Native Bird HabitatMichelle Avis
2013 The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
Michelle Avis is a Master’s candidate at the SUNY (State University of New York) School of Forestry. Her research proposal’s title is “Automated Telemetry for Tracking Breeding Piping Plovers: A novel approach for evaluating risks of wind turbine collisions.” Michelle will undertake a habitat use study on Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus), an endangered species. The goal is to track the birds throughout their daily cycle, including at night and during inclement weather, to follow when and where they move among habitat patches. The wind turbine component adds a conservation context to this study of the use of spatial habitat.
The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
To provide financial aid to study areas in the United States that provide seasonal habitat for threatened or endangered native birds and to tend useful information for land-management decisions.
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