Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Grant Emerson '20 earned Honors with his research Identity and the Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process: Analyzing U.S. Foreign Policy in Cuba from 1959 to 1963 advised by Professor of Political Science Kevin Dunn.

Alessandra Bryan 20 earned Honors for her project Effects of Urbanization on the Evolution of Coat Color in Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) advised by Associate Professor of Biology Bradley Cosentino.

Riana Emilien, who is graduating in december but we are celebrating now

19-0077, Class Presidents, Gearen Center, MMazzarella, student government, Carling Landeche, William Koepp, Valerie Cuellar, Isabel Urquiza, Gib Shea, Tanner Arnold, Gabriela Nieves, group photo

Brandy Vargas '20

A mother Redhead swims with her ducklings in the marsh. Montezuma is the summer home to many breeding water birds including rails, soras, shorebirds, grebes, ducks and geese.

A Common Gallinule works its way through the cattails along the main wildlife drive at Montezuma. Deutschlanders students learn to identify birds by observing differences in size, shape, color, vocalizations and behavior, as well as habitat and time of year.

Deutschlander releases a newly banded male Baltimore Oriole at the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory on Lake Ontario. Students often accompany Deutschlander to Braddock Bay to learn about bird banding and migration, and some have conducted honors research there.

An Osprey heads back to its nest site with a meal of fish. Ospreys build nests along the electric towers in and around the refuge.

A male or drake Northern Shoveler feeds in the shallow water of the main pool. Its distinctive coloring and unique bill makes this one of the easiest waterfowl to identify. Not all species are easy to identify, especially to new birders. Students use the Merlin app from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology to help.

Only in recent years have Sandhill Cranes, like the one shown here, started nesting in the area. Hard to miss, these birds can grow to be 4-feet tall and have a wingspan up to 7.5 feet.