Folks a sad note I got this morning:
NWRC Staff,
It is with heavy heart to share that our colleague, Dr. Clint Jeske, passed away early this morning.
Clint began his career at the National Wetlands Research Center in 1991, the same year he graduated from Colorado State University with a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology. His early body of research centered on aspects of waterfowl behavior during the nonbreeding seasons. Clint made significant contributions to our knowledge of energy budgets and habitat relations for Ring-necked Ducks. And our understanding of the over-wintering movements of pintails and their relation to agricultural landscapes is largely due to his early studies. Then later in his career he co-developed a spatial model of pintail geographic distribution using those data which was published in Ecological Modelling in 2000. Perhaps Clint’s most lasting achievement were analyses he conducted on ring-necked ducks collected in Florida that were influential in the decision by the State to initiate the switch to nontoxic shot. Although ducks and geese were clearly where his passion lay, Clint conducted studies on use of agricultural lands by shorebirds and wading birds, effects of hurricanes on migratory landbirds, occurrence of cormorants in crawfish ponds, and secretive marsh birds in relation to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Clint enjoyed mentoring students and he was good at doing so. He was a graduate committee chairman for four MS students and served on 10 other student committees during his career at NWRC. During his career he published 37 scientific articles.
Aside from Dr. Jeske’s many accomplishments, his colleagues and friends will remember him best for his wit and generosity, his willingness to share his time and knowledge with the public on all things birds, and his unerring instinct to carve the most beautiful decoys. Clint was the “go to” guy whenever someone brought an injured animal to the Center, and Clint would naturally bring caring abilities of no common order. See the attached pics of Clint doing what he did best to observe and protect our coastal bird populations and habitat.
Family members will hold a private memorial service for their beloved father and husband.
NWRC Staff,
It is with heavy heart to share that our colleague, Dr. Clint Jeske, passed away early this morning.
Clint began his career at the National Wetlands Research Center in 1991, the same year he graduated from Colorado State University with a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology. His early body of research centered on aspects of waterfowl behavior during the nonbreeding seasons. Clint made significant contributions to our knowledge of energy budgets and habitat relations for Ring-necked Ducks. And our understanding of the over-wintering movements of pintails and their relation to agricultural landscapes is largely due to his early studies. Then later in his career he co-developed a spatial model of pintail geographic distribution using those data which was published in Ecological Modelling in 2000. Perhaps Clint’s most lasting achievement were analyses he conducted on ring-necked ducks collected in Florida that were influential in the decision by the State to initiate the switch to nontoxic shot. Although ducks and geese were clearly where his passion lay, Clint conducted studies on use of agricultural lands by shorebirds and wading birds, effects of hurricanes on migratory landbirds, occurrence of cormorants in crawfish ponds, and secretive marsh birds in relation to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Clint enjoyed mentoring students and he was good at doing so. He was a graduate committee chairman for four MS students and served on 10 other student committees during his career at NWRC. During his career he published 37 scientific articles.
Aside from Dr. Jeske’s many accomplishments, his colleagues and friends will remember him best for his wit and generosity, his willingness to share his time and knowledge with the public on all things birds, and his unerring instinct to carve the most beautiful decoys. Clint was the “go to” guy whenever someone brought an injured animal to the Center, and Clint would naturally bring caring abilities of no common order. See the attached pics of Clint doing what he did best to observe and protect our coastal bird populations and habitat.
Family members will hold a private memorial service for their beloved father and husband.
