Documenting the ecology of Cerulean Warblers in the understudied Ozark region Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) are a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird species in decline. During the breeding season, Cerulean Warblers nest in deciduous forests of the eastern United States and
Bergstrom Award helps Ph.D. student with research on threatened grassland birds in Argentina When I was awarded my Ph.D. grant I was filled with excitement and joy as I would be able to study some of the most iconic
Joint Society Statement on Ornithological Field Safety AFO recently became aware of a public allegation of a sexual assault by a well-known birder that occurred during a bird-watching excursion in a metro-Atlanta park. The professional ornithological societies of the
Tagging Amazonian birds led to harness improvements The calendar read 1979 when the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments was founded to study the effects of forest fragmentation on Amazonian biota. Back then, to arrive at the BDFFP, you had
Applying structure-from-motion habitat reconstruction and GIS terrain analysis to test hypotheses about nest-site selection by shorebirds Ground-nesting shorebirds in the tundra face the challenge of selecting a suitable location to raise their young while avoiding depredation. At our study
The Ornithological Council is updating the Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research – and we need your help! The Ornithological Council is planning a minor revision to the Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in
Warblers are what they eat: Distinctive morphologies influence dietary variation among coexisting species Thinking about dietary specialization in birds may elicit images of raptors carrying animals in their sharp, curved beaks or shorebirds using their long, slender bills to
Only long-term field data can capture nature’s stealthy rarities A tiny crested tit snags a spider from under a twig, shaking the icy needles of a branch tip far above the ground. A lightning fast swoosh, smack! … a
There are many that I like, but this one is mine: A single resource predicts territory occupancy in a population of Peruvian Plantcutters Habitat selection is the process in which organisms choose and avoid features of the environment, ultimately
Grad student experience from a Latin American Bergstrom awardee Click here to view the article in Spanish I could come up with a long and boring lecture picturing how my 5-year PhD came together. Opposite to that, the picture of
