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Lincoln Savi, a master’s student of biology, was a finalist in a national competition for his video on the changing song of a tropical wren.
Lincoln Savi, a master’s student of biology, was a finalist in a national competition for his video on the changing song of a tropical wren.
Three University of Windsor students headed north during Reading Week to take part in a course on the Winter Ecology of Birds.
Last week’s Science Celebration of Success honoured accomplishments by faculty and staff.
The University of Windsor made a world-class showing of ornithological expertise last week during the North American Ornithological Congress.
A study of nocturnal migration found that 30 times more birds are flying over lighted areas than unlit ones.
Biology students headed to Lake Erie’s north shore Saturday to observe migrating birds in flight.
A field trip Saturday took ornithology students to bird-watching hotspots in Canada’s migration corridor.
Claire Sanders was finishing an undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta when her fascination with birds began. Now she’s living her dream.
“I took an ornithology class in my final year and I’ve been hooked on birds ever since,” she said. “I start talking about birds and I can’t stop.”
Sixty University of Windsor biology students set a biodiversity record during a class field expedition on Saturday, September 29.
Students in professor Dan Mennill’s ornithology class observed 64 different species of birds on their day-long trip to Point Pelee National Park and Holiday Beach Conservation Area.
“This is the eighth year that I’ve taught this course,” explained Dr. Mennill, “and we’ve seen anywhere from 38 to 59 species during a full day of birdwatching. But we’ve never broken the barrier of 60 species.”
Placing three UWindsor graduate students among the top award recipients at the North American Ornithological Congress confirms the university as a centre of excellence for bird biology in North America, says professor Oliver Love.
Fourteen researchers represented the University of Windsor, including Dr. Love and students from his laboratory and the laboratories of Dan Mennill and Stephanie Doucet.
The Windsor delegation took three of the 12 awards for the best student talks and posters among the hundreds of student presenters: