Notes from the Field: Abby Bressette
July 9, 2025

On this edition of Notes from the Field, avian intern, student mentor and field supervisor Abby Bressette shares her video documenting her research, part of the Golden-winged Warbler Study in Highland County, Virginia. Student interns and faculty advisors traveled to the area, located in the Allegheny Mountains in west-central Virginia, as part of the Summer@Rice program. Bressette is the videographer and narrator of the video.
Summer@Rice avian intern Anna Jones, and Eric Bouma, Rice River Center environmental remote sensing technician are also featured.
For more on the Golden-winged Warbler research being conducted by center affiliated researchers, visit the lab website of Lesley Bulluck, Ph.D., associate professor, avian ecology in the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability.