Education

B.S., University of Puget Sound (1991), Mathematics and Biology

Research Interests

Responsible for collection management activities, including accessions, specimen preparation, cataloging, specimen installations, loans, information requests, and assisting visitors. Interests in field work, specimen preparation, collection databases, web design, and computer graphics.

Selected Publications

Robbins, M. R., M. J. Braun, C. M. Milensky, B. K. Schmidt, W. Prince, N. H. Rice, D. W. Finch, B. J. O'Shea. 2007. Avifauna of the Upper Essequibo River and Acary Mountains, Southern Guyana. Ornitologia Neotropical. 18:339-368. [PDF]

O’Shea, B. J., Milensky, C. M., Claramunt, S., Schmidt, B. K., Gebhard, C. A., Schmitt, C. G., and Erskine, K. T. 2007. New records for Guyana, with descriptions of the voice of Roraiman Nightjar Caprimulgus whitelyi. Bulletin of the British Ornithologist’s Club 127(2): 118-127. [PDF]

Braun, M. J., D. W. Finch, M. B. Robbins, and B. K. Schmidt. 2007. A Field Checklist of the Birds of Guyana, 2nd Edition. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. [PDF]

Durrant, Kate L., Jon S. Beadell, Farah Ishtiaq, Gary R. Graves, Storrs L. Olson, Eben Gering, M. A. Peirce, Christopher M. Milensky, Brian K. Schmidt, Christina Gebhard, and Robert C. Fleischer. 2006. Avian haematozoa in South America: a comparison of temperate and tropical zones. Pages 98-111 in Rosemary Barraclough, editor. Current Topics in Avian Disease Research: Understanding Endemic and Invasive Diseases. Ornithological Monographs 60. [PDF]

Angehr, G, B. Schmidt, F. Njie, P Christy, C. Gebhard, L Tchingnoumba, M. Ombenotori. 2006. Bird Surveys in the Gamba Complex of Protected Area, Gabon. In: Alonso, A., M. Lee, P. Campbell, O. Powels, F. Dallmeier (eds.). Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 12:353-363. 12:327-351

Angehr, George R., B. K. Schmidt, F. Njie, and C. Gebhard. 2005. Significant records and annotated site lists from bird surveys in the Gamba Complex, Gabon. Malimbus 27:53-76 [PDF]

Schmidt, Brian K, and W. Branch, 2005. Nests and eggs of the Black-headed Bee-eater (Merops breweri) in Gabon, with notes on other bee-eaters. Ostrich 76(1&2):80–81. [PDF]

Dove, C. J., B. K. Schmidt, C. A. Gebhard, and E. LeBoeuf. 2001. Late Record of LeConte's Sparrow in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 29(3):95.

Braun, M. J., D. W. Finch, M. B. Robbins, and B. K. Schmidt. 2000. A Field Checklist of the Birds of Guyana. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.