Date: 11/9/26 12:03 pm From: Erik Johnson via labird <cassowary43...> Subject: [labird] Carolina Wren study sites - Greater Baton Rouge
LAbirders,
I am working with a new M.S. student here at LSU in Dr. Sabrina Taylor's lab, Hannah VanSlembrouck, who will be exploring the role of urbanization on reproductive success, body condition, and survivorship in Carolina Wrens. She is looking for study sites especially in urban and suburban yards and neighborhoods across the Greater Baton Rouge area (East and West Baton Rouge Parishes).
We are looking for two potential types of support for spring/summer 2027: 1) Allow Hannah to visit your yard/property ~2x/week from mid-March through July to conduct nest searches and monitor nests. This could be supplemented with nest box deployments, catching and color-banding adult wrens, and collecting blood and fecal samples. 2) Conduct your own nest searches and monitor nests ~2x/week. Enter data into the Urban Native Greens FieldScope platform: https://urbannativegreenshome.fieldscope.org
If you may be interested, please email me your address and whether you'd prefer option #1 or #2. As we approach spring, Hannah will be making some decisions about which yards to pursue, and we will periodically communicate with you along the way.
Thanks so much! Erik Johnson ErikJohnson AT agcenter DOT lsu DOT edu
