Science Collaborative Research Program
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
- David P. Craig
- Associate Professor of Biology
- Olin 118
- 503-370-6333
- 503-375-5425
- dpcraig@willamette.edu
David P. Craig
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder. B.S. from Lewis & Clark College in 1990.
Professional Interests
Dr. Craig and his team will watch and video record Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) chick feeding events at Oregon’s East Sand Island colony. At Willamette University we will analyze data for fish handling biases to the right or left of an adult’s bill (i.e. lateralization of bill loads), size and shape of prey items delivered to chicks in relation to chick age, and the development of prey handling skills among individual chicks and fledglings. Terns are excellent subjects to study lateralization of feeding behavior in the wild and they may allow integration of lateralization with developmental changes.