Mike Stewart, Doctoral Candidate
Habitat use and population demographics of Gray Hawks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Serving Since
Mike is a native Texan who retired from the US Army in 2019. He completed a MS in Biology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he began studying Gray Hawks, a state-threatened species. He is currently working towards his PhD in Wildlife and Rangeland Sciences at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His research is focused on determining Gray Hawk habitat requirements when selecting home ranges, creating a distribution model for the species in south Texas, and evaluating age-structured demographic parameters.