Thesis Topic
Movement of common ravens (Corvus corax) around areas where Western snowy plovers (Caradrius nivosus nivosus) breed in Humboldt County.
About Me
I'm a woman of many hobbies. Soccer, hiking, birdwatching, whitewater kayaking, snowboarding, naturalizing, tracking, and many other outdoor activities are some of my many passions, and I also enjoy crafting of various sorts, such as making stained glass and sewing my own masks. I have always loved nature and wildlife, so after I graduated with a degree in Conservation and Resource Studies from UC Berkeley I spent many years doing wildlife field work, mostly on ornithological projects, mostly with songbirds. I have also dabbled in entomology, botany/vegetation studies, and more recently have worked with small mammals, mesocarnivores, and shorebirds and I'd like to consider myself more of an ecologist than a wildlife biologist. I've done a lot of this fieldwork overseas in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Saipan and really enjoy island ecology and the relative simplicity of studying island systems. Plus islands tend to have lots of beaches. Now as a graduate student I study Common ravens, which, as many of us know, are incredibly smart as well as neophobic, so capturing these birds to put GPS units on them has proven quite challenging, to say the least! But it's also very rewarding and I'm excited to be on this wild ride we call graduate school.
Advisor
Dr. Barbara Clucas
Undergraduate Institution
University of California, Berkeley