Expedition Blog

During the summer of 2019, scientists from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center embarked on two expeditions to Alaska to study arctic-nesting birds as a part…

During the summer of 2019, scientists from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center embarked on two expeditions to Alaska to study arctic-nesting birds as a part…

In spring 2018 researchers from SMBC travelled to Nome, Alaska to study the Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica). The Bluethroat is a widespread bird in Europe and…

In 2015, MCP teamed up with the University of Alberta to deploy transmitters throughout the boreal region to understand the migratory connectivity of a variety…

Denali seabirds will soon reveal their migration secrets The Sable Pass area in Denali National Park may be best known for grizzlies (our grizzly count…

The Long-tailed Jaeger, a gorgeous, flying marvel A guest post by Denali National Park Avian Ecologist, Emily Williams All this week at Denali, I have…

Seabirds at four thousand feet The scale of Denali National Park makes grizzly bears seem like ants on the landscape. We’ve seen five grizzlies so…

The ongoing mysteries of Mountain Plover migration In 2015, we fitted fourteen Mountain Plovers with ~2g GPS loggers with hopes that they would provide clues…

Spring break in Mexico, Mountain Plover style by Allison K. Pierce, Graduate Student at University of Colorado Denver With just two weeks notice, I was…