Applied Ornithology field trip was a success! We camped along the San Pedro River and students learned surveying for rails, owls, and point count surveys in riparian forest. 🪶🌎

New paper on long-term lizard declines.🦎 Abundance highest in wet yrs (we haven't had many!). Some species abund related to lagged effects from vegetation cover, emphasizing the delayed response of biotic communities to ecosystem changes. #urban #herps 🌎
doi.org/10.1002/eco....

Neighborhood Western Screech Owl working on its winter tan.🪶

First field trip of Ornithology, our classroom for the day! We saw this Green Heron and 46 other species while birding at urban wetlands. ASU Applied Bio. #birding 🪶

New research on overlap of solar energy potential and critical habitats in the Southwest - Desert Tortoises and Bendire's Thrasher.

phys.org/news/2025-01...