News /lab/taylor/ en AOS 2025 - St. Louis /lab/taylor/2025/08/18/aos-2025-st-louis <span>AOS 2025 - St. Louis</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-08-18T13:04:39-06:00" title="Monday, August 18, 2025 - 13:04">Mon, 08/18/2025 - 13:04</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-08/AOS-2025-Logo-Web-Slider-transp.jpg?h=e2bcc475&amp;itok=AikWV5PC" width="1200" height="800" alt="AOS 2025"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-large_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-08/Screenshot%202025-08-18%20at%201.04.03%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=D0DtZvcM" width="1500" height="748" alt="AOS 2025"> </div> </div> <p>Several members of the lab attended the 2025 AOS meeting in St. Louis. Always an excellent meeting, it was great to catch up with colleagues and see the latest and greats in ornithological research.</p><p>Congrats to Maria for her early career award (and excellent plenary talk!) as well as Georgy, Sara, and Will for their excellent talks. Scott spoke about Jay's recent paper on potential caterpillar mimicry by white-necked jacobin chicks to a packed room and Sara led the Quiz Bowl, which was enjoyed by all!</p><p>Looking forward to AOS 2026 in Amherst!</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:04:39 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 547 at /lab/taylor Welcome Lucas and Nate! /lab/taylor/2025/08/05/welcome-lucas-and-nate <span>Welcome Lucas and Nate!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-08-05T20:26:00-06:00" title="Tuesday, August 5, 2025 - 20:26">Tue, 08/05/2025 - 20:26</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-08/IMG_8429.jpg?h=9c4c0580&amp;itok=JouNiz8T" width="1200" height="800" alt="Lucas and Nate MRS"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-08/IMG_8429.jpg?itok=K4Tq4Zk6" width="750" height="563" alt="Lucas and Nate MRS"> </div> </div> <p>A warm welcome to <a href="/lab/taylor/lucas-florsheim" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c7b259c3-9e53-423f-8767-c08ab6ca1d48" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Lucas Florsheim">Lucas Florsheim</a> and <a href="/lab/taylor/nathaniel-neal" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="83c28973-e21f-4396-b51f-a21afaf5e345" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Nathaniel Neal">Nate Neal</a> - the most recent PhD students to join the Taylor Lab!&nbsp;</p><p>Lucas plans to expand on work investigating hybridization between black-capped and mountains chickadees using broader geographic sampling, temporal sampling using museum specimens, and transcriptomics.</p><p>Nate, who is co-advised with Dr. Jingchun Li, will explore the genetic basis of mantle lure polymorphism in the freshwater mussel <em>Lampsilis fasciola</em>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 06 Aug 2025 02:26:00 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 546 at /lab/taylor Olivia, Kathryn, and Carrie's work on chickadee song is featured in Living Bird magazine! /lab/taylor/2025/07/22/olivia-kathryn-and-carries-work-chickadee-song-featured-living-bird-magazine <span>Olivia, Kathryn, and Carrie's work on chickadee song is featured in Living Bird magazine!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-22T10:11:41-06:00" title="Tuesday, July 22, 2025 - 10:11">Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/Screenshot%202025-07-22%20at%2010.10.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=251f7494&amp;itok=vsSi3yWk" width="1200" height="800" alt="Black-capped and mountain chickadee"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/31"> Chickadee News </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/21"> ChickadeeNews </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Chickadee News</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/25" hreflang="en">ChickadeeNews</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-01/Screenshot%202025-01-20%20at%208.44.32%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=YeVd4X64" width="750" height="581" alt="BCS visual abstract genomics"> </div> </div> <p>A r<a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/mountain-chickadees-change-tune-black-capped/" rel="nofollow">ecent article in Living Bird magazine</a> featured Olivia Taylor's honors thesis work (published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology) that was a collaboration between Olivia, Kathryn, and <a href="https://www.psychology.uwo.ca/people/faculty/Branch.html" rel="nofollow">Carrie Branch</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>So awesome to see a published undergraduate honors thesis form the lab grace the pages of Living Bird! The article included a lovely descriptive graphic of some of our findings from the Boulder Chickadee Study!&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:11:41 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 545 at /lab/taylor The 2025 field season has flown by! /lab/taylor/2025/07/07/2025-field-season-has-flown <span>The 2025 field season has flown by!