University of Tennessee Forest Resources, Research & Education Center

[Left = View of Pine Ridge from Chestnut Ridge; Middle = 2 tufted titmice in potter trap; Right = tufted titmouse being released at end of a captive study]

Lab

[The lab has 20 sound isolation cubicles with which to conduct studies of social interaction, development, and vocal communication in pairs and small groups of birds]

Aviaries

[The lab currently has four outdoor aviaries (6m x 9m x 3.5m); Left = with my father, who helped me build the first two; Right = young chickadees that fledged from captive pair]

Some local field sites

[Left = Meads Quarry site at Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville; Right = entrance to Norris Dam State Park, Norris]

Some more distant field sites

[Left = Cave Creek entrance into Chiricahua Mountains, AZ; Middle = Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park, IL; Right = Quail Ridge Reserve, CA]

[Left = to record bridled & juniper titmice and Mexican chickadees; Middle = black-capped chickadees; Right = oak titmice]

Knoxville Zoo - vocal behavior of red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata)

Math & Science Regional Center - U.T. Upward Bound Program

[Left = high school students from TN & FL behind blind collecting data; Right = microphone, seed-stocked feeding station, and predator model]

Newest member of the family

[Calla - part Collie(?) and part who-knows-what]