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Smoke Ahead: Fire in Everglades National Park

Fire is critical for the pine rockland and prairie habitat of Everglades National Park, but not always beneficial to the Cape Sable seaside sparrows or our work, so we were worried when we saw we saw “Prescribed Burn” and “Smoke Ahead” signs on two occasions when we drove into the park to conduct our field studies. Pinelands are located on higher [...]

Re-sighting Sparrows

A male Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow through the lens of a spotting scope. I worked with Seaside sparrows in New Jersey saltmarshes before my job with Ecostudies on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow project. There are several key differences between this current technician job and the work I did in the past, most [...]

By |April 28, 2016|News|

What’s in my bag?

I carry a backpack, a flight bag (on days when we travel by helicopter to isolated populations), a camera bag, a spotting scope, and a tripod. All together, this weighs around 20 pounds. Ever wonder what it takes to study Cape Sable seaside sparrows in the Everglades? I can tell you that it takes [...]

By |April 25, 2016|News|

Practicing Point Counts with Meadowlarks

Eastern Meadowlark. Photo by Laura Young Even though fires are an important part of maintaining the species and habitats that we are working to protect in the Everglades ecosystem, often when there are fires in the park we can’t go out to do our sparrow research. A small wind-shift or a stray ember [...]

By |April 15, 2016|News|

Highs and Lows

I was born and raised in South Florida and have driven on Main Park Road more than once. As I looked out over the prairies, I would think to myself,  “I would love to walk in the Everglades.”  Now it is a part of my job as a field tech for Ecostudies Institute, and the Everglades [...]

By |April 6, 2016|News|

Volunteer Citizen Scientists Needed

Do you like bird watching? How about mucking around outdoors? Do you have a pair of boots, a set of optics, and a desire to help avian conservation? Well, we have an opportunity for you! We are looking for volunteer citizen scientists to assist with breeding bird surveys at Leque Island this spring. Ecostudies Institute has [...]

By |March 30, 2016|News|
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