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Congrats to Sara, Nikki and Will for their recently awarded research Grants! Sara was awarded the Zena Hunter Andrews Graduate Student Award for her project "Comparing the genetics of spatial memory in two species of food caching chickadee" Nikki was awarded a Denver Field Ornithologists research grant for her proposal...

Scott will be participating as a panelist in an upcoming workshop focused on inclusion and diversity in scientific fieldwork at Yale University on May 13 and 14, 2024. The brief schedule is below and you can follow the link to register! https://peabody.yale.edu/events/workshop-inclusive-future-scientific-fieldwork

The "smart feeder" arrays up and running at the Mountain Research Station!

Members of the Taylor lab are busy in the field these days, braving the cold and snow to collect exciting data on black-capped and mountain chickadees. Haley is conducting feeder-based agression experiments in 麻豆影院, Nikki has been getting our nest boxes ready for the 2024 breeding season, and Sara, Ajay,...

As part of the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows program, Scott gave a short TED-style talk in the Gordon Gamm Theater at the Dairy Arts Center in 麻豆影院 on October 18, 2023. In his talk, 鈥淐ontemplating Evolution: Why Making Spaces to Be Curious was Important for This Gay Scientist,鈥� Scott tells...

The Mountain Research Station and Niwot Ridge LTER were recently highlighted by the Research and Innovation Office in their 2022-2023 highlights! /research/report/2022-23/educating-through-exceptional-experience Here is an excerpt from the story: Providing educational opportunities in a 鈥榗lassroom鈥� unlike any other is the MRS鈥� dual mission, according to Taylor. Students can learn about...

Huge congratulations to Haley who was recently awarded a Stearns Prize from the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology for her paper examining the influence of between-species color pattern differences on chickadee mate choice. Stay tuned for her follow-up work here in Colorado! You can...

Members of the Taylor Lab past and present recently attended the 2023 joint meeting of the American Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists in London Ontario. Great talks and posters were presented by everyone. It is always great to catch up with colleagues and build new friendships at...

With the banding of our final mountain chickadee nest at the CU 麻豆影院 Mountain Research Station this morning, the 6th season of the 麻豆影院 Chickadee Study comes to an end. Thanks to the hard work of Haley, Nikki, Sara, Will, Ajay, Olivia, Athena, and Macy as well as our numerous...