Jim Tietz, 2006

Thesis:

Stopover ecology and habitat selection in fall migrant Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) along the northern California coast.

After Humboldt, Jim worked for PRBO Conservation Science.

For his thesis, Jim used using radio telemetry to track migrating thrushes in forested habitats of the Lanphere Dunes near Arcata. He tested whether the birds select vegetation primarily in response to habitat structure (shrub density) or food availability (mainly huckleberries).