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Using radar to track timing and velocity of bird migration has been around for a long time. But recently, there have been some great advancements…

Tracking toxins in bird populations requires full-life cycle migratory connectivity information… Mercury in North American birds has been studied from many years, but no once…

They’re back! “It is not known exactly where the Zoo’s herons spend the winter but it is likely in the southeastern United States or the…

Ecology and Conservation of Migratory Birds   The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, in conjunction with the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, are excited to announce a…

Check out this new paper looking at the phenology of bobolink movements as they migrate south. “We deployed light-level geolocators on individual Bobolinks from three…

Read about some of the new findings made possible by geolocators! From Birdwatching.com……

Thank You Citizen Scientists!   A new study published in The Auk finds that ruby-throated hummingbirds are arriving in North America 12-18 days earlier than…

Stable isotopes are in the nascent stages for studying Palaearctic-Afrotropical migrant birds. A new paper from Reichlin et al. continues to push and expand this…

Check out this on-going research project looking at partial migration among American dippers on the Olympic Peninsula. Data suggest that migration patterns may be related…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) inter-regional piping plover team is pleased to announce the completion of the Comprehensive Conservation Strategy for the Piping…