http://benjamingfreeman.com/home daily 1.0 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1376339140510-F8RBR9KFJL41AWFDM7JV/landscape.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/19b6b749-3c14-4fb5-aef7-abcac7515519/Screen+Shot+2023-07-24+at+12.20.49.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1565994945866-LIIOIOZF9BP5Y1SL35AU/IMG_0505.jpg Home MY favorite photo that i have taken - a rufous-tailed jacamar about to emit a pellet of indigestible insect parts http://benjamingfreeman.com/publications daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1376340288702-53VXAUBYWWJ55IFN1WCR/magbop.jpg Publications http://benjamingfreeman.com/research daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1439909840852-90ATNU785ISQUFMVZ9KX/IMG_1630.jpg Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/3ddd67bb-e890-401c-8ecc-46212e809d29/AP.png Research Benjamin and Alexandra enjoy a last minute of sunshine atop the summit of Mt. Karimui before navigating the treacherous trail, cleared the day before, back down to our field camp. We found that bird species now live much higher on Mt. Karimui than they did in 1965 when jared diamond surveyed the same mountainside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/452fe498-5cf1-425f-8efc-8cf95da9759f/Screen+Shot+2023-08-28+at+09.50.34.png Research Steep and lush: Bird species generally inhabit narrow elevational zones on tropical mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1376340042453-FMUBZKHGKVKYM9792VL9/bangsia.jpg Research A stunning female Gold-ringed Tanager near her nest http://benjamingfreeman.com/outreach daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1565995415723-NVI4UAUEMNWV87XOLXEN/IMG_0450.jpg Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1565992766966-VUKZJFEXAL39V285YGO4/ben_crows.jpg Outreach talking about ravens (and crows and jays) with hikers at lynn canyon regional park. People are blown away by how big ravens are, absolutely massive compared to their crow cousins. http://benjamingfreeman.com/collaborations daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1565977906114-LYI4ZJHFJ5CZRVKIO5Z5/Parrot_yelloweared_Ronces_19May08+%28212%29.jpg Collaborations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1565976517215-XU93JB1ZXXVGZUXNZOOI/Spoonbill_roseate_Guajira_19Apr08+%282%29.jpg Collaborations It’s a diverse world out there. let’s study it together http://benjamingfreeman.com/mountainbirdnetwork daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/1653332357504-O9E6U2ZYER3VEQXII4FT/mountain+-+1.jpg Mountain Bird Network https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/d9fd4475-a486-424d-8537-1c5aa91611a8/Screen+Shot+2022-05-23+at+19.12.04.png Mountain Bird Network - Make it stand out Over a dozen biologists, students and birders joined forces to survey birds along Mt. Seymour near Vancouver, BC as part of the mountain bird network. Lots of data, and even better, lots of fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5208e20fe4b0cc1763c5c659/49a0cd65-15fb-42e1-bc44-a9f5646a26bf/Screen+Shot+2022-05-23+at+12.09.26.png Mountain Bird Network - Make it stand out Example of data collected from mt. seymour near vancouver, BC. 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