Thoughts of a Naturalist

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  Blue Jay Vocabulary

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  I wrote a guest post for the Wilson Ornithological Society that overviews how I came to complete a recently published study about Blue Jay …

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  What is a Scientist? Conferences

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  This is the first post in my ‘What is a Scientist?’ series. There seems to be a lot of distrust of scientists by a large section of the population. …

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  Thin as a Rail

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  Interlochen Public Radio, an NPR member station, just published a segment about some of my PhD research! The episode is approximately 9 minutes long …

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  Virginia Rail in Cattails

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  My PhD dissertation research focuses on trying to help conserve secretive marsh birds. Specifically, a group of birds that are rarely seen or heard …

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  Blue Jay Calls: Hawk Mimicry

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  On Monday I was leaving campus at the end of another long day. My partner and I were in the library parking lot and I was worn down after a lot of …

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  4th Of July Songs

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  This year as I considered beautiful Independence Day songs, the first two that came to mind were Ray Charles’ rendition of America the Beautiful and …