#  How Birds Work: Bills 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **January 10, 2023** 

 06:30PM - 07:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre St., Boston**  



 

 



 

 Join the Arnold Arboretum and **Lorna Gibson**, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, for a discussion about the great diversity of bird bills and how they are suited to each individual bird.

 Join the Arnold Arboretum and **Lorna Gibson**, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, for a discussion about the great diversity of bird bills and how they are suited to each individual bird.

 Bills come in all sorts of sizes and shapes, from the needle-like bills of swallows for picking insects out of the air, to hummingbirds' long and curved bills for probing into the base of a flower, to the robust bill of the evening grosbeak for cracking into seeds. Some even have special features, like pressure sensors that allow shorebirds to detect food without touching it.

 *Register for the [in-person event](https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=60664) and to follow along [virtually](https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=60659). For more information, visit [the event page](https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=60664).*

 Contact: [adi\_shafir@harvard.edu](mailto:adi_shafir@harvard.edu)



 

 



 

 

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