Ornithology
Monthly Archive: December Orni
International Volunteer Managers Day: Meet Mark Peck
Posted: November 5, 2015 - 10:09 , by Jaclyn Qua-Hiansen
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Volunteer, Staff, Ornithology
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Behind every great team of volunteers is a Volunteer Manager who ensures that their team reaches their full potential. In honour of International Volunteer Managers Day this November 5th, the ROM turns the spotlight on some of the staff who activate our many fun and exciting volunteer programs.
Moonbird re-sighting
Posted: May 30, 2014 - 09:13 , by royal
Back in 1995 ROM ornithologist Dr. Allan Baker was part of an international team that banded a small shorebird in Argentina, a Red-knot soon to become dubbed Moonbird, with a leg band with the number B95 on it.
Study explores evolution of flightless birds
Posted: May 16, 2014 - 11:58 , by royal
Allan Baker and colleagues from Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research used genetic techniques to show that tinamous, small flying birds from Central and South America, evolved within the ratites group.
DNA confirms relationship between the giant flightless moa and the tinamous
Posted: May 13, 2014 - 12:46 , by royal
One of the longest running debates in ornithology may finally have an answer thanks to new ROM research published in science journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
10 Birds You'll Love More Than Flappy Bird
Posted: February 14, 2014 - 09:07 , by Amanda Girgis
10 birds in the ROM's collection you'll love more than Flappy Bird.
