us fish and wildlife service Archives - American Ornithological Society

22 August 2023

Reproductive data collected over 20 years help guide recovery of a reintroduced population of critically endangered California Condors

By Victoria Bakker and Myra Finkelstein Related paper: Lead, trash, DDE, and young age of breeders linked to lower fertility in first two decades of reintroduction for critically endangered California …

Valerie Burdette and Jon Skinner, International Shorebird Study contributors in Massachusetts. Photo by Scott Dresser

30 March 2023

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North American shorebirds are declining faster than we ever imagined

By Stephen Brown, Vice President of Science, Manomet Linked Paper: Accelerating declines of North America’s shorebirds signal the need for urgent conservation action by Paul A. Smith, Adam C. Smith, …

Lesser Yellowlegs “JE” takes flight along the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge. Photo credit: USFWS/Zak Pohlen.

10 February 2022

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Probability of occurrence in harvest regions is greatest for eastern-breeding Lesser Yellowlegs

Linked paper: Eastern-breeding Lesser Yellowlegs are more likely than western-breeding birds to visit areas with high shorebird hunting during southward migration by Laura A. McDuffie, Katherine S. Christie, Autumn-Lynn Harrison, …