday Nov. 30, 2:30 PM, Thompson Biology, room 112 Williams College
Peter Tyack has been at sea on and off since he was seven months old; his interest in whales dates from his undergraduate years. Among the whale vocalizations he has studied are the songs of humpback whales, the signature whistles of dolphins, and, most recently, the echolocation pulses of sperm whales and dolphins - the subject of his talk at Williams.
We will hear about how sperm whales make their very loud sounds, and how recordings from devices attached to wild dolphins show us that what we thought we knew about echolocation and how dolphins use it to navigate and find prey isn't quite right.
This work is of great interest both because it expands what we know about whales and because increasing it has been suggested that some of the mass strandings and deaths that have occurred have been related to human interference with the whales' and dolphins' navigational systems. |
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