Sunday, October 14, 2007

New Winter Field Assistants: Woodpecker Studies
Doug hails from Concord, NH and is a recent graduate of Skidmore College and former president of the Outing Club. He comes to us from the lab of Cory Freeman-Gallant where he was studying Common Yellowthroats.
Emma graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and was most recently working at the marine lab in Morehead City, NC in John Buno's lab. She is originally from Johnson City, TN.
Archer grew up in Soldotna, Alaska. She graduated from UW-Madison and recently finished work on the North Slope of Alaska where she was testing for avian flu in migrating birds.
Doug and Emma will be here through March. Archer is leaving at Thanksgiving to start a job based in Barstow, where she will be examining bird use of military bases throughout California and Arizona.