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Alejandro Gonzales-Voyner, Tamas Szekely, and Hugh Drummond The Society for the Study of Evolution Evolution 61-8, 1946-1955 One of my main interests is animal behavior, and trying to figure out why a particular animal acts the way they do. This means that the section of the class I looked forward to the most would … Continue reading Why Do Some Siblings Attack Each Other? Comparative Analysis of Aggression in Avian Broods →
Last summer, I did an animal keeper internship in Oregon, where I got to work with a bunch of different ungulate species, some ratites , and a couple cranes from Africa. Since the majority of my time was spent with the different ungulate species, there isn’t too much to write about as far as … Continue reading My Road Trip Across the US →
Introduction Avian Brood Parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other birds to reproduce. One hypothesis is that generalist species gives rise to specialist species, and specialization can lead to new species. Brown-headed Cowbirds can lay their eggs in the nests of 40 different species, while the Screaming Cowbird or Black-eared Cuckoo may … Continue reading The Evolution of Host Specialization in Avian Brood Parasites →
4/28/16 Location: BackBay Wildlife Refuge Temp: 60’s Time: 10am-12:30pm Last week, after the final, I went out to do some bird watching at First Landing National Park, only to have it start raining, thus cutting my day short, and leaving me with not even enough time for songs. So today, I decided I would venture … Continue reading Happy (belated) Birthday to me. The Grey Catbird came back →
Date: Tuesday 4/19; Thursday 4/21 Time: 2pm-4m; 11am-2 or 3pm (approximate times) Temp:80’s On Tuesday and Thursday of last week I went bird watching with Ashleigh. On Tuesday afternoon we met up in front of the Loading Docks, and I drove to The Wetlands. We met up around 2pm, because I had to work that … Continue reading Sorry you never heard your Eastern Meadowlark →
April 13, 2016 9:40am Temp: 50’s Yesterday, I decided to go back to York River State Park to see what I could find for my weekly birding escapades. I originally went here at the start of the semester, but wasn’t very successful in finding anything, so I was hoping to have more luck this time. … Continue reading York River State Park (return) →
Sunday April 3 12pm- 1:30pm Temp: 58 degrees I was talking to someone at work about birding, and joked about how it wasn’t a good idea for me to use the binoculars around my house. She mentioned this place in Chesapeake that had a few trails that I could try, and so I did. I … Continue reading Locks Park, Chesapeake, Va →
3/30/16 9:30am The original plan was to go to Pocahontas State Park, but I didn’t think I’d have enough time to go there, and make it back to Byrd Park, where I’ve been recording the songs for the final project, so I just decided to make a quick detour at Newport News State Park to … Continue reading Don’t Feed the Geese →
Wednesday March 16 11:30 am 81 degrees I had a bit of time to kill before the open lab period last Wednesday, and decided to go to Byrd Park to see what I could find. However, before I did so, I decided to go to Wendy’s and when I got out of my car, I … Continue reading Some Birding before Open Lab →
I was trying to decide if I wanted to break this up into a bunch of shorter posts, or make one really long post combining all of my birding adventures throughout the spring break week. I decided it would be easier to make one really long post. The following takes place between March 3-March 11 in Virginia … Continue reading The Grey Catbird never came back (About a week’s worth of birding) →