#GlobalAOS: Cristina Miyaki
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
4y ago
This July and August, we’re running a special series of blog posts profiling AOS members around the world, in honor of the recent change to AOS’s bylaws eliminating any reference specifying the Western Hemisphere as the Society’s geographic sphere of influence. This week, one final bonus post: meet Cristina Miyaki, a professor in Brazil. Birds aren’t the only wildlife Dr. Miyaki enjoys!What’s your current job title and affiliation? I’m an Associate Professor at the Instituto de Biociências (Biosciences Institute) at the University of São Paulo. What are you working on right now? My current res ..read more
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Seeking Mixed-Species Flocks in China’s Misty Mountains
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
4y ago
Liping Zhou & Eben Goodale Linked paper: The response of mixed-species bird flocks to anthropogenic disturbance and elevational variation in southwest China by L. Zhou, I. Peabotuwage, H. Gu, D. Jiang, G. Hu, A. Jiang, C. Mammides, M. Zhang, R.-C. Quan, and E. Goodale, The Condor: Ornithological Applications. Chao Zhao, expert on the region’s fauna (left), Mingxia Zhang (center), and Eben Goodale (right) at a lookout in the Gaoligongshan region of Yunnan, China. Photo by Liping Zhou.Have you ever looked up at a mountaintop in the distance and wondered what birds might be living there? When ..read more
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Press Release: Urban Living Leads to High Cholesterol… in Crows
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
4y ago
A crow unwraps a cheeseburger. Photo by Andrea Townsend.Animals that do well in urban areas tend to be the ones that learn to make use of resources such as the food humans throw away. But is our food actually good for them? A new study published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications suggests that a diet of human foods such as discarded cheeseburgers might be giving American Crows living in urban areas higher blood cholesterol levels than their rural cousins. Hamilton College’s Andrea Townsend and her colleagues sampled the blood cholesterol levels of 140 crow nestlings along an urban-to-r ..read more
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#GlobalAOS: Hisashi Nagata
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
This July and August, we’re running a special series of blog posts profiling AOS members around the world, in honor of the recent change to AOS’s bylaws eliminating any reference specifying the Western Hemisphere as the Society’s geographic sphere of influence. This week, meet Hisashi Nagata, a professor in Japan. Dr. Nagata observing the behavior of Crested Ibises.What’s your current affiliation and title? I am a professor at the Sado Island Center for Ecological Resilience at the Niigata University in Japan and the head of Satoyama division at the center. “Satoyama,” the traditional Japanese ..read more
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Guest Post: How to Send a Graduate School Inquiry Email
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
Contributed by Jenn Houtz, co-presenter of the workshop “Crafting an Effective CV/Resume for Careers Inside and Outside Academia” at AOS’s 2019 annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. This is the second in a series of blog posts developed from workshops presented at the meeting. If you are considering attending graduate school, the quality of your inquiry email to a potential advisor can make or break your chances of a receiving a response. First impressions are everything, and you want to make a good one! This email might serve as the foundation for your graduate research career in your dream la ..read more
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#GlobalAOS: Iliana Medina Guzmán
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
This July and August, we’re running a special series of blog posts profiling AOS members around the world, in honor of the recent change to AOS’s bylaws eliminated any reference specifying the Western Hemisphere as the Society’s geographic sphere of influence. This week, meet Iliana Medina Guzmán, a postdoctoral researcher in Australia. Dr. Medina Guzmán with a screech-owl in her home country of Colombia.What’s your current affiliation and title? I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia. What are you working on right now? I work with the evolution of color in ..read more
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#GlobalAOS: Patience Shito
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
This July and August, we’re running a special series of blog posts profiling AOS members around the world, in honor of the recent change to AOS’s bylaws eliminated any reference specifying the Western Hemisphere as the Society’s geographic sphere of influence. This week, meet Patience Shito, a master’s degree student in South Africa. Patience observing captive hornbills.What’s your current affiliation and title? I’m currently a master’s candidate and an intern with the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, based in South Africa. What are you working on right now? For my internship, I do a lot of edu ..read more
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Press Release: Despite Habitat Protection, Endangered Owls Decline in Mount Rainier National Park
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
Spotted Owls in Mount Rainier National Park. Photo by Anna Mangan.When the Northern Spotted Owl was protected under the Endangered Species Act in 1990, the primary threat to the species was the loss of the old-growth forest it depends on. However, new research published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that the Northern Spotted Owl population in Washington’s Mount Rainier National Park has declined sharply in the past two decades despite the long-term preservation of habitat within the park. The culprit? The spread of Barred Owls, a closely related, competing species that has m ..read more
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Black-backed Woodpeckers & the Emerging Threat of Homogenous Forest Fires
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
Andrew Stillman Linked paper: Nest site selection and nest survival of Black-backed Woodpeckers after wildfire by A.N. Stillman, R.B. Siegel, R.L. Wilkerson, M. Johnson, C.A. Howell, and M.W. Tingley, The Condor: Ornithological Applications. A Black-backed Woodpecker visits its nest in a burned tree. Photo by Jean Hall.It’s fire season again in northern California. In some parts of the state, the evenings will glow with those too-familiar burnt orange sunsets while residents keep a wary eye on the news. Although wildfire can sometimes be catastrophic to human life and property, the raging flam ..read more
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Reproduction Versus Immigration in North Carolina’s Piping Plovers
Auk & Condor
by American Ornithology
5y ago
Chelsea Weithman Linked paper: Growth of two Atlantic Coast Piping Plover populations by C.E. Weithman, S.G. Robinson, K.L. Hunt, J. Altman, H.A. Bellman, A.L. DeRose-Wilson, K.M. Walker, J.D. Fraser, S.M. Karpanty, and D.H. Catlin, The Condor: Ornithological Applications. An adult Piping Plover with a numbered leg bad. Photo by Katie Walker.The beach: the sun, the sand, the water. It’s a wonderful place to be in the summer, whether you’re a shorebird or a human. Beach-nesting shorebird species increasingly have to share the shore with recreationists and human development, and many species of ..read more
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