POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES & PRESENTATIONS

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2018

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• Founder of Bay Area Naturalist: Science communication blog dedicated to the San Francisco Bay Area's wildlife and natural areas​

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• Contributor to the Golden Gate Audubon Society Blog:

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• "5 Ways That Birdwatching Has Changed My Life"

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• "The Journeys of Debi Shearwater"

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• "Surveying Brown Pelicans at the Alameda Wildlife Reserve Breakwater Island"

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• "Getting to Know the Anna's Hummingbird"

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• "The American Kestrel's Mysterious Decline"

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• "Flight of the Condors"

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2017​​

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• Contributor to The Q:

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• "Ornithology: A bird's-eye view of scientific passion and process"

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• "Connecting the dots: Science outreach ignites discovery"

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• Speaker at Quartzy, Inc. Speaker Series: "A Bird's Eye View", 30-minute presentation to public audience about bird research

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2016

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• Sole Undergraduate Speaker at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Spotlight on Young Bird Researchers: "Defending the Weak: Examining temporal patterns of nest defense in the herring gull", 25-minute live-streamed research presentation

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• Speaker at the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board: "Defending the Weak: Examining temporal patterns of nest defense in the herring gull", TEDx-style research presentation

 

2015

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• Contributor to Neotropical Birds Online: Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus)

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• Poster Presenter at the Behaviour 2015 Conference: "Temporal patterns in parental aggression match mortality rates during the nestling stage in the Herring Gull"

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2014

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• Contributor to the Cornell Lab of Orithology's Project NestWatch News:"Life in a Gull Colony"​

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• Poster Presenter at the New York State Ornithological Association 67th Annual Meeting: "Pasta, protection, or possessive parents? Examining the factors influencing survival of Herring gull chicks on Appledore Island, Maine"

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2012 - 2016

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• Education Director & Presenter at the Cornell University Raptor Program: 50+ public education programs about raptor conservation biology with live birds of prey

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RESEARCH BLOGS

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2015 My Migrations / Stepping Into My Field Shoes

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2014 Ecology Musings

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2013 Opening the Door