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Songbird coloration research at UWSP

A drawing of a male house finch displaying to a female house finch, with the text Project House Finch.
Project House Finch is a long-term research program studying the behavior and success of house finches on and near the UWSP campus.

Project goals include to:

  • individually mark and monitor populations of house finches in Portage County, Wisconsin

  • quantify and rank quality of male coloration

  • track nesting success and families of individuals across time

 

Data collected through the Project will inform ongoing research into fundamental questions in behavior and evolutionary biology, such as: how and why do birds display bright colors?

For questions or comments, please email me!
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