Center for Environmental Science and Engineering

Center for Conservation and Biodiversity

Nest-building behavior of Monk Parakeets and insights into potential mechanisms for reducing damage to utility pol

Chimney Swift

The anatomy of a shrike bite: bill shape and bite performance in Loggerhead Shrikes

Morphometric tools for sexing California populations of Loggerhead Shrikes based on DNA analysis.

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University of Connecticut

Professor Rubega is an expert on monk parakeets; chimney swifts; hummingbirds; use of social media in science education. She researches the biomechanics of foraging and feeding, including the feeding by hummingbirds and other nectarivores.

Social Media in Science

Avian Conservation

Anatomy of Birds

Evolutionary Biology

Ecology

Functional Ecology of Feeding in Birds

Biomechanics of Birds

Hummingbirds

Rubega Lab

Flocking to Storrs: A Birder's Tour of Campus

No, owls can’t sit ‘criss cross, applesauce’

Fake chimneys for birds that need vertical hollows to rest

The Hummingbird as Warrior: Evolution of a Fierce and Furious Beak

Migration Is For The Birds!

Hummingbirds Are Where Intuition Goes to Die

Chimney Swifts Subject Of Study By DEEP

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Behavior

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