[LTER-sbc_help] Community Messages Week 8 - Bird Edition!

[Hubbard Brook Research Foundation]

 ‌ ‌ Familiar Faces Friday Enjoy these short virtual updates from Hubbard Brook. News from the Nest Box with Gary Lovett In my video greeting two weeks ago, I showed images from a bluebird nest box with a camera inside. The bluebirds eventually laid five eggs, and incubated them for about two weeks. All five hatched on Tuesday. This video clip shows the female bluebird stuffing a bug in the mouth of one of the chicks, and consuming fecal sacs (yum!) before she settles down to warm them up. On Wednesday the male fought off a house wren who was trying to get to the nest box. House wrens will wreck the nest and kill the chicks—so way to go, Dad! I know that as ecologists we are supposed to be dispassionate observers of nature, but these are my grandchicks we are talking about! Further updates to come. —Gary The following updates come from the first cohort of students in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Hubbard Brook Field Ornithology Program, directed by Sara Kaiser I have been working on finishing up my course work for my junior year at home with my family in Rockville, Maryland. My life has mainly consisted of writing, studying, and walking my dog. Although I unfortunately will not be able to do research on black-throated blue warblers this summer, I remain hopeful that I will be able to return to Hubbard Brook next year. I am taking the time now to refine my methods and learn how to use programming languages for statistical analysis in DataCamp. —Sophie Rabinowicz, Cornell University, ‘21 This is my first year on the Hubbard Brook Bird Research team! Despite not being able to go into the field, I will use this summer to analyze preliminary data using long-term data and refine my research proposal and methods to prepare for next field season. Currently safe and healthy in my dorm on campus finishing up all the virtual courses!   —Stella Hao, Cornell University, ‘23 This summer was going to be my first field season at Hubbard Brook. Circumstances have determined that I will be spending the summer at my home in Georgia instead. My new plan for the summer is to do what I can from home. This will include reading primary literature, practicing field methods for insect sampling, catching parasitoid wasps, and expanding my data analysis and coding skills. Chasing cool dragonflies and other standard summer activities will continue as scheduled.  —John Deitsch, Cornell University, ‘22 As I’m finishing up a semester of online courses, I’m preparing to transition to spending more of my time working on a grant proposal for fecal sample diet analysis that I will hopefully be able to do next field season, working on my R skills using DataCamp, and working on proofing reproductive data for the black-throated blue warbler project. I also will be developing a more data-driven project using long-term data to utilize the skills in MARK that I learned this semester. In my free time, I hope to spend some time with my family in Cape Cod, play viola and guitar, and do some bird photography!  —Lindsey Forg, Cornell University, ‘22 I am taking this opportunity to become more thorough and familiar with the illustration process and read my way through the list of books and papers I’ve been wanting to get to! We are lucky to have great mentors at the Lab who make Cornell seem less distant, providing opportunities to learn new skills—including R courses and community outreach—and thoughtful guidance in developing our projects. I’ll look back on this time as a reminder to not take “the little things” about life in Ithaca for granted!  —Raisa Kochmaruk, Cornell University, ‘21 Special Feature: "Inspiration to Preserve Birds" by Raisa Kochmaruk The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. Hubbard Brook Research Foundation | 30 Pleasant St., Woodstock, VT 05091 Unsubscribe sbc_help at lternet.edu Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by sciencelinks at hubbardbrookfoundation.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!
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