WSB: Evaluating the needs of breeding grebes in Utah
Every fall, thousands of eared grebes stop along the Great Salt Lake to feed on brine shrimp, which provides nutrients to carry them through a long journey ...
waterbirds
JWM: Water management can help redhead duck conservation
Every winter, several hundred thousand redhead ducks descend on the Laguna Madres of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. Redheads wintering in this area, which ...
The September issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin
The Wildlife Society Bulletin is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published four times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific ...
Hawaiian gallinules won’t leave home, putting them at risk
Endangered native Hawaiian waterbirds like the Hawaiian gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) and the Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai) have benefited from habitat ...
As lake level drops and salinity climbs, waterbirds vanish
Like many saline lakes in the western United States, water levels in Oregon’s Lake Abert are decreasing due to water diversions for agricultural operations, ...
Political instability main factor in waterbird conservation
Even more than climate change, human population growth or their own species characteristics, waterbird species across the globe seem to be declining mostly from ...