Caleb Arellano

Education

• M.Sc. University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley May 2019, Department of Biology 

  Advisor: Dr. Karl S. Berg 

  Thesis title: Sibling social influences on vocal development in a wild parrot population 

• B.Sc. Cornell University May 2013, Department of Biology

  Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. Irby J. Lovette 

Research/Career Interests

I am the project manager for the Shrike Monitoring and Release Program. Our program monitors the wild population of San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike, an endangered subspecies, and coordinates with other partners to release conservation-reared shrikes into the wild population.

            I have focused my career on avian conservation, particularly on reproductive biology, breeding behavior, and population monitoring. While at college, I gained valuable experience in ornithological research through various classes and assisted in projects studying the effects of environmental pollutants on song development, breeding behavior and territorial calls of Common Loons in Wisconsin, or investigating brood sex ratio biases in Osprey for my honor’s thesis. As a master’s student, I also collaborated with state and federal agencies monitoring roosts and researching breeding behavior of endangered Red-crowned Parrots in South Texas.

            Originally from rural Illinois, I’ve travelled throughout the US as a field biologist. I’ve lived or worked in the forests of the East Coast, the Tamaulipan thornscrub of south Texas, pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Southwest, and the prairie potholes of the Dakotas before settling in San Diego. I’m enjoying living in my first city, and invest my free time visiting museums, trying out new cuisines, and exploring the myriad of ecosystems within southern California.

Contact

carellano@iws.org