Talk: It's Not Only Fine Feathers That Make Fine Birds

Join us for our December Lunchtime Expedition, "It's Not Only Fine Feathers That Make Fine Birds," presented by Eric C. Atkinson.

The in-person talk takes place in the Center’s Coe Auditorium, with a virtual option available at https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_1PDSIV9NQqqDlic8ubs_Vw
 

Since 2013, Eric C. Atkinson has been involving Northwest College undergraduate students in studying a multipathogen assemblage infecting the avian community of the northeastern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
 

Atkinson’s students gain important research skills all within their first two years of college. They do everything from:

Furthermore, the multipathogen landscape shown by nearly 1000 encounters across 57 avian species shows a diverse pathogen assemblage, disease state, and community network. Contrary to published accounts, some birds recover from WNV, and Atkinson continues with analyses assessing the interactions of pathogens on the health of our native and nonnative songbirds.

Support for the Draper’s Lunchtime Expedition series has been made possible by Sage Creek Ranch and the Nancy-Carroll Draper Charitable Foundation.