Jessica Shyvers completed her PhD at Colorado State University in 2017 and is now an avian ecologist based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Her research interests and expertise include wildlife conservation, avian biology, ecology, population genetics, wildlife disease, and population monitoring.
Brett Walker has been a researcher with Colorado Parks and Wildlife based in Grand Junction, Colorado since 2007. His areas of expertise include conservation, management, and monitoring of terrestrial birds, with a focus on sagebrush ecosystems and energy development.