The Pipits: Western University, AFAR 2026
Sun, Jun 21
|Advanced Facility for Avian Research
AFAR tours will be led by AFAR Director Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton and Dr. Chris Guglielmo, Director of Western’s Centre for Animals on the Move. AFAR researcher Dr. Ben Sonnenberg will lead a birding walk on trails adjacent to the AFAR.
Time & Location
Jun 21, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Advanced Facility for Avian Research, 32 Wellington Dr, London, ON N6G 4W4, Canada
Guests
About the event
Leader: Colleen Reilly, cell: 289.795.6537
The Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) is dedicated to the study of avian biology with specialized housing and experimental facilities to understand bird behaviour, physiology and neurobiology. The unique AFAR hypobaric climatic wind tunnel is used to study bird flight and migration under controlled atmospheric conditions. AFAR tours will be led by AFAR Director Dr. Scott MacDougall-Shackleton and Dr. Chris Guglielmo, Director of Western’s Centre for Animals on the Move. AFAR researcher Dr. Ben Sonnenberg will lead a birding walk on trails adjacent to the AFAR.