Graduate Students

Project description: Influence of changing wind patterns on ecomorphology and migration strategies of Black Kites. Eden is co-advised with Dr. Todd Katzner.

Project: Population ecology of Golden Eagles in southern Idaho.

Project: Migration strategies, stress, and disease in American Kestrels.

Project: Factors affecting the length of the post fledging dependency period of Golden Eagles.

Project: California Condor propagation, Co-advised with Dr. Chris McClure

Project: Assessing the effects of habitat quality on territory occupancy of golden eagles. Currently a PhD student at Boise State University.

Project: Movement ecology of American Kestrels nesting in an urban-rural gradient. co-Advised with Dr. Dave Oleyar. Currently a biologist with Hawkwatch International.

Project: Examining the effects of climate factors on fall departure timing in North American migratory raptors using citizen science data. Currently a biologist with Klamath Bird Observatory.

Project: Using claw isotopes to assess individual migratory strategies of American kestrels.

Project: Environmental drivers of timing of annual cycles of migratory birds.

Project: Phenological mismatch is correlated with fitness outcomes and adaptive behavior in a generalist avian predator distributed across North America.

Project: Interactive effects of fire and recreation on predator-prey relationships. Caitlin is currently a PhD student at Cornell University. You can view her beautiful photography on Flickr.

Project: Environmental drivers of avian dispersal.

Project: Using high-resolution genetic techniques to develop an American kestrel genoscape for studies of migratory connectivity. Co-advised with Dr. Kristen Ruegg

Project: Pathogens and parasites of nestling Golden Eagles. Ben currently works as a biologist for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Check out his website.

Project: Earlier nesting by a predatory bird is associated with human adaptations to climate change, current position: PhD student at George Mason University

Project: Effects of off-highway vehicles on Golden Eagles. Currently with HWA Wildlife Consulting.

Project: Population response to climate change: does assortative mating facilitate earlier nesting? Allie is currently a a wildlife biologist and quantitative ecologist with the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective.

Project: Effects of handling on corticosterone in American Kestrel nestlings. Co-advised with Dr. Al Dufty Jr.

Project: Current versus historical trends in habitat use by wintering raptors in the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. Neil is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Idaho. Explore Neil’s images on flickr

Project: Detectability of migrating raptors at Lucky Peak.

Project:  How do human disturbance, beach characteristics, and coastal engineering affect Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) habitat selection on the Florida Panhandle?

Project:  Reproductive failure and the stress response in American Kestrels nesting along a human disturbance gradient. Erin currently works with the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Project: Factors affecting Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) parental care, behavior and hatching success on Long Island, NY. Paul works with ESRI.

Project: Piping Plover Reproduction at Jones Beach State Park, NY, 1995-2007: Trends in nesting activity and plover response to foraging habitat restoration.