https://ehshogren.com/field/https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0311-edited.jpegIMG_0311https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0199.jpgIMG_0199https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0311.jpegIMG_0311https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0293.jpgIMG_0293https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0011.jpgIMG_0011https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0316.jpgIMG_0316https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0324.jpgIMG_0324https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_0097.jpgIMG_0097https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_9957.jpgIMG_9957https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-06-20_solomons_kirakira_kikito_2247.jpg2024-06-20_Solomons_Kirakira_kikito_2247Myzomela cardinalis, known locally as "kikito", attends its nest near Kirakira, the provincial capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province, Makira Island, Solomon Islands June 20, 2024. Using a combination of genetic/genomic approaches with field observations and experiments, department of Biology Professor and Chair J. Albert C. Uy explores the ecology and genomics of hybridization in this species. // Photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester2026-09-05T21:18:56+00:00weekly0.6https://ehshogren.com/research/https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ap-pp_6jun26.jpegAP-PP_6Jun26https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img-3543-1.jpgimg-3543-1https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img-3543.jpgimg-3543https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img-4074.jpgimg-40742026-09-05T19:43:22+00:00weekly0.6https://ehshogren.com/people/https://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/abbyhoyt.jpgAbbyHoythttps://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lionliang.jpgLionLianghttps://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/meganzanni.jpgMeganZannihttps://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/avanisalunkhe.jpgAvaniSalunkhehttps://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/johnyoo.jpegJohnYoohttps://ehshogren.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-06-19_solomons_kirakira_nests_0226_cropped.jpgAfter getting a tip from a local about a nest near the KirakiraAfter getting a tip from a local about a nest near the Kirakira airport, the team finds the tiny nest hidden among leaves, sets up a mist net and waits for its residents to fly in. After the team catches adults in mist nets or extracts nestlings by hand from nests, Shogren attaches identifying bands, records weights and various measurements, extracts blood and feather samples and photographs specimens before releasing them. // Biology Professor and department chair J. Albert C. Uy and postdoc Elsie Shogren study Myzomela cardinalis, a nectar-feeding bird species known locally as "kikito”, during an annual six-week visit to Kirakira, the provincial capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province, Makira Island, Solomon Islands June 19, 2024. The researchers use a combination of genetic/genomic approaches with field observations and experiments to explore the ecology and genomics of hybridization in this species. They are also assisting in the creation of the Yato Protected Area, a 12,000- hectare preserve of continuous tracts of primary forests and critical riverine ecosystems, essential for the preservation of plants and animals unique to the province. // Photo by J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester2026-09-05T19:37:59+00:00weekly0.6https://ehshogren.com/publications/2025-08-05T16:28:44+00:00weekly0.6https://ehshogren.comdaily1.02026-09-05T21:18:56+00:00