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-07T08:49:18-06:00" title="Monday, July 7, 2025 - 08:49">Mon, 07/07/2025 - 08:49</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-07/Untitled.001.jpeg?h=eca34813&amp;itok=w_Sxvdpl" width="1200" height="800" alt="2025 field season photo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/31"> Chickadee News </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/21"> ChickadeeNews </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Chickadee News</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/25" hreflang="en">ChickadeeNews</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The 2025 summer field season has flown by with the last chickadee nests at the Mountain Research Station of the season scheduled to be banded on July 12. Folks have been busy collecting data for their individual projects along with our annual Boulder Chickadee Study data. Check out updates from the field team below!</p> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-07/Untitled.001.jpeg?itok=_WPOv5mW" width="1500" height="938" alt="2025 field season photo"> </div> <p><br><strong>Sam:</strong> s<span>ince discovering the legs growths I'm studying are actually caused by scaly leg mites and not avian pox virus, I've been doing a lot of reading. I've also spending plenty of time in the field checking boxes, learning how to band, and taking samples!</span></p><p><span><strong>Jenna: t</strong>he field season at the MRS is going great so far, with 27 active nests and 4 hatched Mountain Chickadee nests. Nestling and adult banding is set to start this week.</span></p><p><span><strong>Sara:</strong> the 2025 field season is off to a strong start! I’ve been busy helping with adult banding, nest box checks, and mite sampling, while also helping train the newest members of the Boulder Chickadee Study team.</span></p><p><span><strong>Eva:</strong> this season, I’ve been working in the field doing observational studies to compare black-capped and mountain chickadees in the Boulder area as they feed and care for their young. Tracking the behaviors of these birds across a wide range of elevations has been fascinating, and I look forward to transforming the patterns I find into an honors thesis in the coming semesters!</span></p><p><span><strong>Nate:</strong> this field season I have been collecting data about how long different mountain and black-capped chickadee females are spending incubating their eggs using temperature loggers placed in the nest. I have also been collecting those nests when the nestlings leave, as well as helping out other people with their own projects within the Boulder Chickadee Study.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:49:18 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 542 at /lab/taylor Sam, Nate, Eva, and the lab are awarded UROP funding! /lab/taylor/2025/05/13/sam-nate-eva-and-lab-are-awarded-urop-funding <span>Sam, Nate, Eva, and the lab are awarded UROP funding!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-13T18:13:26-06:00" title="Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 18:13">Tue, 05/13/2025 - 18:13</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/Untitled.001.jpeg?h=d1cb525d&amp;itok=002Y1VKg" width="1200" height="800" alt="UROP logo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/31"> Chickadee News </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/21"> ChickadeeNews </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Chickadee News</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/25" hreflang="en">ChickadeeNews</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Congrats to Sam, Nate, and Eva for receiving individual UROP awards to support their summer research! All three are collecting data for their honors thesis projects. Sam will be studying pox virus in our local chickadee populations, Nate will be study incubation patterns in chickadees, and Eva will be studying variation in parental provisioning behavior. We're excited to see what they all find!</p><p>The lab also received UROP funding that will be used to continue the Boulder Chickadee Study.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 14 May 2025 00:13:26 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 541 at /lab/taylor ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Chancellor Justin Schwartz and senior vice chancellor for research and innovation Massimo Ruzzene visit the MRS with Scott and Nancy Emery! /lab/taylor/2025/05/07/cu-boulder-chancellor-justin-schwartz-and-senior-vice-chancellor-research-and-innovation <span>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Chancellor Justin Schwartz and senior vice chancellor for research and innovation Massimo Ruzzene visit the MRS with Scott and Nancy Emery!