Science Communication

Popular Articles

M, Fuirst. Organic vs fast food: Herring gulls make diet choices, too. Tuckernuck News. Fall 2017: 3-4. (Link)

M, Fuirst. Where do Canada jays go on summer vacation? Algonquin Wildlife Research Station Blog. October 2020: 1-2 (Link)

M, Fuirst. Algonquin Jays in Decline. Muskoka Steward. Winter 2021: 2 (Link).
 
M, Fuirst. Changing gulls in a changing world. The Sandpiper, Winter 2021, 1 (Link).

M, Fuirst. Canada jays on the air. The Raven, Winter 2021 (Link).

M, Fuirst. Ice, ice, babies: the winter breeding Canada jays of Algonquin Park. Algonquin Life Magazine. Winter 2021. 
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Popular Science Outreach

I regularly do science outreach through public seminar talks and workshops.

Public Talks and Workshops:
2021
I gave a public talk and Q&A to the Arcteryx Toronto store on the Canada jay research in Algonquin Park.

2020
I gave a talk to the Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve on the applications of biologging devices to monitor foraging and dispersal movements in birds. 

I gave a talk to the Long Beach Island Science and Art Foundation on the human impacts on coastal seabird ecology. 

I gave a talk to the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station on the Canada jay study in Algonquin Provincial Park. 

I gave a talk to the Integrative Biology Student Seminar Series on radio-tracking Canada jays in Algonquin Provincial Park.

2019
I gave a talk at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station on applications of radio-telemetry for wildlife management and conservation. 

I ran an introduction to radio-telemetry workshop for undergraduate students at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station (Photo by Samatha Stephens below)

I ran an introduction to mist-netting workshop for undergraduate students at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

For more examples of outreach see my CV

Photo below: Samantha Stephens

Photo: Here I am explaining how to properly identify and sex an adult ovenbird during a mist-netting workshop I ran at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

Bird Safe Guelph
I am also the science communications organizer for Bird Safe Guelph (birdsafeguelph.ca). I manage our instagram and twitter page (@BirdSafeGuelph).