Ecology of Information

Ecology of information is the study of how organisms acquire and use information in decision-making to manage their lives of, e.g., finding food, selecting habitats, allocating time to vigilance and foraging, and trading off current and future reproductive success, and its significance for populations, communities, landscapes and ecosystems. 


- Ken Schmidt

Veery

The first veery sighting of the day is always different from the second or third. It seems to me that when you spot your first veery of the day, their song is the loudest and their indistinct reddish-brown spots seem ever more ginger.

This veery was banded this morning, Ken is holding the

veery in a position called "the photographers hold."

On Banding...

Banding is essential to the research effort here. Mist netting and banding helps to identify and characterize each individual bird to better gather personalized information.

Map of Cary Institute

Below is a map of Cary Institute. I will often refer to

plots of land by their names and this can be used to

get a better sense of direction.