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-07T09:41:16-06:00" title="Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 09:41">Wed, 05/07/2025 - 09:41</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-05/Chancellor_Mountain_Research_Station_PC0136.jpg?h=790be497&amp;itok=9vTcrZCq" width="1200" height="800" alt="MRS chancellor visit"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Scott and Nancy Emery (PI of the Niwot Ridge LTER) recently took ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Chancellor Justin Schwartz and senior vice chancellor for research and innovation Massimo Ruzzene on a tour of the Mountain Research Station and Niwot Ridge. Thanks to Sammy Yevak, the lead Niwot Ridge LTER water technician, the group made it up to the tundra lab for a relatively warm and windless spring tour of Niwot Ridge!</p><p>Read more about the tour here: <a href="/instaar/2025/05/02/cu-boulder-chancellor-justin-schwartz-visits-mountain-research-station" rel="nofollow">/instaar/2025/05/02/cu-boulder-chancellor-justin-schwartz-visits-mountain-research-station</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 07 May 2025 15:41:16 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 540 at /lab/taylor Jay publishes in Ecology on potential caterpillar mimicry by hummingbird chicks! /lab/taylor/2025/03/18/jay-publishes-ecology-potential-caterpillar-mimicry-hummingbird-chicks <span>Jay publishes in Ecology on potential caterpillar mimicry by hummingbird chicks!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-18T15:35:37-06:00" title="Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 15:35">Tue, 03/18/2025 - 15:35</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-03/Screenshot%202025-03-18%20at%208.30.07%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=56124d79&amp;itok=mei6dLLu" width="1200" height="800" alt="jacobin chick and caterpillars"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-03/Screenshot%202025-03-18%20at%208.30.07%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=06R3pBL9" width="750" height="674" alt="jacobin chick and caterpillars"> </div> </div> <p>Congrats to Jay (and Scott, <span>Michael Castaño-Diaz,&nbsp;Sebastian Gallan-Giraldo,&nbsp;Joseph See!</span>) for publishing a recent paper in<a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70060" rel="nofollow"> Ecology - The Scientific Naturalist</a> that describes possible caterpillar mimicry by white-necked jacobin chicks! Jay and Scott made these observations when Scott was visiting Panama during his sabbatical last year. Be sure to check out the supplemental videos to see the twitching behavior described in the paper!&nbsp;</p> <div class="align-right image_style-large_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-05/Screenshot%202025-05-10%20at%2011.38.57%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=wPAad2Ur" width="1500" height="1957" alt="Nat Geo caterpillar coverage"> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-51-quirks-and-quarks" rel="nofollow">Quirks and Quarks interview!</a></p> <div class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2025-03/Image%20from%20iOS.jpg?itok=K8JURBKN" width="375" height="666" alt="Panamanian news"> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/fuzzy-hummingbird-chick-may-be-disguise-caterpillar" rel="nofollow">Coverage of the paper in Science!</a></p><p><a href="/today/2025/03/17/small-bird-big-trick-how-hummingbird-chick-acts-caterpillar-survive?cm_ven=ExactTarget&amp;cm_cat=25.0317+FS+CUBT&amp;cm_pla=VPL+25429+for+List+142&amp;cm_ite=https%3a%2f%2fwww.colorado.edu%2ftoday%2f2025%2f03%2f17%2fsmall-bird-big-trick-how-hummingbird-chick-acts-caterpillar-survive&amp;cm_lm=scott.a.taylor@colorado.edu&amp;cm_ainfo=&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute1%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute2%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute3%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute4%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute5%%" rel="nofollow">The CU Press Release is here</a></p><p><a href="https://stri.si.edu/story/caterpillar-like-baby-hummingbird" rel="nofollow">STRI press release</a> is here</p><p><a href="https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/aldea-global/descubren-en-panama-un-bebe-colibri-que-imitaria-las-orugas-1247376" rel="nofollow">Panamá América</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXu3LOFWa4o" rel="nofollow">Youtube video about the paper!</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:35:37 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 539 at /lab/taylor Nate, Sam, and Sara are awarded research grants from the Denver Field Ornithologists! /lab/taylor/2025/03/01/nate-sam-and-sara-are-awarded-research-grants-denver-field-ornithologists <span>Nate, Sam, and Sara are awarded research grants from the Denver Field Ornithologists!