In the Derryberry lab, we all study birds. We do this in part because of the wealth of behavioral and genomic resources available for working on birds, but mainly because birds are exciting to observe!
Lab News!
Banding Bluebirds
Today Liz, Emmy, and Lillian went out to band bluebirds! This was Emmy’s first time holding a bird and Lillian’s first time banding adults. These are the first birds banded of the season and we’ll be banding their chicks soon so stay tuned! (In order) Liz, Emmy, and Lillian holding a male bluebird.
Welcome to Dr. Rindy Anderson!
This week, our lab hosted Dr. Rindy Anderson, a talented ornithologist at Florida Atlantic University! She gave a wonderful talk about her research on Bachman’s sparrows. Thank you so much for visiting us!
Derryberry Lab mentioned in All About Birds article
In a recent article about birds in urban areas, work done by the lab on white crown sparrow song flexibility during the COVID-19 pandemic was mentioned. Liz even gave a quote about the research! Read more about it here: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-fifth-of-all-bird-species-occur-in-cities-could-urban-living-be-made-easier/
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