Elliot Johnston
Ecologist
Elliot is a community ecologist with a particular interest in ornithology and coastal environments. He received his PhD in Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine in 2023 and soon after joined MNHO. Elliot’s current projects at MNHO include studying island songbird communities with bioacoustics and population status assessments of overwintering Purple Sandpipers. While birds are a focus, other taxa are of interest too. His graduate work included projects studying the dynamics between salamanders and fairy shrimp at 11,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. Elliot splits his week between MNHO and Tetra Tech, where he works as an Avian Ecologist. Elliot lives in Bangor with his wife, Alice, and enjoys trail running and sea kayaking in the warmer months and skiing when the snow falls.
Areas of Expertise
Ornithology, coastal ecology, food webs & diet, bioacoustics, study design
Content Related to Elliot Johnston
Purple Sandpiper Surveys
In the early 2000s, Glen Mittelhauser and collaborators at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries […]
Rocky Shores and Forested Islands: Examining Breeding Songbird and Overwintering Shorebird Populations Along the Maine Coast
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 – 7:00pm with Elliot Johnston
Coastal Songbirds
Maine’s small islands—particularly those along the Downeast coast—may act as important refuge from climate change for boreal bird species…