A bird call for wetland health

Aug. 21, 2024

Humans need marshes. The prothonotary warbler can help us save them.

Illustration of two prothonotary warblers in a tree, with two people in a canoe in the foreground.
Illustration by Nick Garnhart (B.F.A.'22)

Catherine Viverette, Ph.D. (M.S.’04, Ph.D.’16), and Lesley Bulluck, Ph.D., researchers at VCU Rice Rivers Center and the Center for Environmental Studies, have studied the prothonotary warbler since the early 2000s.  

Their research on these colorful songbirds are the subject of a story for the current issue of VCU Magazine.

Read the entire story, "A bird call for wetland health."