The 2024 field season has been a busy one - here are some updates from members of the lab currently in the field:
Sara: It has been a wild and exciting field season so far! With the addition of our new nestboxes on flagstaff mountain it is gearing up to be the most nests the Boulder Chickadee Study has ever seen!
Haley: Haley is conducting a mate choice experiment to understand whether females use color pattern to differentiate between potential black-capped and mountain chickadee mates.
Sage: This field season I have gained surveying skills when observing chickadee provisioning habits and have greatly enjoyed assisting in bird banding!聽
Will: The field season has been great thus far, I have caught 87 house wrens and we have had record numbers of nests up at the MRS.聽