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-01T18:11:31-07:00" title="Saturday, March 1, 2025 - 18:11">Sat, 03/01/2025 - 18:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-03/Screenshot%202025-03-01%20at%206.15.17%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=9aef1169&amp;itok=126nkIjC" width="1200" height="800" alt="DFO logo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/31"> Chickadee News </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/21"> ChickadeeNews </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Chickadee News</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/25" hreflang="en">ChickadeeNews</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-small_500px_25_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/article-thumbnail/screenshot_2024-07-14_at_6.39.20_pm.png?itok=BuHgthv3" width="375" height="241" alt="mountain chickadee chick in the hand"> </div> </div> <p>Congrats to Nate, Sam, and Sara for being awarded research grants from the Denver Field Ornithologists! Nate will use his funds to study incubation patterns and differences between black-capped and mountain chickadees. Sam will use her funds to study avian pox virus. Sara will use hers to sequence whole genomes of black-capped chickadees as she continues to study the genetics of spatial cognition.</p><p>Thanks to the Denver Field Ornithologists for their continued support of Taylor Lab research!<br>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sun, 02 Mar 2025 01:11:31 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 538 at /lab/taylor Sara and Sam are awarded Colorado Filed Ornithologists grants! /lab/taylor/2025/02/26/sara-and-sam-are-awarded-colorado-filed-ornithologists-grants <span>Sara and Sam are awarded Colorado Filed Ornithologists grants!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-26T13:26:29-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 13:26">Wed, 02/26/2025 - 13:26</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Screenshot%202025-02-26%20at%201.35.28%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=be029a42&amp;itok=E87G_HTb" width="1200" height="800" alt="CFO logo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/31"> Chickadee News </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/21"> ChickadeeNews </a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Chickadee News</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/25" hreflang="en">ChickadeeNews</a> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/img_4126.jpg?itok=fo4GSZq3" width="750" height="500" alt="Back-capped chickadee"> </div> </div> <p>Congratulations to Sara and Sam for recently being awarded research grants from the Colorado Field Ornithologists!&nbsp;</p><p>Sara will use her funds to sequence black-capped chickadee genomes as she continues to explore the genetic basis of variation in spatial cognition in chickadees.&nbsp;</p><p>Sam will use her funds to sequence samples of probable avian pox infections in chickadees as part of her planned honors thesis work.</p><p>Thanks so much to the Colorado Field Ornithologists for their continued support of our research!</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:26:29 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 537 at /lab/taylor Will publishes in the Journal of Avian Biology! /lab/taylor/2025/02/17/will-publishes-journal-avian-biology <span>Will publishes in the Journal of Avian Biology!</span> <span><span>Scott Anthony Taylor</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-17T13:03:03-07:00" title="Monday, February 17, 2025 - 13:03">Mon, 02/17/2025 - 13:03</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Screenshot%202025-02-17%20at%201.06.06%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=4ae13147&amp;itok=kTYuQJsY" width="1200" height="800" alt="JAB cover"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/2"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/lab/taylor/taxonomy/term/23" hreflang="en">News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/lab/taylor/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-02/IMG_6390.jpg?itok=dkqLKnPb" width="750" height="1000" alt="Will with a house wren!"> </div> </div> <p><span>Congratulations to Will for publishing his first first-author paper in the Journal of Avian Biology! Will's paper describes a region of probable secondary contact between northern house wren subspecies along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. This is a significant change from current estimates of northern house wren distributions, as previous work described the Mississippi River as the division between northern house wren species. This work sets the stage for further exploration into the divergent populations of northern house wren, something Will is excited to pursue throughout his PhD!</span></p><p>Read the paper here:</p><p><a href="https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.03401" rel="nofollow">https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jav.03401</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:03:03 +0000 Scott Anthony Taylor 536 at /lab/taylor