Birding Wire

MIGRATIONS

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Endangered whooping cranes have begun their annual 2,400-mile fall migration from Canada to Texas, arriving early at San Jose Island this year. The first bird was reported at the island over the weekend, though most of the whooping crane population remains north of the state.
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In 2013, the Hawk Migration Association of America partnered with the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP), a group dedicated to the long-term study of dragonfly migration in North America, to formally incorporate daily dragonfly observations and counts into the fall monitoring protocols of participating Hawk Watch sites.
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Whooping cranes are in the midst of their fall migration and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be tracked.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
This year's hawk watch - sponsored by the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, in partnership with Delmarva Ornithological Society, Delaware Nature Society and Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation - began this week at Delaware Nature Society's Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin and at Cape Henlopen State Park near Lewes.
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Hurricanes Iselle, Julio, and Arthur are the first of what likely will be more powerful late summer and early fall severe storms that billions of birds may face as they wind up their breeding seasons and prepare for perilous migrations that can involve travelling thousands of miles to wintering grounds south of the U.S, reports American Bird Conservancy.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Understanding the biology and conducting effective conservation of migratory species requires an understanding of migratory connectivity-the geographic linkages of populations between stages of the annual cycle, reports the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports flocks of giant white birds are catching the eyes of outdoor enthusiasts across Minnesota, as once-rare American white pelicans migrate north to their nesting grounds across the state.
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The International Rusty Blackbird Working Group, in partnership with eBird, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, is coordinating the 2014 Spring Migration Blitz, which challenges birders to seek out the elusive Rusty Blackbird throughout its migratory range.
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Nineteen young Whooping Cranes are winging their way south on their first fall migration. This is the 13th group of birds to take part in the project led by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP), a coalition of public and private groups that is reintroducing this highly imperiled species in eastern North America, part of its historic range.
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Eight young whooping cranes began their ultra-light led migration on October 2 in Wisconsin, en route to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge along Florida's Gulf Coast, the 13th group of birds to take part in a project led by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP).
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