This past week, the Thorne Lab gave a big congrats to Madeleine Foley, who defended her Master’s thesis entitled “Spatial and temporal predictability drive foraging movements in coastal birds”. Madeleine has worked hard over the last two years to add a unique perspective on the gull work that the lab has been conducting since 2016. Madeleine’s thesis involves quantifying route fidelity in herring and great black-backed gulls, providing implications for navigation and spatial movements. Madeleine also investigated the role that tidal predictability may play in coastal foraging in these two species.
Example of a herring gull showing high route fidelity in a coastal area
Madeleine has been an important member of the lab over the last two years and is moving on to pursue interests in marine conservation and policy. Congrats Maddie!
“Taylor” made gull cupcakes to celebrate!