PhD - University of Oxford 2004
B.S. - Cornell University 2000

I joined the Biology Department as an Assistant Professor of Biology in 2005. I teach introductory biology classes as welll as an upper-level ornithology and conduct research on the population, community, and landscape-level ecology of birds.

I am an ornithologist who is interested in the population, community, and landscape ecology of birds, and my main area of research is in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. I use a combination of point counts, mist-netting, GIS and computer modeling to explore the issues such as invasive species, edge effects, and land use / land cover change.

• BIOL 1214-L - Non-majors biology lab
• BIOL 1404 - Animal Biology
• BIOL 4734 / 5734- Ornithology
• BIO 4910/5910 - Seminar in GIS & Ecology
• BIOL 4930 - Independent study

Butler, C. J., D. Ledbetter, N. Batchelder, and G. Batchelder. 2007. Black-chinned Hummingbirds breed in Grady County. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society 40: 13-16.

Lorenz, S., C. Butler, and J. Paz. 2006. First documented nesting record of the Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala) in the United States in over a century. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118: 574-576.

Butler, C. 2005. Feral parrots in the continental United States and United Kingdom: Past, present and future. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 19: 142-149.

Butler, C. & Gosler, A. 2004. Sexing and aging Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in the UK. Ringing & Migration 22: 7-12.

Butler, C. 2003. The disproportionate effect of climate change on the arrival dates of short-distance migrant birds. Ibis 145: 484-495.

Butler, C. 2003. Hooded Merganser, Arctic Tern, California Gull, Ring-billed Gull. In: Marshall, D. B., M. G. Hunter, and A. L. Contreras (eds.) Birds of Oregon: a general reference. Corvallis, OSU Press.

Butler, C. 2003. Species status review: Monk Parakeets in Oregon. Oregon Birds 29: 97-100.

Butler, C. 2003. Rose-ringed Parakeets in the UK. PsittaScene 15: 8-9.

Butler, C. 2003. A brief summary of some results of my PhD research into “The population biology of the introduced Rose-ringed Parakeet Psitacula krameri in the UK”. Runnymede and Maple Cross Ringing Groups Annual Report 2002: 56-58.

Butler, C. 2002. Breeding parrots in Britain. British Birds 95: 345-348.

Butler, C., Hazlehurst, G., & Butler, K. 2002. First nesting by Blue-crowned Parakeet in Britain. British Birds 95: 17-20.