Olivia Lappin

Private Lands Wildlife Biologist - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - MSc Mississippi State: Bobwhite quail research

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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!

[Mossy Oak Gamekeepers @MOGameKeepers]

This week on the Gamekeepers podcast we have Dr. Mark McConnell of Mississippi State University and grad student Olivia Lappin sitting between the turkeys and talking wild bobwhite quail. https://t.co/q9fWSCfJk9

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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.

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

Doing their lil dancy dance #sharptailedgrouse

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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!

[Bird Conservancy of the Rockies @BirdConservancy]

🚨New Blog Post🚨

Our Private Lands Wildlife Biologists (PLWB) do more than just work with private landowners. Olivia Lappin, PLWB out of Sturgis, SD, recently worked with a school in South Dakota for a Rural School Day event. Read the blog below!

https://t.co/VdOtjU2KzX

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

@adamkjanke I love this! 🐥

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

A nice South Dakota welcoming

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

@Elmore_Ecology @ClemsonUniv Super excited for you!!

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

@BrynEvansTweets @mark_wildlife1 @PrairieWildlife Thank you so much!

[Bird Conservancy of the Rockies @BirdConservancy]

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.

https://t.co/pKneZP2gn8

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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

[Jared Elmore, Ph.D. @Elmore_Ecology]

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

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

@chadmorgan75 Look at that crew 🐥🙌

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@chadmorgan75 @mark_wildlife1 Love to see it!

[Quail Forever @quail4ever]

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 https://t.co/GD8flkWPr4 #TheHabitatOrganization #quailforver

[Olivia Lappin @OLappin]

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).