Tanya Luszcz, Environment and Climate Change Canada In 2020, Partners in Flight celebrates its 30th Anniversary and is dedicating its “conservation news” to sharing stories of migratory connectivity and connections to celebrate 30 years of partnerships for bird conservation. We … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
The Launch: Partners in Flight’s first days
Amos S. Eno In 2020, Partners in Flight celebrates its 30th Anniversary and is dedicating its “conservation news” to sharing stories of migratory connectivity and connections to celebrate 30 years of partnerships for bird conservation. We hope you enjoy. In 1989, while I … [Read more...]
Birds Connect Our World: World Migratory Bird Day
Susan Bonfield, Environment for the Americas In 2020, Partners in Flight celebrates its 30th Anniversary and is dedicating its “conservation news” to sharing stories of migratory connectivity and connections to celebrate 30 years of partnerships for bird conservation. We hope … [Read more...]
We flock together: join us in the Toronto Bird Celebration Take-Out edition!
Andrés Jiménez, Birds Canada In 2020, Partners in Flight celebrates its 30th Anniversary and is dedicating its “conservation news” to sharing stories of migratory connectivity and connections to celebrate 30 years of partnerships for bird conservation. We hope you … [Read more...]
Feisty, and Fierce but under Threat: Rufous Hummingbird survival depends on collaborations across Canadian, USA and Mexican borders
Christine Bishop (Environment and Climate Change Canada)and Susan Bonfield (Environment for the Americas) In 2020, Partners in Flight celebrates its 30th Anniversary and is dedicating its “conservation news” to sharing stories of migratory connectivity and connections to celebrate 30 years … [Read more...]
Developing a Market-based Framework for Conserving Forest for Wintering Migrants in Honduras
David I. King, US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Amherst, MA 01002 Like many North Americans, I spend a lot of time in mid-spring scanning the still bare maples for the first migrant songbirds to return. These days this otherwise casual pursuit is tinged with a little anxiety because I … [Read more...]
Southern Wings: Supporting People and Birds Across the Hemisphere
Deb Hahn, International Relations Director, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Migratory birds bring us great joy. They make spectacular migrations; bring beautiful songs and colors into our yards, parks, and wild places; and play important roles in the health of our world. In these … [Read more...]
The Motus Wildlife Tracking System: working collaboratively to cover more ground
Stu Mackenzie, Director of Migration Ecology, Birds Canada The protection of birds and the places they need requires a complete understanding of how they use and move through landscapes throughout the year. The science of avian migration is key to gaining this understanding. Migration research can … [Read more...]
The Chat is Back: a story of a multi-nation partnership to recover the endangered Yellow-breasted Chat population in British Columbia
Christine Bishop, Environment and Climate Change Canada le français suit In 2000, the western yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens auricollis) population in British Columbia (BC) was listed, under the Canadian Species At Risk Act, as Endangered. Its already restricted population had drastically … [Read more...]
Connecting Communities through Neotropical Bird Migration
by Eliot Berz, Tennessee River Gorge Trust It all started with avian technicians at the Tennessee River Gorge Trust (TRGT) attaching 16 geolocators to a particular neotropical migratory songbird, the Louisiana Waterthrush. After wearing the tracking devices for a full year, five of these birds … [Read more...]