Hull Lab University of California, Davis

Ryan Bourbour

Ph.D. Ecology 

M.S. Avian Sciences, UC Davis

B.S. Wildlife Fish & Conservation Biology, UC Davis

rpbourbour[at]ucdavis.edu

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Research Interests:

 

I am interested in wildlife ecology and conservation, especially regarding birds of prey throughout the Americas. I am currently investigating the migration ecology of Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) and Merlins (Falco columbarius). By partnering with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and utilizing modern genetic techniques, I work to reveal what these raptors are feeding on to fuel their fall migration. I am also studying mercury trends of raptors across space and time in North America and am a research associate with the Belize Bird Conservancy. I received a B.S. in Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology at UC Davis, where I was a volunteer at the California Raptor Center and worked as a Research Assistant for a post-doctoral researcher and the Museum of Wildlife & Fish Biology. Other organizations I have worked for include the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Belize Raptor Research Institute, and the Western Ecological Research Center of USGS.  

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