Migrating birds missing critical food source in Delaware Bay
Migratory birds making their traditional refueling stopover in Delaware Bay found scarce food quantities on their annual trip to their summer breeding grounds in ...
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eBird program informs songbird conservation across Americas
Citizen scientists involved in the eBird program are helping researchers identify the most important regions to focus conservation efforts across the Americas. This ...
Bright lights, big cities, big problems for migrating birds
The effects of bright cities on migratory birds isn’t something to take lightly, but the biggest cities may not have the biggest impact on long-term ...
Tracking devices may affect individual birds
Modern tracking devices can be tiny, but they can still have effects on some of the birds fitted with them, researchers found, although those impacts are sometimes ...
Tiny blackpoll warblers fly 12,500 miles in yearly migrations
Half-ounce songbirds, blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata) redefine the meaning of endurance in their epic trip from the northwestern edge of Alaska to the East ...
Climate change has birds migrating earlier
Climate change has pushed migratory birds to take their spring trips a week earlier than they did six decades ago. According to a large-scale analysis of data ...
Climate change winds may bear mixed news for migrating birds
Changing wind patterns due to climate change could bring mixed results for migrating birds. Under future climate scenarios, researchers found, North American birds ...
Ontario proposes cormorant hunting season
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has proposed a hunting season for double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auratus). Provincial management of ...
What’s killing curlews? In southwest Idaho, it’s poachers
On his first day studying long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus) in southwest Idaho, Jay Carlisle came across a disturbing find. A curlew lay dead on the side of ...
Report outlines new Canadian migratory bird regulations
The Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) has released a report of recent changes to the country’s Migratory Bird ...