ChickadeeNews

The lab had a great time hosting the 1st Annual Boulder Chickadee Study Participant Symposium on Oct 19, 2019. The event featured an hour of interactive discussion with our amazing undergraduate researchers, talks from Scott, Kathryn, and

Kathryn wrapped up a multi-week stint at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology preparing 430 chickadee DNA samples for sequencing. Cramming 430 samples into one tube was no small task! This project is part of a collaboration between Kathryn and Scott,

We've had a busy summer. There have been plenty of chickadee families in Boulder county, in addition to some unexpected tenants including red-breasted, white-breasted, and pygmy nuthatches! The field season is finally winding down with our highest

The nestlings on campus are fledging! This means that they have grown their flight feathers and the muscles needed to sustain flight, and either have just left their nest or will soon. Parent chickadees will continue to care for their offspring by

The 2019 field season is up and running for the Boulder Chickadee Study! Our high elevation sites are still pretty snowy, but the birds in Boulder are keeping our team of undergraduate and Ph.D. students busy as they hustle to check nests, band

DNA extractions from the 2018 field season are done! Katherine F. and Kathryn G. tackled DNA extractions for all chickadees from the 2018 field season. These samples will be included in a larger population genomics sampling project.

We put up 100 nest boxes at the MRS! Thanks to the Taylor lab and additional EBIO helpers we had 14 pairs of hands on deck! Boxes were put up at elevations as high as 11000' despite a snow-covered road. These will be incorporated into The Boulder

Kathryn and Scott have been working with BSI to develop course content that can be implemented by teachers in their classrooms. Check out the trailer here! They also gave lectures at a workshop that connects K-12 teachers with real-world research

Kathryn spent a day as an instructor for the Nederland Wild Bear Summer Camp, and enjoyed connecting with communities outside of the city of Boulder and working with kids. They banded birds, built nest boxes, went on a bird walk, and discussed

We’ve built over 100 nest boxes for the Boulder Chickadee Study (102, to be exact). 250 more to go this year, oof. Good luck Kathryn and Katherine!