Category: Journal of Field Ornithology

Guest feature | Diverse patterns of migratory timing, site use, and site fidelity by Alaska-breeding Whimbrels

Guest feature | Diverse patterns of migratory timing, site use, and site fidelity by Alaska-breeding Whimbrels

Posted on by Chris Harwood
In February 2008 my boss offered me the chance to “spring out” at our U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administrative cabin on Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge in north-central Alaska. Having visited the cabin occasionally for brief summer stints in my previous five years with the Refuge, I had not been there in the boreal spring to observe the many changes during this special season... Read More
Guest feature | Documenting the ecology of Cerulean Warblers in the understudied Ozark region

Guest feature | Documenting the ecology of Cerulean Warblers in the understudied Ozark region

Posted on by Jacob Wessels
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 Canada. Over about the last twenty years, much research has focused on improving our knowledge of the biology of this species to inform conservation and reverse this decline. Read More