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2018 Partners in Flight Awards
By Carol Beidleman Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation, in the categories of leadership, investigations, public awareness, stewardship, and lifetime achievement. We are pleased to announce three of the 2018 PIF Award winners, who were recognized at the PIF Eastern Working Group meeting in April in Tennessee: […]
Read more »Radar Study Highlights Important Stopover Areas in the Northeast
Randy Dettmers (randy_dettmers@fws.gov), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Every fall, dozens of species of landbirds migrate from their summer breeding grounds in the United States and Canada to wintering grounds as far away as South America. The migration period is one of the most perilous stages in the life cycle for birds, and the widespread […]
Read more »Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program (SHARP) Update
A note from our Partners in Flight Northeast Working Group coordinator Did you know that the only endemic breeding bird species (i.e., found nowhere else on earth!) in the Northeast Region has declined by 9% per year for more than a decade? Find out more about the plight of Saltmarsh Sparrow and other tidal marsh […]
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