Natural history was my gateway into ecology. I still love being in the field watching, listening, and thinking about the many different ways that an individual relates to their environment. Occasionally, I’ve been lucky and observed something interesting that sheds light on a poorly known behavior. Other times, I’ve designed experiments to answer super basic questions about poorly understood species. Most frequently, my observations stay in my head or on the pages of my field notebook and expand my personal knowledge of an individual, species, or community. Regardless, I see natural history observations as the foundation of ecology and something that continues to fascinate and inspire me.
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
Toews D.P.L., G.R. Kramer, A.W. Jones, C.L. Brennan, B. Cloud, H.M. Streby. 2020. Genomic identification of an intergeneric hybrid between a blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) and a cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Kramer, G.R., and J.L. Mortensen. 2020. Foreign egg rejection by the endangered White-breasted Thrasher. In Press. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
Kramer, G.R.,R.K. Pagel, K. Maley, C. Ziegler, D.E. Andersen, D.A. Buehler, and H.M. Streby. 2019. Say what? Observations of bivalent singing in Vermivora warblers. Ecology 101:e02881. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2881
Kramer, G.K., A.D. Chalfoun. Growth rate and relocation movements of Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) nestlings in relation to age. 2012. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124:793-797. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.793
Blue-winged warbler x cerulean warbler hybrid 
Experimentally parasitized white-breasted thrasher nest 
Endangered white-breasted thrasher 
Common nighthawk “nest” 
Common nighthawk nestlings 
Singing golden-winged warbler