A successful song sparrow field season
My first field season working with song sparrows wrapped up at the end of May. Together with my collaborators Scott Davies and Kendra Sewall, we gathered a lot of great data to examine behavioral and physiological differences between urban and rural populations of song sparrows and to look at plumage coloration. We performed simulated territorial intrusions which were a lot of fun, especially in the urban habitat where the males are so aggressive. I have to say my brief stint nest searching made me really miss the cavity nesting species that I normally work with, you don't have to search for their nests, they just come to you. Now its on to the data analysis and writing.
