We conduct year-round field-based research mainly in British Columbia, Canada, but also in some other areas with collaborators.
We work in forests and cities.
Our current research spans four broad research areas:
1. Birds in Urban Areas and the role of Nature Based Climate Solutions
2. Bird Movement and Migration
3. Effects of domestic cats on Canada's environment
4. Effects of forest stewardship on birds in Western Canada
Our research mainly focuses on birds and animals (including humans) and plants that interact with birds. We mainly study birds at the community level (biodiversity and abundance) and at the level of the individual.
Species we have previously or are currently studying:
Domestic Cats
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Varied Thrush
White-crowned Sparrows
Tree Swallows
Williamson's sapsucker (Federally listed Species at Risk)
Common Nighthawk
Eastern-Whip-poorwill (Federally listed Species at Risk)
Song Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Wood Thrush
We work in forests and cities.
Our current research spans four broad research areas:
1. Birds in Urban Areas and the role of Nature Based Climate Solutions
2. Bird Movement and Migration
3. Effects of domestic cats on Canada's environment
4. Effects of forest stewardship on birds in Western Canada
Our research mainly focuses on birds and animals (including humans) and plants that interact with birds. We mainly study birds at the community level (biodiversity and abundance) and at the level of the individual.
Species we have previously or are currently studying:
Domestic Cats
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Varied Thrush
White-crowned Sparrows
Tree Swallows
Williamson's sapsucker (Federally listed Species at Risk)
Common Nighthawk
Eastern-Whip-poorwill (Federally listed Species at Risk)
Song Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Wood Thrush
An Automated Recording Unit (ARU) in a forest in the Chilcotin region of BC.
Intrepid field crew (Bekah Persad, Danny McNeil, and Elizabeth Gow) getting ready to deploy ARUs.
Team Williamson's sapsucker learning how to use our innovative camera technology for checking cavity nests.
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A nesting cavity for a woodpecker.
Team urban banding golden-crowned sparrows and downloading data from a tiny backpack on their back.
Dr. Gow carrying our peeper pole (an extension pole with a camera on the end) to go check tree cavities for nests in the Chilcotin region of BC.
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