EEOB Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Research Assistant for Dee Bolan, PhD candidate, 06/01/15, 08/01/15, Assisted Dee Bolen (Researcher) with her research on mating pattern/Preference/competition of female goldfinches, Captured Goldfinches at parks in which we received state and federal permission., Male Goldfinches were captured and banded with federal codes and released., Female goldfinches were captured and banded with colored bands for differentiation purposes., Female Goldfinches taken back to laboratory room and placed in cages., Provided birds with clean water, food, fresh grit, clean newspaper in cages, recording room temperature, humidity, etc., Assisted Dee with the experiments/trial portion of the research.