Abstracts of posters presented at South Sioux City NOU meeting

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Date of this Version

6-2025

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Article

Citation

Nebraska Bird Review, volume 93, number 2, June 2025, pp. 79–83.

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Published by the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union, Inc.

Abstract

A scientific poster session featuring the work of 9 ornithological researchers from UN-Kearney, USD-Vermillion and Hitchcock Nature Center was held Friday evening. Thanks to Dr. Jacob Cooper from UNK, Dr. David Swanson from USD, and the students who participated.

Wandering from the River: On- and Off-River Abundance of Interior Least Terns along the 59-Mile Reach of the Missouri National Recreational River. Zoe Donelan, Hannah Slattery, Kyle Jorgensen, and David L. Swanson, University of South Dakota, Department of Biology.

Preliminary Results of Raptor Migration Monitoring at Hitchcock Nature Center. Kellie Hayden, Jerry Toll, and Sandy Reinken, Hitchcock Nature Center, Pottawattamie Conservation, Honey Creek, Iowa.

Ecological Niche Dynamics of Secondary Contact in White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) Populations across Environmental Gradients. Eugene Huryn, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Jacob C. Cooper, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.

Comparative Phylogeography of Birds in the Albertine Rift. Peggy M. Huss, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Jacob C. Cooper, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois; Ben D. Marks, Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois; and Joseph D. Manthey, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

A Window into the Past: Digitizing and Making Accessible Historical Notes, Journals, and Documents with an Emphasis on Nebraska. Ajelina Mijak, Laurinda Weisse, and Jacob C. Cooper, University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Variation in Metabolic Rates, Tissue Masses, and Mitochondrial Function in Response to Fluctuating Cold in House Sparrows. Leyli Mammedowa, Chelsi Marolf, Sampath Kumar Anandan, and David L. Swanson, University of South Dakota, Department of Biology.

Bird Use of Early Successional Sandbar Vegetation for Nesting: What Do We Lose? Stephanie Nefas, Mark Dixon, David Swanson, Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

Vocal Variation in an Afrotropical Passerine, the Green Hylia Hylia prasina. Darcey E. Taylor, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Jacob C. Cooper, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.