Brodie Badcock-Parks is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc., both in Neuroscience, from Dalhousie University. Brodie’s research focuses primarily on seasonal changes in bird behaviour, and with a background in behavioural neurobiology and endocrinology, he is also keenly interested in how changes in bird behaviour are linked to changes in the brain and body. Outside of his work in the lab, Brodie is also an instructor at Dalhousie University and teaches at the undergraduate level.

Brodie has been birding seriously since 2018, after returning from a stint on the conservation team at Nature Canada, where he studied the movement ecology of North American swallows along Lakes Ontario and Erie. When he’s not in the lab or field studying birds for work, you can find Brodie birding across Nova Scotia, usually in and around the Halifax region. His favorite places to bird in Nova Scotia include Crystal Crescent Beach (Halifax Co.), Blomidon Provincial Park (Kings Co.), Wallace Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Cumberland Co.), and Warren Lake in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (Victoria Co.).