Our email address is: magpie-mail@magpiemonitor.org

Our home base is the Wildlife & Ecology Unit of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at University of California, Davis

Read about studies to determine genetic diversity and population structure of Yellow-billed Magpies

The Magpie Monitors and Bicycle Bird Biologist Programs and this web site are administered by Holly Ernest, DVM PhD, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Holly is a wildlife veterinarian and conservation geneticist with interests in application of genetics and other tools to improve wildlife health and conservation.

Levi Souza is our volunteer coordinator.  Levi is a UC Davis Ecology PhD student with research interests in avian ecology.

Scott Crosbie is a PhD student in Animal Biology with research interests in avian ecology. He is certified as a Master Bird Bander and operates bird-banding (MAPS) stations for The Nature Conservancy on the Tahoe National Forest.  Scott studied the Yellow-billed Magpie for his Master's Thesis at CSU, Sacramento and is continuing field studies on this species.

Lizette Crosbie is a wildlife biologist currently working for California Waterfowl Association as their Wetlands Education Outreach Coordinator. She has been teaching biology courses such as Ornithology, Natural History, Environmental Biology, Zoology and Field Methods in Ecology at Sacramento City College and CSU, Sacramento. Lizette coordinates roost monitors and trains new roost census volunteers.

All of us may be contacted through Magpie Mail