{"id":3278285,"date":"2025-02-03T16:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278285"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:38:20","slug":"interview-charlotte-toner-research-on-the-bobolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-charlotte-toner-research-on-the-bobolink","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Charlotte Toner (Research on the bobolink)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Sometimes, all it takes is a moment to see nature in action and an opportunity presents itself for future study.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3278286\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-charlotte-toner-research-on-the-bobolink\/attachment\/lunchbox2025charlottetoner\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-300x300.png\" alt=\"This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.\" class=\"wp-image-3278286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025CharlotteToner.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This file is licensed under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/en:Creative_Commons\">Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\">Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic<\/a>\u00a0license. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bobolink_%2827239680521%29_%28cropped%29.jpg\">(Wikimedia)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Charlotte Toner<\/strong>, a BScEM <em>(Bachelor&#8217;s in Science, Environment Management)<\/em> wildlife conservation honour&#8217;s student who&#8217;s senior research project is looking at the behavioural patterns of a species at risk, a grassland bird called the <em>bobolink<\/em>. She joins me to talk about her path to discovery her passion for the sciences, her specific research into this intriguing, far-ranging migratory bird and her plans to continue this research into an accellerated MScEM degree.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8879\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8879','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" 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Science, Environment Management) wildlife conservation honour&#8217;s student who&#8217;s senior research project is looking at the behavioural patterns of a species at risk, a grassland bird called the bobolink. <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8880\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8880','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-29%20Charlotte%20Toner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" 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