Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Hillary Thompson

Hillary Thompson tracking wintering Whooping Cranes
Master's
Phone: (864) 656 - 0168
Email: hlthomp@g.clemson.edu

Education

  • Other Oregon State University 2013
  • BS University of Wisconsin 2010

Biography

Hillary is a MS student conducting research on habitat use of wintering Whooping Cranes. She has a BS in Zoology, Conservation Biology, and Scandinavian Studies from U. Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked several positions at the International Crane Foundation and her MS research is a product of that experience. . Habitat selection and migratory behavior of cranes

Project Completion Date
Modeling Winter Habitat Use of Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population December 2016
Presentations Presentation Date
Thompson, H.L., P.G.R. Jodice, A.E. Lacy. 2016. A day in the life of a Whooping Crane: habitat use and movements on the wintering grounds. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, DC August 2016
Thompson, H.L., A.E. Lacey, P.G.R. Jodice. 2015. Non-breeding habitat use of reintroduced Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) in the southeastern United States. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Bar Harbor, Maine. August 2015
Thompson, H. L., A. E. Lacy. 2014. Natal dispersal of whooping cranes (Grus americana) in the reintroduced eastern migratory population: The first ten years. Thirteenth North American Crane Workshop, Lafayette, LA, 15 - 17 April 2014. April 2014
Thompson, H, A. E. Lacy. 2014. Migration and winter habitat use patterns of four eastern greater sandhill cranes. Thirteenth North American Crane Workshop, Lafayette, LA, 15 - 17 April 2014. April 2014