Birds of a Feather
These are the scientists saving our birds. Support them on Instrumentl.
Ross Calhoun and Max Ciaglo make it their job to take care of these tiny, adorable, baby Flammulated owls — “flams” for short. Today, Ross and Max are joined by 11 other research teams participating in Instrumentl’s Bird Challenge.
These researchers have an important task: protect and improve populations of birds all over the world. Instrumentl is chipping in by awarding the first campaign that reaches 50% a $500 Instrumentl Research Grant toward their campaign.
Meet the researchers below and check out all the cute birds they’re working with! Cast your vote for the project you’d most like to see become a reality (though truly they all deserve our vote).
PS — In the coming weeks we’ll be giving away grants for research related to Fossils, Genomics, Sharks and more! Check out our Grant Challenge schedule to sign up.
Ariana La Porte, University of Arizona, “Gray Hawk Vocalization Patterns and Aggression”
Brian Ramos-Guivas, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, “Secret Lives of the Puerto Rican Parrot”
Alice Besterman, University of Virginia, “Seaweed, Shorebirds and Germs, Oh My!”
Jordan Giese, Tarleton State University, “Nest Survival and Predation of White-tipped Doves”
Karen Leavelle & Katie Stumpf, OSA Birds, “Breeding Bird Biology on the Osa Peninsula”
Ross Calhoun & Max Ciaglo, Colorado State College, “Where Do Owls Spend Their Spring? Identifying Migratory Routes and Stopover Locations of Flammulated Owls”
Rabecca Lausch, Northern Arizona University, “Flicker Hybridization in North America”
Sarah Knutie and Kiyoko Gotanda, University of South Florida/ McGill University, “Urbanization and Galápagos Birds”
The Scientific Research Specialty Program at Islands High School, “High School Students Researching Songbird Ecology”
Josmar Esteban Marquez, Independent Researcher, Venezuela, “Psitacidos Urbanos Barquisimeto”
Carlos Valeris, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG),“Ecology & Conservation of the Carrizal Seedeater”
Cody Cox, University of Georgia, “Analyzing Movements of Tropical Birds”
Instrumentl aims to fund every deserving researcher. It’s time to get these researchers out from behind their stack of grant applications and back into the field mitigating climate change and curing disease.
Say hello to the Instrumentl team (we’re scientists too!) via Facebook and Twitter and at team@instrumentl.com — we’d love to hear from you.
