For more than a decade, our team has focused on studying male Scolopax minor (American Woodcock) in Rhode Island. During this time, we recognized a significant gap in knowledge about female S. minor, particularly regarding nest site selection and brood survival, due to a lack of data from this region.
How to describe something we cannot see? This challenge defines nocturnal bird migration research. Every spring and fall, millions of birds fly through the night, journeying between wintering and breeding grounds.
It’s strange to think that a paper about Strix varia (Barred Owl) in Louisiana would begin in Jamaica more than 15 years ago. But that’s where this story starts.
Have you ever walked through the forest and looked up to see a bird’s nest hidden in the branches? I always find myself thinking about why they picked that exact place. Why not in a neighboring tree?
By Jay Pitocchelli, Biology Department, Saint Anselm College Related paper: Temporal stability in songs across the breeding range of Geothlypis philadelphia (Mourning Warbler) may be due to learning fidelity and transmission biases by Jay Pitocchelli, Adam Albina, Alex R. Bentley, David Guerra, and Mason Youngblood, Ornithology. We used a long-term database of songs recorded over …
The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a long-term monitoring program that collects data on bird populations across North America.
Songbirds include species that have seen the steepest declines for birds that breed in North America, and 125 species can be considered Nearctic-Neotropical migrants.
In spring, the low-elevation grasslands and shrublands of the U.S. Southwest ring with the tinkling songs of Black-throated Sparrows (Amphispiza bilineata) and Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris)…
The North Sea is one of the main areas in Europe for the development of offshore wind farms. These wind farms are important for the transition to renewable energies but pose a potential risk for seabirds.
By Eric Wood Related paper: Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California by Eric M. Wood, Sevan Esaian, Christian Benitez, Philip J. Ethington, Travis Longcore, Lars Y. Pomara. Ornithological Applications While driving around Greater Los Angeles (L.A.), one cannot help but notice …
