On a recent cool spring morning, I tagged along with Alex Jahn, the co-director of Midwest Center for Biodiversity at Indiana University Bloomington, as he collected data from American robins on campus. Using the trunk of his Subaru as a mobile laboratory, Jahn and his students banded birds, collected blood samples and assessed the health of the winged subjects. The research focuses on how rapid environmental change can effect the birds’ migratory patterns, resulting in a growing role in the spread of communicable diseases such as Lyme disease and West Nile virus in humans.
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First big snow of the semester at Indiana University
Fall at Indiana University
Indiana University Homecoming Parade
IU-Ohio State Football Drone
For IU’s home opener against Ohio State, I worked with the IU Athletics Department to capture aerial photos and videos of a nearly-full Memorial Stadium. This all followed an application and paperwork process with the FAA and TSA. Ultimately, I was granted a waiver allowing me to operate a drone within the temporary flight restriction (TFR) blanketing the airspace over the stadium. Some of this is outlined in a post I contributed to for the University Photographers Association of America (UPAA).
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