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Salina de Lobos, a Refuge for Waterbirds
Salina de Lobos saltworks is a novel habitat that together with the support of a private initiative and the local community, represents an opportunity for the recovery of migratory waterbird populations.
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Wetland Inundation Dynamics in the Chihuahuan Desert
Hydrologic alterations jeopardize the timing and duration of habitat availability for waterbirds that rely on wetlands within arid landscapes during migration. Quantifying and assessing habitat availability can help us understand migratory connectivity and guide wetland restoration.
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Community to Conserve: Waterbirds of the Canal del Infiernillo
On the traditional lands of the Comcáac people, waterbird observers from the Kino Bay Center team up with Grupo Coijaac of the Comcáac youth community to assess bird populations and share collaborative experiences.
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Monitoring Migratory Waterbirds in Mexico’s Wetlands
The coastal wetlands of northwestern Mexico are some of the most important habitat for migratory waterbirds that winter in Mexico. With funding support from the Sonoran Joint Venture’s Awards Program, a coordinated monitoring protocol was developed and implemented through a collaborative effort across priority sites to better inform conservation and management decisions.
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Long-term Monitoring of Waterbird Priority Species and their Critical Habitats of the Estuaries and Islands of the Eastern Midriff Region of the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico
Project Description The Prescott College Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies proposes to build upon its Waterbird Monitoring Program (WMP) in the Midriff Island region of the Gulf of California. With its permanent presence, partnerships, and proven record of successful waterbird monitoring, the WMP contributes to habitat protection efforts integrating monitoring, research and
- Published in Awards Program
New Joint Venture website!
The National Joint Venture Communications, Education, and Outreach Team recently completed a brand new website for the North American Migratory Bird Joint Ventures.
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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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Intensive bird and habitat monitoring in the Santuario Tortuguero Playa Ceuta Natural Protected Area and Sistema Lagunar Ceuta Ramsar Site
Project Description The Ceuta Lagoon System, located in Sinaloa, is a site of international significance in terms of biodiversity. It is listed as a Ramsar site, is part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebirds Reserve Network, and has a national decree as a Natural Protected Area, managed by CONANP (Comisión Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas). This
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Waterbird monitoring in estuaries of the Hermosillo coast and on the Sonoran midriff islands
Project Description This project will build upon the Prescott College Kino Bay Center for Cultural and Ecological Studies’ 10-year Waterbird Monitoring Program (WMP) in the Sonoran Midriff Island region of the Gulf of California. The region’s islands and estuaries provide critical nesting, roosting, and feeding habitat for many SJV priority species. The WMP currently focuses
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