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    The quarterly publication of the Association of Field Ornithologists emphasizes the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats.
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Founded in 1922 as the New England Bird Banding Association, The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) is one of the world’s major societies of professional and amateur ornithologists dedicated to the scientific study and dissemination of information about birds in their natural habitats. AFO encourages the participation of amateurs in research, and emphasizes the conservation biology of birds.

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Recent JFO Articles

Migratory bird community structure in oil palm (Elaies guineensis) plantations and native forest fragments in southern Mexico
22 January 2021 - Samuel L. Oliveira, David J. Flaspohler, Jessie L. Knowlton, Christopher R. Webster, Jared D. Wolfe
Attacks of songbirds in mixed‐species flocks by Eurasian Sparrowhawks: strategies of predators and potential prey
7 December 2020 - Indrikis A. Krams, Tatjana Krama, Todd M. Freeberg, Ronalds Krams, Kathryn E. Sieving
Fledgling Bachman’s Sparrows in a longleaf pine ecosystem: survival, movements, and habitat selection
7 December 2020 - Alexander C. Fish, Christopher S. DePerno, Jessica M. Schillaci, Christopher E. Moorman
Conventional and network analyses of song organization and complexity in northern House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon parkmanii)
7 December 2020 - Chinthaka Kaluthota, David Logue, Drew Rendall
Applying structure‐from‐motion habitat reconstruction and GIS terrain analysis to test hypotheses about nest‐site selection by shorebirds
7 December 2020 - Noah Korne, Scott A. Flemming, Paul A. Smith, Erica Nol
Morphological traits influence prey selection by coexisting species of New World warblers (Parulidae)
7 December 2020 - Kristen M. Rosamond, Cody M. Kent, Sarah Chieko Hunter, Thomas W. Sherry
Applications of an unmanned aerial vehicle and thermal‐imaging camera to study ducks nesting over water
7 December 2020 - Jacob D. Bushaw, Kevin M. Ringelman, Michael K. Johnson, Trenton Rohrer, Frank C. Rohwer
Divergent movement patterns of adult and juvenile ‘Akohekohe, an endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper
7 December 2020 - Alex X. Wang, Eben H. Paxton, Hanna L. Mounce, Patrick J. Hart
A single species of plant predicts territory occupancy in a population of Peruvian Plantcutters
7 December 2020 - Sergio Nolazco, Amalia M. Sánchez
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7 December 2020

Recent Blog Posts

Applying structure-from-motion habitat reconstruction and GIS terrain analysis to test hypotheses about nest-site selection by shorebirds
January 19, 2021

The Ornithological Council is updating the Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research – and we need your help!
December 18, 2020

Warblers are what they eat: Distinctive morphologies influence dietary variation among coexisting species
November 29, 2020

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