Pam Loring

Wildlife biologist, marine birds
Populations Branch - Wildlife Biologist
Migratory Birds
Address

Rhode Island Field Office, 50 Bend Rd
Charlestown, RI 02813
United States

(401) 213-4418
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About Pam Loring

BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation, UMass Amherst; MS in Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of RI (Thesis: Phenology and habitat use of scoters along the southern New England continental shelf); PhD in Environmental Conservation, UMass Amherst (Dissertation: Evaluating digital VHF technology to monitor shorebird and seabird use of offshore wind energy areas in the western North Atlantic). USFWS Southern New England-New York Bight Coastal Program (SCEP 2011-2012); USFWS Migratory Birds Program (Pathways 2013-2016; Biologist 2016-Present)

Additional roles
Offshore wind energy
Species expertise
American Scoter (Melanitta americana)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Areas of expertise
Movement ecology
Spatial data analysis
Satellite and radio telemetry
Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Bird banding and tagging

In The News

A person wearing a red shirt, black flotation vest and tan cap holds a yellow, red and orange kite aloft while standing in the bow of a boat
Migratory Species
Wind farm beneath their wings
Deploying Motus — an emerging technology for tracking wildlife — at offshore wind farms will expand research opportunities and support conservation of migratory birds and bats.
Sunset with birds migrating
Migratory Species
Motus Stations
Motus towers are helping to solve many mysteries of migratory species. By joining this international effort, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping to fill knowledge gaps about migratory bird behavior and ecology from coast to coast.