field expedition: organ pipe, AriZona

Just returned from co-leading a Cornell Lab of Ornithology field expedition with Dr. Emma Greig to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ. We are studying the role of territory quality on the mating system of Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps). 

I really enjoyed working in the desert with these fantastic Cornell undergraduates: Max Lee Witynski, Liam Akerlof Berigan, Robert Alexander Breinholt Wiebe.