An important paper from the wright Lab documenting declining populations of the yellow-naped amazon appears in Bird Conservation International. 

The Wright Lab loses its stalwarts Clara Hansen and Monic Muñoz to graduation. We will miss you both but wish

Clara completes a fine HHMI thesis on social and call sharing networks in captive budgerigars.

The Wright Lab hosts alumna Liz Hobson for a terrific Biology seminar on measuring social relationships.

Masters student Molly Dupin arrives to join the Wright Lab.

Angela and Ryan welcome the latest Wright Lab baby into the world: the lovely Elia Kay Conklin.

A review of vocal dialects in parrots by Chris Dahlin and Tim appears in a special issue of Emu dedicated

Cole’s HHMI thesis on audience effects in budgerigar warble appears in Behavioral Processes.

Tim spends an intensely productive and enjoyable sabbatical semester at the Jarvis Lab in NYC and Millbrook.  Thanks to Erich

Angela shows us you can have it all by ably defending her thesis while 7 months pregnant.  Plus her first

Carlos begins his work as an HHMI Research Scholar by diving into a project on the conservation genetics of the

Marcelo and Emily’s paper on coordinated singing in hermit hummingbirds appears in Animal Behavior.  

Congratulations to Erina, who has accepted a College Researcher position at the CUNY School of Medicine working on spinal cord

Lab alum Alexa Martinez is heading to Oregon to start her dream job as a Fish Biologist with the USFWS.

The Wright Lab welcomes Greg Kohn, our new postdoc on the budgie FoxP2 project. Greg comes to us from the

Angela, Aldo and Tim give presentations at the SICB meetings in New Orleans and enjoy the unique delights of the

Tim visits Brian in Puerto Rico to meet with collaborators and observe a highly successful parrot conservation project in action.

Aldo keeps the Wright Lab streak alive by wining the Best Undergrad Poster award at the Biosymposium. Thank you Aldo.

The Wright Lab makes a strong showing at Biosymposium with 8 excellent presentations on parrots of all types, and ants.

A review paper on the importance of social calls for the evolution of vocal learning by Tim, lab alum Ana

Marcelo and Grace publish a beautiful paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution that details the many uses of their