Kelsey Barnett-Fischels

Reporter, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú magazine
About

is an independent journalist based in Huntsville, Alabama, whose work focuses on biodiversity and the environment.

Articles by Kelsey Barnett-Fischels

A large open field, made up of brown, dormant wild grass.
In Alabama’s Black Belt, Scientists Are Banding Birds In Rare Patches of Prairie to Aid Restoration Efforts
June 25, 2026 — Most of the South’s historic prairie is lost. Alabama 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is researching how birds use what remains—and how to piece together more grassland habitat.
Conservation News
A woman secures a small radio transmitter on the back of a Chimney Swift clinging to her chest.
Chimney Swift Migration Is Full of Mysteries—but Rehabbed Birds Could Spill the Species' Secrets
March 30, 2026 — After rescuers at the Sharon 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Center stepped in to save fallen Chimney Swifts, scientists seized a rare chance to tag an enigmatic species.
Bird Science
Two Snowy Plovers sitting in the sand.
A Nest-Protecting Program Pays Off for Alabama’s Snowy Plovers
March 17, 2025 — After five years in which almost no chicks survived, more of the shorebirds are fledging since Alabama 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and volunteers adopted some simple but effective measures to help them.
Gulf Restoration