Hello!

My name is Jordan! I have experience working with various types of birds but am most interested in working with raptors in the area of quantitative and/or spatial ecology. In January 2021, I began at New Mexico State University working towards a MS in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology and expect to defend in Fall 2023. I earned a BA with Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology from Colorado College in 2019, where I completed an undergraduate thesis about the effects of predation of Flammulated Owls by Red Squirrels entitled The Rodent Eats the Raptor.

Projects

  • Spatial Patterns of Burrowing Owl Nests and Landscape Effects on Reproduction advised by Dr. Martha Desmond and Dr. Fitsum Abadi Gebreselassie
    • Effects of prairie dog colony characteristics on Burrowing Owl nest survival across the Great Plains
    • Determing factors influencing nest distribution patterns within prairie dog colonies across a latitudinal gradient
    • Multi-scale effects of landscape configuration and composition on the nest survival and productivity of Burrowing Owls
  • Flammulated Owl habitat selection in collaboration with Dr. Brian Linkhart and Kate McGinn
    • Analyzis of long-term data on nest site selection
    • Utilization of LiDAR dataset to extract biologically relevant characteristics to understand habitat quality
  • Analysis of waterbird surveys in Bahía de Kino, Sonora, Mexico in collaboration with Prescott College Kino Bay Center
    • Use of modeling to analyze trends in bird abundance over time