Burns lab members past and present will be well represented at this week’s meeting of the American Ornithological Society in Estes Park, Colorado. Here is a list of presentations that include former and current Burns lab members (in bold).

Wednesday morning, 2 October 2024, 10:30–12:00 • LONGS PEAK LODGE
5: Diamond East/West
11:45 am
Inter- and intraspecific variation in visible and thermally relevant wavelengths of light
A Shultz, T Lee, M Barrett, L Pilon, T McGlynn
PA: Allison Shultz

Wednesday early afternoon, 2 October 2024, 13:30–15:00 • LONGS PEAK LODGE
8: Granite Pass
13:30
Species limits, systematics, and island biogeography in East Asian white-eyes (Zosterops japonicus, Z. meyeni, Z. montanus, Z. simplex) based on multilocus Sanger and RAD sequencing datasets.
H Mays, B McKay, D DeRaad, I Nishiumi, C Yao, M Boyd, N Hofmeister, L DeCicco, M Venkatraman, F Zou, C Kim, K Kawakami, R Lin, K Garrett, S Aguillon, J McCormack, R Moyle, A Shultz, L Kubatko
PA: Herman Mays

Wednesday Evening, 2 October 2024, Poster Session 1
Poster #101 Temporal and spatial analyses of genetic diversity and stable isotope ecology in the Common Nighthawk (Chordelies minor)
A Harvey, S Bolinger, E Johnson, M Polito, N Mason — PA: Amanda Harvey

Poster #131 Admixture mapping reveals genomic underpinnings of behavioral courtship display elements in hybridizing Selasphorus hummingbirds N Nadar, A Brelsford, C Clark, K Burns, B Myers – PA: N Nadar

Poster #171 The structure, reflectance, and bioclimatic associations of iridescent plumage in Sturnidae
S Rutledge, N Mason — PA: Samantha Rutledge

Poster #173 Transcriptomic insights into sexually dimorphic plumage development
M Secor, R Widelitz, P Wu, C Chuong, M Dean, A Shultz — PA: Maeve Secor

Thursday morning, 3 October 2024, 10:30–12:00 • EMERALD MOUNTAIN LODGE
11:15
1: East Portal
Evidence for recent inbreeding and historical bottlenecks in multiple threatened California Savannah Sparrow subspecies
E Kirsch, A Shultz, S Edmands, P Benham, C Cicero Studley, J Walsh, R Bowie
PA: Eliza Kirsch

Thursday late afternoon, 3 October 2024, 15:30–17:00 • LONGS PEAK LODGE
8: Granite Pass
16:30
Invasion Genomics of the Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) Reveals Multiple Introductions and Human-mediated Genetic Swamping in the Native Range
J Alderson, A Shultz, C Hung, C Yao, K Burns
PA: Jonah Alderson

Friday morning, 4 October 2024, 10:30–12:00 • EMERALD MOUNTAIN LODGE
2: Bible Point
11:00
Candidate genes correlated with island gigantism in North American rosy-finches (Leucosticte sp.)
E Funk, W Anderson, G Spellman, K Winker, J Withrow, E Greene, B Lyon, R Montgomerie, S Taylor
PA: Scott Taylor

11:45
Using whole genomes to conserve and understand the Wallowa Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis wallowa)
P Bolton, E Funk, H Watts, S Taylor, B Vernasco
PA: Peri Bolton

Friday late afternoon, 4 October 2024, 15:30–17:00 • EMERALD MOUNTAIN LODGE
1: East Portal
15:30
Whole genome phylogeography of the Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
M Tofflemire, P Benham, C Cicero Studley, M Davila, L Smith, M Nachman, R Bowie, K Burns
PA: Michael Tofflemire

Saturday morning, 5 October 2024, 10:30–12:00 • EMERALD MOUNTAIN LODGE
3: Aspen Glen
11:45
Complex genomic patterns underlie subspecific differentiation in the House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
W Anderson, E Funk, A Theodosopoulos, K Grabenstein, G Spellman, S Taylor
PA: William Anderson