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Virginia Rail

Photographed July 2004 at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou County, California; Single bird at the marsh edge
California Gull

Photographed September 2006 at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou County, California; Single bird at water's edge
Bird figure

With red sun balls
Bird figure with cross, sun shape
Two-pronged figure

Yellow diamonds, red sun, green bird
Bird figure

Circle points, small circles on top
Hopi kachina

Bird face
Behavioral Observation and Paternal Investment of Eastern Kingbirds at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

We have been studying the population of Eastern Kingbirds breeding in riparian habitats in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (eastern Oregon) since 2002. These efforts have created an ideal research environment...
Possible Avian Influences in the Distribution of Dwarf Mistletoe

The goal of this investigation was to determine the potential of birds as vectors for the movement of dwarf mistletoe seeds and the means by which such movement could occur. Birds would greatly speed the rate...
The Biology of Eastern Kingbirds at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge: Survival, Reproduction, and Testosterone Secretion

This dissertation presents the results of a study that I undertook to better understand the breeding biology of Eastern Kingbirds (hereafter, kingbirds) at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern...