Seefelt, Nancy

Journal Articles:

• Jordan, D.W., T.M. Gehring, N.E. Seefelt and E.W. Alm. 2021. Ring-billed Gull use on Great Lakes recreational beaches and human waste sites. Northeastern Naturalis. 28(2):127-136.
• Seefelt, N.E and P.D. Farrell. 2018. Indirect negative impacts of cormorant management on co-nesting Caspian Terns (Hydroprogne caspia) in northern Lake Michigan, USA. Waterbirds 41(4):417-423.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2018. A disconnect between science and management for double-crested cormorants in northern Lake Michigan, USA, 2000-2016. Waterbirds 41(2):189-197.
• Cullinane-Anthony, B.L., N.E. Seefelt, R.G. Corace III, D.M. Kashian, and T.M. Gehring. 2014. Influence of residual forest patches on post-fire bird diversity patterns in jack pine-dominated ecosystems of northern Lower Michigan. Forest Ecology & Management. 331:93-103.
• Tucker, T.R. and N.E. Seefelt. 2014. Double-crested Cormorants on the move in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan. Waterbirds. 37(1):99-106.
• Van Guilder, M.A. and N.E. Seefelt. 2013. Changes in Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) reproductive success and chick bioenergetics after the invasion of the round goby (Appollonia melanostomus). Journal of Great Lake Research 39(1):153-161.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Comparing decadal census trends and yearly variation in the abundance and distribution of breeding Double-crested Cormorants: the importance of monitoring a managed species. Waterbirds 35(sp 1):40-49.
• Corace, R.G. III, N.E. Seefelt, P.C. Goebel, and H.L. Shaw. 2010. Snag management on Kirtland’s Warbler Jack Pine plantations. Northern J. of Applied Forestry. 27:125-131.
• Corace, R.G. III, Goebel, P.C., Hix, D.M., Casselman, T., and N.E. Seefelt. 2009. Ecological forestry at National Wildlife Refuges: experiences from Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Management Areas. The Forestry Chronicle 85(5)695-701.
• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2008. Bioenergetics and prey consumption of breeding Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34(1)122-133.
• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2006. Foraging locations of Double-crested Cormorants in the Beaver Archipelago of northern Lake Michigan: implications for Smallmouth Bass declines. Waterbirds 29(4):473-480.
• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2006. A comparison of three methods to investigate the diet of breeding Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan. Hydrobiologia (Special Publication) 567(1)57-67. (also published as a book chapter.in Developments in Hydrobiology: Limnology & Aquatic Birds, see below)
• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2004. New colony location for Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) and other waterbirds in the Beaver Archipelago, northern Lake Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 11(3):122-127.
• Bowen, K.D. and N.E. Seefelt. 2002. Observation of the Avifauna of Garden Island, Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 9(4):187-198.

Book Chapters:

• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2006. A Comparison of Three Methods to Investigate the Diet of Breeding Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the Beaver Archipelago, Northern Lake Michigan. Hydrobiologia (Special Publication) 567(1)57-67. (also published as an article in Hydrobiologia, see above)
• Seefelt, N.E. and J.C. Gillingham. 2005. The Double-crested Cormorant in Lake Michigan: A Review of Population Trends, Ecology and Current Management. Pages 351-363, In: T. Edsall and M. Munawar, Ed. State of Lake Michigan: Ecology, Health and Management, Ecovision World Monograph Series.
• Other Refereed Publications:
• Seefelt, N.E., J.C. Gillingham, P.D. Farrell, L.A. Ortmann, D.R. Rasmer and K.D. Bowen. 2013 Eastern Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) Geographical Distribution. Herpetological Review 44(2):269-270.
• Seefelt, N.E., J.C. Gillingham, P.D. Farrell, L.A. Ortmann, D.R. Rasmer and K.D. Bowen. 2013 Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Geographical Distribution. Herpetological Review 44(2):272.
• Seefelt, N.E., J.C. Gillingham, P.D. Farrell, L.A. Ortmann, D.R. Rasmer and K.D. Bowen. 2013 Dekay’s Brown Snake (Storeria dekayii) Geographical Distribution. Herpetological Review 44(2):275-276.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Species Account, Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Species Account, Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) Species Account, Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Species Account, Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Species Account, submitted to Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2012. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) Species Account, submitted to Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II.
• Corace, R.G. III, P.C. Goebel, and N.E. Seefelt. 2008. Innovative forest management: Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s Warbler Wildlife Management Area. Forest Wisdom 9 (Spring), pgs 4 and 10.

