Dr. Lisa Tell is an avian disease veterinarian and federally permitted hummingbird master bander. She is currently the director of the UC Davis Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program. It was originally founded by Dr. Holly Ernest, who is now at the University of Wyoming but remains a Wildlife Health Center affiliate and collaborator on the project. Lisa and a team of volunteer citizen scientists and college students focus on establishing scientific data, which is used to help sustain healthy hummingbird populations.
