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Our lab's research is applied. It has relevance to conservation, and much of it takes place in working landscapes. So we are passionate about communicating with and learning from our partners and sharing what we learn publicly and with other scientists. Here are some highlights of recent lab news and outreach events. You can also follow us on Instagram.
Our lab's research is applied. It has relevance to conservation, and much of it takes place in working landscapes. So we are passionate about communicating with and learning from our partners and sharing what we learn publicly and with other scientists. Here are some highlights of recent lab news and outreach events. You can also follow us on Instagram.
Lab News
Lab News
Aug 2025 Eleanor and Fatime give oral presentations at the American Ornithological Society annual conference in St. Louis.
Aug 2025 Our paper about barn owl polymorphism and habitat came out in the Journal of Raptor Research. Check it out!
May 2025 Lauren and crew hold a banding/chick-naming event for our live-streamed nest of Poppy & Yarrow in Lodi. We made the front page of the local paper!
May 2025 Matt presents at the Napa RISE event in Napa
April 2025 Eleanor presents about birds and pest control in vineyards for the Porto Protocol
March 2025 Check out our little video of a GPS-tracked barn owl (thanks to Dr. Tim Bean)
Feb 2025 Zoltan Schneider joins the lab, and Chistian defends his thesis!
Feb 2025 Eleanor, Fatime, Jadzia, Lizzi, Mac and Matt all presented at the Western Section of the Wildlife Society annual conference in Visalia
Jan 2025 Matt presents at the Barn Owls for Peace conference in Greece
Jan 2025 Ayla Zolwik joins the lab!
Nov 2024 Matt presents at the Sustainable Ag Expo in San Luis Obispo
Nov 2024 Fatime, Eleanor, Jadzia and Matt present at the ARI annual conference.
Oct 2024 Almost the whole lab presents at American Ornithological Society in Colorado, Click on posters for Eleanor and Jadzia.
Feb 2024 Mac, Katherine, and Matt all presented some of their research findings at the western Section of the Wildlife Society annual meeting in Rohnert Park, CA. Check out two posters presenting some early findings of the vineyard-songbird project. HERE and HERE
Other Press & Media about our lab's research
Other Press & Media about our lab's research
3-min video produced by Humboldt SPF about recent research in Napa Valley, 2023
5-min video produced by KQED's Deep Look series, featuring former graduate student Laura Echavez, 2022
Audio and written story by Lisa Morehouse of KQED about our work with barn owls, 2021
Living Bird Magazine article by Greg Breining about birds & ecosystem services featuring some of our work, 2021. Photo by Ryan Bourbour
Bay Area Nature magazine article by Jane Braxton Little about our work in winegrape vineyards, featuring former graduate students Jaime Carlino, Samantha Chavez, and Laura Echavez, 2021.
5-min video produced by Wild Farm Alliance about how nest boxes can bring pest-eating birds to farms, 2020
3-min video by Great Big Story about Barn Owls in vineyards, featuring former graduate student Carrie Wendt, 2018
Lodi News Sentinel article by Steve Mann about our owl work in Lodi, 2025
Audubon magazine article by Barry Yeoman about what birds can do for us, featuring some of the lab's work on birds in Jamaican coffee farms, 2013
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