{"id":23887,"date":"2025-01-09T08:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=23887"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:11:44","slug":"birds-of-a-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <em>Rockwell&#8217;s presentation now is <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/component-page?action=viewdetailpage&amp;sharelevel=meeting&amp;useWhichPasswd=meeting&amp;clusterId=us02&amp;componentName=need-password&amp;meetingId=wHtIeDHpRRGGzE07Xu52X6AlxmvMk6aT4s6aYs0mHdQal4Typdync6yQZaj0r1k6.xvxwqizMAQ_2rxvg&amp;originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2Fvy_r5qykSriX6ar1kP4sNG8hRU6WRGYHJUEF7r1lFrVcZ0kRD_1huq4j9llNcjvr.8LtnBp7ZrSzEAZvz%3FstartTime%3D1737084815000\">available online<\/a>.<\/em><br><em>Click the link and use the password v1R$ErPy to watch it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Kalamazoo College alumna will deliver a public virtual presentation through the Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS), highlighting the incredible journeys of two varieties of migratory birds including one that was found through her research to fly from Oregon to Brazil and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sarah Rockwell \u201902 works for <a href=\"https:\/\/klamathbird.org\/\">Klamath Bird Observatory<\/a> (KBO), a scientific nonprofit research organization in Ashland, Oregon, that focuses on achieving&nbsp;bird and habitat conservation through science, education and partnerships. Rockwell\u2019s program, \u201cTo Southern California, Brazil, and Back: First GPS Tracking of Oregon Vesper Sparrow and Western Purple Martin Migration,\u201d will be available through Zoom at 10:30 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, January 16, at <a href=\"http:\/\/rras.org\/home.aspx\">rras.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockwell joined collaborators from the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and Cape Arago Audubon to work after dusk with purple martin bird colonies along the Oregon coast and at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Equipped with headlamps, they captured adult birds roosting in their nest boxes between about 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. and tagged them with a small GPS device. The next morning, after sleeping in tents, Rockwell and her collaborators observed the tagged birds to ensure their normal behavior, including flying and feeding their nestlings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, Rockwell worked with KBO Director of Conservation Jaime Stephens to study Oregon vesper sparrows. Together, they set up a mist net near a perching spot in a male\u2019s territory and placed a speaker playing a vesper sparrow song under it. The birds perceived the song as a rival male, often causing them to fly into the net while trying to chase away the false intruder, allowing Rockwell and Stephens to band them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With both species, Rockwell and her collaborators made harnesses so the birds could comfortably wear the GPS tags like a backpack with loops going around their legs. Rockwell then waited almost a year for the birds to complete their round-trip migrations so they could be collected for data retrieval as GPS tags for birds this small are too lightweight to transmit data, only store it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their efforts have proven successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBefore this study, we did not know where purple martins from Oregon went during migration and winter,\u201d Rockwell said. \u201cThe unique subspecies of the western purple martin is estimated at just 3,500 pairs in the Pacific Northwest states, and it is considered to be of conservation concern. We had the same questions for the Oregon vesper sparrow, another subspecies unique to the Pacific Northwest that is currently under review for listing as threatened or endangered due to its small population size and declining trend. These are the first studies of their kind with these subspecies, tracking them with GPS tags year-round.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a student at K, Rockwell participated in the ecology and environment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/study-abroad\/\">study abroad<\/a> program in Ecuador. Through that program, she participated in field trips with an ornithologist that helped her and other students spot and identify birds. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiputini.com\/home\">Tiputini Biodiversity Station<\/a> in the Amazon, she also participated in a three-week bird survey, spending time in canopy towers counting birds and adding to the inventory at the station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x432.webp\" alt=\"Two scientists wear headlamps while working with birds at night\" class=\"wp-image-23888\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x432.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-150x108.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KBO Senior Research Biologist Sarah Rockwell &#8217;02 (left) works with birds alongside Field Technician Sam Webb on a boat at the Fern Ridge Reservoir. Photo by Daniel Farrar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-600x798.jpg\" alt=\"Scientist stands in water while retrieving birds in their nesting boxes with a pole\" class=\"wp-image-23891\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-600x798.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-300x399.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-1540x2048.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/Sarah-with-box-pole-2023_Sam-Webb-scaled.jpg 1925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rockwell retrieves purple martin nest boxes at Fern Ridge Reservoir. Photo by Sam Webb.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-600x402.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23892\" style=\"width:364px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/VESP-with-GPS-antenna_credit-Frank-Lospalluto-2048x1374.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Oregon vesper sparrow perches with a GPS antenna attached to it. Photo by Frank Lospalluto.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is hard not to fall in love with tropical rainforest birds like parrots, toucans, tanagers and hummingbirds,\u201d Rockwell said. \u201cWhen I returned, I took a vertebrate biology class with Dr. Paul Sotherland, which had a substantial bird component. When I found that I also loved learning the birds of Michigan, I took that as a good sign. My first field jobs after college were working with sea turtles and then endemic forest birds on the big island of Hawai&#8217;i at Volcanoes National Park. This is where I learned how to mist-net and capture birds. The first time I held a wild bird in my hands, I was hooked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rockwell earned a job with KBO after completing her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Fast forward 12 years and she\u2019s now working there as a senior research biologist. In her position, she hires and supervises field crews and conducts field work from April-July. That means getting up early and spending a lot of time hiking and studying birds outdoors. The rest of the year, she pursues data management and data analysis using statistical software, writes reports and peer-reviewed publications, seeks grant writing opportunities, and plans for the next field season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her upcoming presentation, Rockwell said attendees