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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Fieldwork marches on... and we've got a lab kitty :)
First posted Aug 14, 2019 This past week we've got Kyle in Pond Inlet chasing whales, but all the excitement came from the stray kitty...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Welcome to Jessie, Alyssa, Leah, and Miranda!
First posted Jun 26, 2019 This summer Jessie Ogden is starting her MSc in the group. She is co-supervised with Margaret Docker and will...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Flying squirrels fluorescing!
First posted Mar 22, 2019 Paul O'Brien is in Ontario with Jeff Bowman chasing flying squirrels and working on questions about...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Welcome to Paul O'Brien and Mitchell Green! ... and updates from Fall 2018
First posted Dec 23, 2018 It's been awhile since our last update. Since then we've had Paul O'Brien join us from Eric Vander Wal's crew...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
First squirrel study pub! A Concise Guide to Field Sticks
First posted Aug 16, 2018 The first publication from our squirrel research is out! Check out the illustrated "A Concise Guide to Field...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Current field researcher whereabouts
First posted Aug 16, 2018 The summer fieldwork migration is in full effect. We've got the squirrel crew squirreling outside of Kleefeld...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Winter term flew by!
First posted Apr 23, 2018 Busy term! In January, Chloe, Riikka, and I (Colin) all traveled to San Francisco to present at the Society for...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
squirrel detector design: part 1
First posted Dec 14, 2017 In the last NSERC Research Tools and Instruments funding round we were successful with our request for funds to...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Big welcome to Kyle Lefort!
First posted Sep 27, 2017 Kyle is an NSERC funded MSc student joining the group to work on questions about the demography and origins of...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
'How Squirrels Took over Our Cities' published in The Walrus
First posted Jun 15, 2017 Colleen Kimmett published a really fun article on urban squirrels, featuring some of our research, in the June...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Welcome to Chloe Schmidt, Riikka Kinnunen, & Evan Balzer... & Kirsten and Caitlin for a 2nd summer
First posted May 11, 2017 A big welcome to Chloe, Riikka, and Evan who officially started while I was away at Wildlife70. Riikka joins us...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Wildlife70...
First posted May 11, 2017 It's conference season and last week Kirsten and I presented at the excellent Wildlife70 conference at Trent...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
First theses to come out of the group done and dusted!
First posted Apr 19, 2017 Caitlin and Kirsten have just completed the first theses to come our research group. And both nailed their...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Rare server sighting in its natural habitat
First posted Apr 14, 2017 Infrastructure update... our server is up and running. 512 gigs of RAM, plus, plus plus! Soon to be put to work.
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Congrats to Karen Dunmall on her Liber Ero success!
First posted Feb 28, 2017 Big congrats to Karen Dunmall for her 2017 Liber Ero Fellowship Award. Karen's research will focus on...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Hybrid Flying Squirrels in the news...
First posted Dec 9, 2016 New coverage of an aging paper. Hybrid flying squirrels are used as an example of population genetic processes...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Squirrel 300!
First posted Aug 23, 2016 Squirrel Number 300 this season with more to come!
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
Cracked 250 squirrels!
First posted Jul 28, 2016 Cracked 250 captures this week with lots of help from the abundant and bold squirrels at Kildonan Park. This...
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Colin
Apr 4, 20201 min read
First fieldwork update
First posted: Jul 19, 2016 We're now a month and a half into our first Winnipeg squirrel field season and, led by Caitlin and Kirsten,...
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