Expedition Blog

We are in the Alaskan tundra stalking a striking bird. He is as dapper as 007 and as skilled in the art of evasion.  He…

The last time I was in a helicopter it was with a retired Army pilot and a coastal Ranger on a ghost net patrol, zipping…

During the summer broad-winged hawks nest in the forests of Canada and the eastern United States. But where do they go in the winter and…

In late May, as part of a Migratory Connectivity Project and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center collaboration with professor Erin Bayne at the University of Alberta…

Follow the Broad-winged Hawk Migration During the summer of 2015, three Broad-winged Hawks were tagged with Argos Satellite Transmitters on their breeding grounds in Alberta,…

Any job working with birds guarantees you strange working hours. For most bird biologists, work starts before sunrise because most birds start singing at dawn.…

This summer the Migratory Connectivity Project and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center joined forces with Erin Bayne’s lab at the University of Alberta in Edmonton to…

Summer expeditions to the tundra, the boreal, and the prairie This summer, we’re partnering with the University of Alberta, the University of Colorado Denver, and…

Mountain ranges with peaks reaching 14,000 feet elevation surround the expansive short grass prairie of South Park, Colorado. At an average elevation of 9,000 feet,…