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exhibit on avian eye size and light microenvironments2023-10-14T12:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2022/09/29/research-on-functional-traits-now-in-journal-of-animal-ecology/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dc886-temp.jpgTemp2023-10-14T12:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2023/10/14/summer-field-seasons-conclude/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230602_103055.jpg20230602_103055https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230527_160700.jpg20230527_160700https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20230523_165746.jpg20230523_1657462023-10-14T12:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/teaching/2023-10-14T09:56:59+00:00weekly0.6https://animalecology.org/past-work/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/e897f-chestnut-breasted-wren.jpgChestnut-breasted WrenChestnut-breasted Wren in the Manu, Peru.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/889c0-20140711_074346.jpg20140711_074346Point 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Tortugero, Costa Rica.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/11dd0-dsc03286.jpgDSC03286Seven Mile Guard Station near Klamath Lake.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/f9414-dsc01991.jpgDSC01991Banding with Bob Frey.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ccf74-hawaiipicsdos-041.jpgHawaiiPicsDos 041Mauna Kea.2023-10-13T06:36:14+00:00weekly0.6https://animalecology.org/outreach/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/outreach.jpgOutreach2023-10-12T08:56:02+00:00weekly0.6https://animalecology.org/news/2023-10-12T07:59:45+00:00weekly0.6https://animalecology.org/training/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/62db4-capture-3.jpgCaptureOur field assistants came principally from Peru, as well as from other Latin American countries.2023-10-12T07:57:35+00:00weekly0.6https://animalecology.org/2022/09/30/returning-results-to-the-field-in-peru/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/89750-outreach2022.jpgOutreach20222023-10-03T10:06:09+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2023/08/03/conservation-biology/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fig7.pngFig72023-10-03T10:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2023/10/03/natural-history-of-the-green-and-black-fruiteater-published-in-ornitologia-neotropical/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pipreola-nico.pngPipreola-Nico2023-10-03T10:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2016/05/23/participation-in-10th-national-ornithology-congress/2023-01-24T09:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2016/09/12/bird-surveys-and-early-mornings/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ffae7-u9a8613-e1473703040751.jpg_u9a8613No doubt what THAT is! Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus)https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c70d6-spectogram.jpgspectogram2023-01-24T09:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2018/05/15/back-in-peru/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2a429-equipo.jpgEquipoIan, Felicity, Felipe (Cali, Colombia), Vikki (Bagua Grande, Peru), and Nicolas (Arequipa, Peru).2023-01-24T09:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2018/05/15/uf-biodiversity-fellowship/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/76b5e-biodiversityf.pngbiodiversityfhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2281f-biodiversity.pngbiodiversityhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/11833-ufbi.jpgUFBI2023-01-24T09:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2018/05/21/recaptures-and-resights/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/b9477-20160906_081955.jpg20160906_081955https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8ba31-20160906_085000.jpg20160906_085000San Lorenzo. You can see the fragment in the background beyond the houses.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c4109-mest-color.jpgMEST ColorThis White-banded Tyrannulet was banded two years ago in the same fragment. Thanks to the color band we know that this individual has maintained a territory within the fragment. Photo: I. Ausprey.2023-01-24T09:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2018/08/24/support-from-the-national-geographic-society/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/77f70-images.pngNational Geographic logo2023-01-24T09:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2018/08/27/we-are-back-in-florida-now/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/40239-20180710_110054.jpg20180710_110054We had such a lot of fun!https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dfe91-20180704_104154.jpg20180704_104154Learning how to use binoculars!https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1b1eb-20180704_102712.jpg20180704_102712The Marvelous Spatulatail is another globally famous species endemic to northern Peru.2023-01-24T09:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/05/15/2019-field-season-begins/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ca51f-ngoe.jpgNGOE2022-01-21T04:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2016/01/16/welcome/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/075bd-u9a8699.jpg_U9A8699https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/d7dcd-tangara-parzudaki.jpgTangara parzudakiFlame-faced Tanager.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3e55c-kuelap-1.jpgKuelap-1Near Kuelep.2022-01-20T08:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2021/09/24/research-in-scientific-american-and-washington-post/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3739b-rspb20210853f05.jpgrspb20210853f05Relative eye size across the Avian Tree of Life.2021-09-24T15:41:29+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2021/09/24/moving-to-switzerland/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/f62a8-capture.jpgCapture2021-09-24T15:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2021/04/26/museum-in-the-parks/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/79c66-museumintheparks2.jpgMuseumIntheParks2https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/4126f-museumintheparks.jpgMuseumIntheParks2021-04-26T16:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2020/10/06/article-published-in-ecology/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2e420-press-release.jpgPress release2020-10-06T18:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/07/16/long-term-friendships-in-the-peruvian-andes/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/04e4c-u9a2216.jpg_U9A2216The river crossing .https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c8c23-u9a2206.jpg_U9A2206Field assistants Vicki, Maria, and Alex backpacking to town after a week in the field.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/4c43f-u9a2201.jpg_U9A2201Marleny, Carina, and Pablito.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0b02f-u9a2176.jpg_U9A2176Marleny cooking over the fire with her dog Max.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/f9c96-u9a2184.jpg_U9A2184Marleny and Pablo at their "chosa". 2019-07-16T14:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/07/16/backpacking-to-field-sites/2019-07-16T14:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/07/16/a-five-year-old-hummingbird-recaptured/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/e7bab-hummer2.jpgHummer2The hummingbird was captured five years ago during the first year of the project. You can see its tiny band!https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c1903-hummer.jpgHummerA Male Booted Racket-Tail Hummingbird. The Peru variety has orange "boots", while those found in the northern Andes have white ones.2019-07-16T14:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/05/24/endangered-andean-birds/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ad16e-u9a1751.jpgSan LorenzoThe campesino community of San Lorenzo with the forest fragment in the foreground.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/c87ad-20190519_104518.jpgRadio Tracking San LorenzoRadio-tracking the Smoky-brown Woodpeckerhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8fab4-pifu2.jpgPIFU2The Smoky-brown Woodpecker bounced across isolated pasture trees to a second fragment.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/d2cc6-p1030864.jpgLulu's Tody-TyrantLulu's Tody-Tyranthttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/834b9-img_1993.jpgSmoky-brown WoodpeckerSmoky-brown Woodpecker2019-05-24T12:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2019/05/24/radio-tracking-forest-birds-in-agricultural-landscapes/2019-05-24T12:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2016/05/23/field-season-begins-with-a-bird-banding-course-in-the-manu/https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cedcd-hylophylax-naevius.jpgHylophylax naeviusHylophylax naevius - Spot-backed Antbirdhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2bf5e-camphyloramphus-throchilirostris.jpgCamphyloramphus throchilirostrisCampylorhamphus trochilirostris - Red-billed Scythebillhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/fdc06-curso-teaching.jpgCurso TeachingMolt instruction.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/17786-congreso-ian.jpgCongreso Ianhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/b95b1-congreso-felicity.jpgCongreso Felicityhttps://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3bd21-curso-atrenadores.jpgCurso AtrenadoresMauricio, Diego, Renzo, Ian, Felicity, and Elio on a tributary of the Rio Madre de Dios near Villa Carmen.https://animalecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/d4cd6-cordillera-colan.jpgCordillera ColanLooking from the Cordillera Colán towards one of my research study sites near the town of Pomacochas.2018-10-12T14:26:15+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.org/2016/05/23/peru-winner-of-global-big-day/2018-10-12T14:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://animalecology.orgdaily1.02026-03-03T18:43:35+00:00