February 2019 – John F. Kearney & Associates

Migration routes and stopover areas of Leach’s Storm Petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Posted on February 25, 2019February 28, 2019 by John

Authors: INGRID L. POLLET1,2*, ROBERT A. RONCONI1,3, MARTY L. LEONARD2 & DAVE SHUTLER1 Year: 2019 Publication: Marine Ornithology Publication Link: http://www.marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1293 Full-Text Access: Open Affiliations: 1Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada 2Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Birds that Nest in Winter

Posted on February 20, 2019April 29, 2019 by John

It’s minus 15 degrees Celsius in January, and you hear a woodpecker drumming, a behaviour usually reserved for courtship and marking territory. It is still far from spring, and the time for laying eggs. The lengthening of daylight is the main factor

Wind turbines cause functional habitat loss for migratory soaring birds

Posted on February 15, 2019February 25, 2019 by John

Authors: Ana Teresa Marques 1,2,3, Carlos David Santos 4,5, Frank Hanssen 6, Antonio-Román Muñoz 7, Alejandro Onrubia 8, Martin Wikelski 4,9, Francisco Moreira 3,10, Jorge Manuel Palmeirim 1, João Paulo Silva 1, 3,10 Publication: Journal of Animal Ecology Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12961 Access:

Faster migration in autumn than in spring: seasonal migration patterns and non‐breeding distribution of Icelandic whimbrels Numenius phaeopus islandicus

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by John

Authors: Carneiro, Camilo ; Gunnarsson, Tomas G.; Alves, Jose A. Year: 2019 Publication: Journal of Avian Biology Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01938 Access: Open Affiliations: C. Carneiro, T. G. Gunnarsson and J. A. Alves , South Iceland Research Centre, Univ. of Iceland, Laugarvatn, Iceland.

Projected changes in wind assistance under climate change for nocturnally migrating bird populations

Posted on February 13, 2019March 5, 2019 by John

Authors: Frank A. La Sorte| Kyle G. Horton| Cecilia Nilsson| Adriaan M. Dokter Year: 2019 Publication: Global Change Biology Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14531 Access: Open Affiliations: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Corresponding Author: Frank A. La Sorte, Cornell Laboratory

A range-wide domino effect and resetting of the annual cycle in a migratory songbird

Posted on February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 by John

Authors: Elizabeth A. Gow 1, Lauren Burke 2, David W. Winkler 3, Samantha M. Knight 1, David W. Bradley 4, Robert G. Clark 5, Marc Be´lisle 6, Lisha L. Berzins 7, Tricia Blake 8, Eli S. Bridge 9, Russell D. Dawson 7,

Migratory patterns and connectivity of two North American grassland bird species

Posted on February 6, 2019February 7, 2019 by John

Authors: Jason M. Hill | Rosalind B. Renfrew Year: 2019 Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4795 Access: Open Affliations: Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Norwich, Vermont Corresponding Author: Jason M. Hill, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, Norwich, VT. Email: jhill@vtecostudies.org Funding: Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management

Migrating birds avoid flying through fog and low clouds

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by John

Authors: M. Panuccio 1,2,3 & G. Dell’Omo 2 & G. Bogliani 3 & C. Catoni2 & N. Sapir 4 Year: 2019 Publication: International Journal of Biometeorology Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-01656-z Access: Subscription Affliations: 1 MEDRAPTORS (Mediterranean Raptor Migration Network), via Mario Fioretti 18,