© Dieter Lukas Corina Logan Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow Department of Zoology University of Cambridge itsme@CorinaLogan.com Home CV Ethics THE LOGAN LAB HUMANS © Sonia Fernandez Corina Logan Principal Investigator Investigates social, ecological, and genetic influences on brain size, cognition, and behavior. GRACKLES © Corina Logan Tequila - Adult male Leg bands: Yellow / Purple - Sep 2014 He preferred to drop heavy rather than light objects into a water tube to raise the water level to reach floating food, and he changed his preference in a follow up experiment where heavy objects were no longer functional © Corina Logan Cerveza - Adult female Leg bands: Blue / Orange - Sep 2014 She loves magnetism! © Corina Logan Charlie - Adult female Leg bands: White / White - Dec 2013 Our first grackle! We banded her when she was a juvenile (her eyes were still brown instead of the adult yellow) and saw her grow into an adult. Her first breeding season was Mar-Aug 2014 Margarita - Adult female Leg bands: Purple / Blue - Sep 2014 She also preferred to drop heavy rather than light objects and she loves magnetism too! © Corina Logan Michelada - Adult female Leg bands: Orange / Red - Sep 2014 She was the fastest bird to learn to reverse a previously trained preference © Corina Logan Mojito - Adult male Leg bands: Red / Green - Sep 2014 We banded and released him because the aviary was full at the time. You can see him in the wild flock with Tequila, Michelada, Cerveza, and Charlie at East Beach and the Santa Barbara Zoo Chicha - Adult female Leg bands: Blue / Red - Jan 2015 We banded and released her. You can see her in the wild flock with Charlie at East Beach © Corina Logan Batido - Adult male Leg bands: Orange / Purple - Jan 2015 He preferred to drop heavy objects rather than light objects into a water tube and he hides under tables when raptors fly overhead © Corina Logan Horchata - Adult female Leg bands: Green / Red - Jan 2015 She was the slowest bird to learn to reverse a previously trained preference © Corina Logan Jugo - Adult male Leg bands: Red / Blue - Jan 2015 He always has a leaf or a piece of tape or something in his bill and he likes to put these objects in water Refresco - Adult male Leg bands: Purple / Yellow - Jan 2015 He preferred to drop heavy rather than light objects into a water tube to raise the water level to reach floating food, and he changed his preference in a follow up experiment where heavy objects were no longer functional FORMER LAB MEMBERS © Brigit Harvey Brigit Harvey UCLA Undergraduate Investigated cognition in western scrub-jays (pictured with Baby Bird). © Michelle Gertsvolf Michelle Gertsvolf UCSB Undergraduate Assisted with grackle cognitive tests and field observations. Soumya Suresh UCSB Undergraduate Assisted with grackle field observations. © Maya Shoemaker Maya Shoemaker Volunteer Assisted with grackle field observations. © Corina Logan Christin Palmstrom UCSB Undergraduate Validated field methods for approximating endocranial volume in grackles (pictured with Sabrina Cruz [right] while CT scanning skulls), and investigated social learning (2013-2015). © Luisa Bergeron Luisa Bergeron UCSB Undergraduate Gathered behavioral observations on grackles in the field and assisted with cognitive tests (2014-2015). © Linnea Palmstrom Linnea Palmstrom UCSB Undergraduate Assisted with grackle cognitive tests and analyzed videos of lek-mating birds (2014-2015). © Emilio MK Visual Media Mackenzie Zisser UC Berkeley Undergraduate Gathered and analyzed videos of lek-mating birds (2014). © Corina Logan Deanna Falge UCSB Undergraduate Gathered data on great-tailed grackle social interactions and breeding behavior (2013-2014). © Corina Logan Alexis Breen Research Assistant Assisted with New Caledonian crow data collection and blogged about her adventures there (2013). She did a Masters degree and is now doing a PhD at the University of St Andrews.