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UNK researchers use grape jelly to study oriole migration

June 5, 2019 by gottulatm

UNK associate professor of biology Letty Reichart releases an oriole after the bird was documented last week during a research project along the Platte River near Gibbon. Reichart and her students have been studying orioles and their migration habits since 2015. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

Surprised by the number of orioles lured into his yard by grape jelly, Gary Lingle decided to start counting the hungry visitors.  In 2015, he invited UNK associate professor of biology Letty Reichart to join the project, and they’ve been working together since. By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications GIBBON – The research project started with an odd question. How many birds does it take to eat 2 pounds of grape jelly? That’s what retired ornithologist Gary Lingle … [Read more...] about UNK researchers use grape jelly to study oriole migration

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News, Photo Galleries Tagged With: birds, Gary Lingle, Jonathan Wentz, Letty Reichart, Luke Hamilton, Migration, orioles, Platte River, research, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

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