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SPRING MIGRATION FIELD TECHNICIANS NEEDED Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is seeking two independent and hard working research technicians to band spring migrants. This is an…

  New research is tracking movements of the northern saw-whet owl in Pennsylvania. The NY Times talks to Scott Wiedensaul and discusses owl research and…

  Get ready for International Migratory Bird Day 2013!   LIFE CYCLE OF A MIGRATORY BIRD Conservation Across the Americas   Ciclo de Vida de…

  Last month, the American Bird Conservancy held a roundtable meeting on migratory bird conservation. Plenary speakers addressed a variety of topics, including full life-cycle…

  A new paper in PloS ONE looks at compatibility among telemetry data that were gathered using different methods with different sampling frequency and spatial…

Birds have a natural ability to survive storms Though observers feared the worst after Hurricane Sandy, biologists say that there is remarkably little evidence that…

In August, ornithologists from around the world convened in Vancouver, Canada, to exchange ideas and share research at the North American Ornithological Conference. A major…

Though most migrating birds are equipped to handle large storms and hurricanes, there are exceptions. This story from CBS News gives the perspective of several…

October and November are National Piping Plover months for the National Audubon Society. They will have a number of web postings and a feature article…

The Ruffed Grouse Society has a national mapping database for reporting woodcock activity during fall, winter, and spring. Their National American Woodcock Migration Mapping System…