All 220 nestboxes are up! The photo features #219 and #220.
So many people have been involved -- grateful to them all! (esp. RCY!)
Excited to embark on many scientific adventures with the boxes.
First 30 are in, 190 to go!
We've now installed over a third of the 220 nestboxes for our new experiment!
It's been cold with a ton of snow, but it's still been a fun time!
Excited for the lab to start work on bird use of prairie strips and how they impact ecosystem (dis)services!
📷: Undergraduate student researcher Mikayla Datka looking for birds in the KBS LTER.
Very honored to get this year's Ned K Johnson Award! 🐦⬛
Really excited for the AOS meeting this year, like always
My lab is installing 220 nestboxes on 30 farms across mid-Michigan! Nestbox-using birds like bluebirds can eat a lot of insects -- thousands of caterpillars for one brood. We're interested in how much this can benefit organic farmers trying to use natural means to control pest insects
Some sledding was necessary to get back down the hill. Yes, we may be recruiting soon!
It was also necessary to stop and look through a flock of sparrows -- I've found my people
Three of five weekends of nestbox installations down! 58% of 220 nestboxes in.
One stop today was MSU's Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation. Very excited to be working with MSU's first urban ag center!
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Olivia M. Smith
Congratulations to the 2026 AOS Early-career Award winners! Our 2026 James G. Cooper Award winners are Drs Devon DeRaad & Fengyi Guo. This year, the AOS awarded a Ned K Johnson Award to Dr Olivia M. Smith. These awardees will deliver plenary talks at #AOS26.
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