Olivia Lappin

So excited to share this weeks @MOGameKeepers podcast where @mark_wildlife1 and I sat down with the the Mossy Oak crew to discuss all things bobwhite. Check it out!

My first first-author paper is live! We studied breeding season roost site selection of northern bobwhite and provide further evidence of the importance of proper habitat management for bobwhite population persistence.

Could watch upland birds run all day... just goofy...

Doing their lil dancy dance #sharptailedgrouse

Didn't fly back to Mississippi to walk at graduation but today I get to call myself an official Master of Science 🐾🐤

Such a fun day constructing bluebird boxes with a group of students from 5 different rural schools in SD. It's not everyday young students get to work with hammers and nails in school to build something for the birds!

@adamkjanke I love this! 🐥

I has honored to be invited to write for this series featuring Iowa writers. When I started the piece earlier this winter I didn’t anticipate its timely release in this season of migrating birds and mindless legislation. But here we are. 🏳️‍🌈🦆 swander.substack.com/p/a-show-of-co…

From capture -> radio collar -> building nest -> incubating for 23 days -> hatch -> leaving nest with cutest lil chicks

A nice South Dakota welcoming

@Elmore_Ecology @ClemsonUniv Super excited for you!!

Big life update. As of February, I'll be a Research Assistant Professor @ClemsonUniv and the Science Coordinator for the National Bobwhite amd Grassland Initiative. Can't wait to build my research program focusing on Northern Bobwhite, grassland #birds, and grasslands!

@awesmlabdoc @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife Thank you so much! I've heard so many great things about the area, excited to check it out!

@OLappin @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife Congratulations! The Black Hills are truly amazing! Enjoy your new position!

Black Hills South Dakota, here I come! Though I don't *technically* graduate until Spring, I will be starting a new job as a Private Lands Wildlife Biologist after the holidays! Excited for what the future holds! @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife

@BrynEvansTweets @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife Thank you so much!

@OLappin @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife Congratulations Olivia!! I look forward to following all your adventures!

We are proud to introduce the Central Grasslands Assessment Map. This map will help guide the improvement and health of our grasslands from degraded and fragmented to thriving, productive lands for both people and wildlife. ow.ly/fUle50LYFwI

Successfully defend thesis ✔️🎉🐥 @mark_wildlife1 @RB_Iglay @KristineEvans78

First conference presentation ✔️ such a fantastic time hanging out with the MSU crew and getting to meet so many amazing new people! #TWS2022 @mark_wildlife1 @KristineEvans78 @RB_Iglay

Great showing by @MSU_CFR WFA at #TWS2022. And we're actually missing a couple of folks in this photo!

@chadmorgan75 Look at that crew 🐥🙌

@chadmorgan75 @mark_wildlife1 Love to see it!

Louisiana Quail #@quail4ever @mark_wildlife1 @OLappin

SECOND BOBWHITE BOOTCAMP A SUCCESS! Over forty wildlife professionals gathered at Prairie Wildlife in West Point, Mississippi for a second Working Lands for Wildlife Bobwhite Framework Training bit.ly/3zxo8AN #TheHabitatOrganization #quailforver

Often considered one of the "least mobile" of all galliformes... some of our radio-collared bobwhite quail have traveled "far" distances (3+ miles)...while others tended to hang around in the same general area (< 1 mile radius).