Presentations:

• Seefelt, N.E. 2023 (September) Mist-netting Experience at Veit’s Woods for the CMU Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2023 (May) High Island Birding Guided Tour, Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2023 (May) Butterflies of the Bird World: A Primer in Warbler Identification, Beaver Island, Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival (Keynote Speaker)
• Seefelt, N.E. 2022 (May) High Island Birding Guided Tour, Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2021 (May) Avian Migration: Amazing Journeys, Beaver Island, Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival (Keynote Speaker)
• Seefelt, N.E. 2019 (May) High Island Birding Guided Tour, Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2019 (May) Mist Netting & Bird Banding Demonstration, Barney’s Lake Preserve, Beaver Island, Michigan. Beaver Island Birding Festival
• Seefelt, N.E. 2018 (May) Mist Netting & Bird Banding Demonstration, Barney’s Lake Preserve, Beaver Island, Michigan. Beaver Island Birding Festival
• Seefelt, N.E. 2018 (May) Avian Research in the Beaver Archipelago of Northern Lake Michigan. Beaver Island Birding Festival, Community Center, Beaver Island, Michigan (Invited/Keynote Speaker)
• Seefelt, N.E. 2017 (August) Common Terns nesting on natural islands in northern Lake Michigan: reproductive success at highly vegetated colony sites. Waterbirds Society Meeting, University of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2017 (May) Mist Netting & Bird Banding Demonstration, Barney’s Lake Preserve, Beaver Island, Michigan. Beaver Island Birding Festival
• Seefelt, N.E. 2016 (May) Mist Netting & Bird Banding Demonstration, Barney’s Lake Preserve, Beaver Island, Michigan. Beaver Island Birding Festival.
• Seefelt, N.E. 2015 (September) Avian Research in the Beaver Archipelago of Northern Lake Michigan, Petoskey Regional Audubon Society, Northern Lights Event Center, Harbor Springs, Michgan (Invited Speaker)
• Seefelt, N.E. 2015 (August) A Summary of Double-crested Cormorant Research in the Beaver Archipelago (2000-2015) Highlighting a Disconnect between Science and Management Practices, Double-crested Cormorant Symposium, Waterbirds Society Meeting, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. (Invited Speaker)
• Seefelt, N.E. 2015 (May) Avian Research in the Beaver Archipelago of Northern Lake Michigan, Beaver Island Birding Festival, Community Center, Beaver Island, Michigan (Invited/Keynote Speaker)

• Ph.D., MIchigan State University, 2005
• M.S., Central Michigan University, 1997
• B.S., Central Michigan University, 1993

• Avian Ecology
• Vertebrate Morphometrics
• Evolution
• Ecology
  

Current research projects

I am a vertebrate ecologist and evolutionary biologist; I study the interactions of vertebrates with their environment, especially in reference to population/community structure, using field work, laboratory methods, and ecological modeling. Much of my research centers on avian ecology, including waterbirds, landbirds, and shorebirds. My waterbird work is focused in the Great Lakes, primarily in northern Lake Michigan. My landbird work includes migration, stopover and winter ecology involving many techniques including censusing, mist netting, and remote acoustic monitors; the acoustic monitors also allow for the tracking of migratory bats. I also monitor the breeding activities of the endangered Piping Plover as part of the recovery program for this species. In addition, my research includes using morphometrics and comparative anatomy to better understand phenotypic plasticity, as well as adaptations, in animal populations.