Dark-eyed Junco Woodlawn Cemetery Santa Monica California-1
"Three student researchers crouched across from the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center, cradling baby birds roughly the size of a large peanut.
“They’re opening their mouths; they must be hungry,” said Ellie Diamant, a graduate student in biology. “Sometimes they can get annoyed, pass out, poop or vocalize, but we try to minimize their stress as much as possible.”
Diamant is part of the Yeh Lab, which analyzes the Southern Californian populations of dark-eyed juncos, a bird species native to the mountainous regions of North America. ...
Parent juncos are also territorial and protective of their nest, Bressler said, and can confront researchers when they try to approach it. ...
Despite difficulties in collecting data from juncos at times, Yeh said she hopes students on campus can appreciate their presence and participate in scientific thinking by observing the juncos’ interesting behaviors on their own." UCLA Daily Bruin
Dark-eyed Junco Woodlawn Cemetery Santa Monica California-1
"Three student researchers crouched across from the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center, cradling baby birds roughly the size of a large peanut.
“They’re opening their mouths; they must be hungry,” said Ellie Diamant, a graduate student in biology. “Sometimes they can get annoyed, pass out, poop or vocalize, but we try to minimize their stress as much as possible.”
Diamant is part of the Yeh Lab, which analyzes the Southern Californian populations of dark-eyed juncos, a bird species native to the mountainous regions of North America. ...
Parent juncos are also territorial and protective of their nest, Bressler said, and can confront researchers when they try to approach it. ...
Despite difficulties in collecting data from juncos at times, Yeh said she hopes students on campus can appreciate their presence and participate in scientific thinking by observing the juncos’ interesting behaviors on their own." UCLA Daily Bruin