can expect to see photos and maps from her research, and peek into where western purple martins and Oregon vesper sparrows go during the annual voyages they undertake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese first few birds have returned with fascinating information, revealing new discoveries about their incredible journeys, including unexpected lengthy fall stopovers, and for purple martins, winters on the beach in southeastern Brazil,\u201d she said. \u201cDetermining the factors that limit population size in a migratory bird species can be challenging. It requires understanding what threats they may face in different parts of the year, and thus, the first step is knowing where they are throughout their annual cycles. A better understanding of overwintering locations and migratory stopover sites used by Oregon vesper sparrows and western purple martins, and potential threats originating during the non-breeding season, are key information gaps needed to target conservation actions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Rockwell &#8217;02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they might face there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":23888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,3],"tags":[52,47],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-23887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-news","tag-biology","tag-study-abroad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sarah Rockwell &#039;02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sarah Rockwell &#039;02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-09T13:25:51+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T21:11:44+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"799\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"575\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Brown\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Brown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\",\"name\":\"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-09T13:25:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-05T21:11:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166\"},\"description\":\"Sarah Rockwell '02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp\",\"width\":799,\"height\":575,\"caption\":\"KBO Senior Research Biologist Sarah Rockwell '02 (left) works with birds alongside Field Technician Sam Webb on a boat at the Fern Ridge Reservoir.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166\",\"name\":\"Andy Brown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andy Brown\"},\"description\":\"As the Director of News and Social Media, Andy shares the stories that distinguish Kalamazoo College through social media, the Web and the news media. Contact him at abrown@kzoo.edu.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/contact-us\/\"]}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events","description":"Sarah Rockwell '02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events","og_description":"Sarah Rockwell '02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege","article_published_time":"2025-01-09T13:25:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-05T21:11:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":799,"height":575,"url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Andy Brown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kcollege","twitter_site":"@kcollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Brown","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/","name":"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together - News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp","datePublished":"2025-01-09T13:25:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-05T21:11:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166"},"description":"Sarah Rockwell '02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they face.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp","width":799,"height":575,"caption":"KBO Senior Research Biologist Sarah Rockwell '02 (left) works with birds alongside Field Technician Sam Webb on a boat at the Fern Ridge Reservoir."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alumna Finds Where Birds of a Feather Flock Together"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8b54e37c984840c05e9ec797b6616166","name":"Andy Brown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a85189587f7af74a5efd2cb4233df125?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andy Brown"},"description":"As the Director of News and Social Media, Andy shares the stories that distinguish Kalamazoo College through social media, the Web and the news media. Contact him at abrown@kzoo.edu.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/contact-us\/"]}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x400.webp","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x575.webp","author_info":{"display_name":"Andy Brown","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/author\/abrown\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-150x108.webp",150,108,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-300x216.webp",300,216,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x432.webp",600,432,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x400.webp",600,400,true],"ab-block-post-grid-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x575.webp",600,575,true],"pl-blogpost-landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x400.webp",600,400,true],"pl-blogpost-square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x575.webp",600,575,true],"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"guten_post_layout_square_large":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",799,575,false],"guten_post_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x400.webp",600,400,true],"guten_post_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x575.webp",600,575,true],"guten_post_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-600x575.webp",600,575,true],"campus-posts-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_-300x300.webp",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",300,216,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",400,288,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/01\/BIRDS1_.webp",600,432,false]},"category_info":"<a aria-label=\"archive of category Alumni\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/alumni\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Alumni<\/a><a aria-label=\"archive of category News Stories\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Stories<\/a>","tags_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/biology\/\" rel=\"tag\">biology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/study-abroad\/\" rel=\"tag\">study abroad<\/a>","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\" class=\"pl-facebook-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\" class=\"pl-twiiter-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/birds-of-a-feather\/\" class=\"pl-linkedin-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<p>Sarah Rockwell &#8217;02 is working to conserve two varieties of migratory birds by studying where they go in winter and what threats they might face there.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23887"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24092,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23887\/revisions\/24092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23887"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=23887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}