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For Part Two in our wildlife ecology series, we talked with Alexandra Israel, a Master\'s student at York University.\\xa0 As a field biologist, Alex works long days in Canada researching species like the Wood Thrush and the worrying decline of songbird populations.\\xa0

So listen in to hear about her experience with field work, as well as issues such as nest predation and bird parasites that hurt songbird populations.\\xa0 Learn about small things people can do to help songbird populations, including keeping domestic cats indoors and using stickers to deter bird from flying into windows.\\xa0 We also talk about forest fragmentation, the process by which urbanization breaks up forests with fields and human spaces, detrimental to songbirds and other animals.\\xa0

About Alex

Alexandra Israel is Master\\u2019s student from York University, Ontario. \\xa0She studies a threatened species of songbird in Canada called the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina).\\xa0\\xa0Bird nests that are more hidden from predators (like foxes, hawks, raccoons, etc.) are probably more likely to survive, right? \\xa0Actually, this isn\\u2019t always true!\\xa0 Previous studies have shown that nest concealment does not play a role in determining nest survival for some species of songbirds.\\xa0 For this reason, Alex is interested in learning more about the nesting strategies of Wood Thrushes and how they choose their nesting sites. \\xa0Any information that she learns about the nesting strategies of Wood Thrushes could be useful for informing future conservation efforts for this declining species.\\xa0

Connect with Alex on Instagram.\\xa0

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Listen to last week\'s episode, part one in our wildlife ecology series, Conservation and Rainforest Ecology with Stephanie Martin

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