A Bird’s Eye View: The Sensory World of Birds: Did you know that a bird’s eyesight is more than seven times keener than yours? Did you know birds can smell fear? Birds experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the world in a radically different way than we do. Learn about some of the amazing ways birds make sense of their environment.

Dr. Sarah Mabey is a professor at Hiram College where she chairs the Enviornmental Studies Department and coordinates the Natural History Program. Sarah’s expertise ranges from conversation biology, ornithology, and migration ecology to environmental conflict management and collaborative problem-solving. As an ornithologist, she is fascinated by the diverse ways birds solve complex problems. Her research focus on the behavioral ecology, population dynamics and conservation of migratory birds. Sarah has conducted research on migratory songbirds in North and Central America and Europe. She received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College, M.S. from Univ. of Maryland, Collee Park: and Ph.D. from the Univ. of Southern Mississippi. She conducted post-doctoral research at North Carolina State University as a recipient of the prestigious David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2019, she earned a Certificate in Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Research Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2019, she earned a Certificate in Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution from the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict. Professor Mabey also serves as a member of the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland’s Board of trustees. She has a deep fondness for flycatchers.