Breeding Bird Surveys in northern Mexico

By Vicente Rodríguez and Diana Venegas The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a large-scale, long-term bird monitoring program originally designed to understand population trends of various species that were affected by DDT in the middle of the 20th century. Now, with more than 30 years of accumulated data, the results from the BBS are one

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Golden Eagle monitoring in the Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau Region

By Robert Murphy, USFWS Southwest Region Protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, western North America’s Golden Eagles are increasingly threatened by multiple factors such as collision with wind turbines, electrocution on power lines, and lead poisoning (from eating carcasses left by hunters who used lead ammunition). The

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The Human Dimensions of Bird Conservation

The latest edition of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative’s (NABCI) All Bird Bulletin has a special focus on exploring the human dimensions of bird conservation. “Human dimensions” is a broad term that basically refers to the social side of conservation: What do people think and feel about different issues? How do they behave? What

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Call for Proposals: Small Grants Program for Ornithological Research in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Ornithological Council (OC), a consortium of twelve scientific societies of ornithologists in the Western Hemisphere, has initiated a small grants program for projects that integrate ornithological research and conservation. Research projects that improve the likelihood of success of a specific conservation project in the region from Mexico in North America, through Central America and

Studying climate change and its impacts on birds in Mexico: current focus and future perspectives

A new article about the status of climate change research for bird conservation in Mexico (Jennie Duberstein, SJV Education and Outreach Coordinator, is a co-author) was just published in HUITZIL, the Mexican ornithology journal. Abstract Global climate change is affecting the world’s biodiversity. In Mexico, several lines of research have been developed to forecast the

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Notes from the field: Prescott College’s waterbird monitoring program in the Gulf of California, Mexico

By Emily Wittman Trudging through waist high water, losing shoes in 12 inch deep mud flats, kayaking to remote sections of estuaries, and feeling the breeze whipping against your face on the boat ride to Isla Alcatraz are all in a day’s work if you are a Research and Conservation Fellow for the Waterbird Monitoring

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Wildlife in a Warming World: Confronting the Climate Crisis

The climate crisis is already changing the playing field for wildlife and urgent action is needed to preserve America’s conservation legacy, according to a new report released recently by the National Wildlife Federation. Wildlife in a Warming World: Confronting the Climate Crisis examines case studies from across the country illustrating how global warming is altering wildlife habitats.

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Wetlands and Bird Conservation: an Introduction

In early February 2013, thirty attendees took part in a workshop about wetlands and bird conservation in Mexico. The workshop was organized by Sonora’s Commission of Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEDES), in collaboration with the Arizona Game and Fish Department and with support of the Sonoran Joint Venture and Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y

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Meeting Announcement: 5th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting

The 5th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting will be held at Santa Marta, Colombia, from September 17-21, 2013. The primary goal of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting is to have biologists come together to share information on shorebirds that will help to promote their conservation and management. Because shorebirds migrate extremely long distances, traveling

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Call for Papers: Western Field Ornithologists 2013 Annual Conference

Western Field Ornithologists is soliciting papers for presentation at its 38th annual conference, to be held jointly with the Washington Ornithological Society, in Olympia, Washington, August 22-25, 2013. Papers should reflect original research or summarize existing unpublished information about birds in western North America and should be presented in a manner that is of interest

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