Researcher’s Log: Waking up with Song Sparrows

On a beautiful Tuesday morning in April, I got up early and headed to rare to join PhD student Leanne Grieves for a fruitful morning of field work.  Leanne is studying Song Sparrows, Melospiza melodia, at the University of Western Ontario under the supervision of Dr. Beth MacDougall-Shackleton. Her research examines the relationship between haematozoan…