Check out the Science podcast on this work featuring Drs. Joe Welklin and Vladimir Pravosudov
And Dr. Carrie Branch’s chat on CBC London Morning with Andrew Brown

Behavioural ecology in avian systems
Check out the Science podcast on this work featuring Drs. Joe Welklin and Vladimir Pravosudov
And Dr. Carrie Branch’s chat on CBC London Morning with Andrew Brown

Check out Dr. Carrie Branch’s chat with Matt Allen from CBC Afternoon Drive on bird accents

What a great time we had at this year’s Animal Behaviour Society meeting in our very own London, ON!




Alex is joining the Branch Lab from Uni of Alberta. Alex will be investigating geographic variation in chickadee vocalizations for his MSc in Psychology! We’re excited to have you!
Laura Robayo received a Student Research Award from the AOS (Spring 2024) to complete her MSc work on cognition and secondary sexual traits in black-capped chickadees! Wahoo 🥳
Cheers to Michelle and Cheris presenting their honours thesis projects!



Chloe Stevenson joined the Branch Lab in January 2024 to complete her MSc in Biology at Western. We’re excited to welcome you to the Branch Lab!

Q: Does cognitive ability or food caching propensity affect social mate choice in mountain chickadees?
A: Sometimes….

Originally from Bogota, Columbia, Laura started her MSc of Psychology this Fall 2023. Laura will be investigating spatial cognitive performance and secondary sexual traits in black-capped chickadees. Welcome Laura!