Team Veery is the name we give to our field crews each year, which consists of the PI (me), postdocs, graduate students, bird banders, nest searchers, research interns, radio telemetry personnel, REU students, and so on.
We have been studying the ecology and behavior of primarily the Veery (Catharus fuscescens) and Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies since 1998. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), Worm-eating Warblers (Helmitheros vermiorum), Black-and-white Warblers (Mniotilta varia), and Louisiana Waterthrushes (Parkesia motacilla) are also common. Our past research has focused on the relationships between acorns, rodent populations, and nest survival and the population dynamics of ground-nesting birds. More recently, we have been experimentally manipulating sources of public information to determine information use and breeding habitat selection in Veeries and Ovenbirds. Our methods are a combination of nest monitoring, mistnetting and color-banding, radiotelemetry, and filming behavior at the nest, and recording songs and calls (Veery only).
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2010 Field Crew: Jay, Quinn, Ken, Maggie, Liz, Kristen, Kara, Janice, Hannah, Jenny, Lauren, and Andrea