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Pascale Lubbe (blue) and Sarah Whitney work Tuesday, May 15, 2018 with Dr. David Aborn on a collaborative project with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology studying tree swallows.The project involves monitoring swallow nests and taking blood samples from the birds.<\/p><\/div>\n

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When Sarah Whitney first began working with researchers to study local tree swallows, the prospect of having to hold a bird and tiny fledglings was intimidating.<\/p>\n

But now the senior environmental science major looks like a pro as she weighs and measures the birds and their chicks.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWhen the birds are being handled, they are sometimes calmer than expected, while others are particularly squirmish and try to fly away.\u201d Whitney says, \u201cSomething that I appreciated about the project was being able to gain experience in bird handling and gaining an appreciation for the tree swallows, because they are truly beautiful birds.\u201d<\/p>\n

This summer, along with students and recent graduates from UTC and other universities, Whitney is working with a team of researchers from Cornell University\u2019s Lab of Ornithology, examining tree swallows in a nationwide study.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI love studying nature and, by collecting these data, I feel I am contributing a small piece to a bigger overall puzzle of the complexities of our natural world.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Numbered nesting boxes on poles are scattered throughout Chattanooga\u2014along the Riverwalk, at Greenway Farms, the Chickamauga Marina, even the local Volkswagen plant. The nesting boxes are homes to tree swallows, a migratory bird that researchers are studying to better understand how the birds\u2019 biology responds to environmental stressors.<\/p>\n

The UTC students begin their work at 7 a.m., making their way quickly to each nesting box and placing a hand over the entrance, hoping to catch the adult birds still inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes we have to wait a while and stalk them until they fly in,\u201d says Laura Marsh, UTC alumna and adjunct professor in biology, geology and environmental science.<\/p>\n

They measure the adults\u2019 heads, bills and wing lengths, record their weight, and band them for identification and to track how frequently they feed their young. Blood samples also are taken. When the chicks are 12 days old, they are banded and measurements and blood samples are taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is so important because we are studying how birds respond to environmental stressors, which are going to increase with climate change and other human pressures on natural systems,\u201d Marsh says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love studying nature and, by collecting these data, I feel I am contributing a small piece to a bigger overall puzzle of the complexities of our natural world,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

Lead researchers Cedric Zimmer and Maren Vitousek from Cornell Lab of Ornithology are trying to determine how each bird deals with environmental stress and whether they pass those traits on to their chicks.<\/p>\n

Tree swallows are ideal birds for research like this, says Dr. David Aborn<\/a>, associate professor in biology, geology and environmental science. Even with all the handling, measuring, leg bands and blood-sucking needles, they aren\u2019t fazed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re very tolerant,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Southern \u201cvacations\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Summertime and the living is easy\u2014for swallows in Chattanooga, that is.<\/p>\n

Local swallows have the shortest distance to travel during migration; they spend the winter closer to the equator\u2014Florida, Louisiana, Central America\u2014then fly to their summer nesting grounds spanning from the mid-South to Alaska. Locally, their mating season\u2014March-July\u2014is so long they sometimes have two broods of chicks in one year.<\/p>\n

For the tree swallows who breed further north, longer migrations, colder and shorter breeding seasons make life more stressful.<\/p>\n

Researchers are studying birds from here to Alaska through a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Their work started in Alaska last year and, this summer, the research began in Chattanooga and will continue in Wyoming later in the season.<\/p>\n

Chattanooga is the southernmost research site but, until a few years ago, there weren\u2019t enough tree swallows in the area to study, Aborn says. The birds weren\u2019t breeding here. Around 2005, a group of retirees started installing nesting boxes in the birds\u2019 favorite breeding grounds: open fields near bodies of water.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you build them, they will come,\u201d Aborn explains, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until about 2012 that the population of tree swallows grew large enough to collect a workable amount of data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hands-on experience, networking and a deeper dive into bird research are just some of the benefits for students participating in the study, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese students are getting to work with a research associate from one of the top ornithological research institutions in the country and getting to work with and know students from other parts of the country with different backgrounds and different experience levels,\u201d Aborn says.<\/p>\n

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