Archives for Working Groups

Ken Rosenberg, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Just as migration experts from 6 countries are gathering this week for a symposium at the PIF VI conference in San José, Costa Rica, a major review of migration stopover and bottlenecks in the Neotropics was published this week in the journal Bird Conservation International. The review article, authored […]

Greg Butcher Partners in Flight VI, an international conference (http://pifconference.com/) will be in San Jose, Costa Rica, October 30 through November 3, 2017. PIF VI will be held in conjunction with the XXIst Congress of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation (SMBC) (www.congresosmbc.org). One of the major advances in conservation biology over the past […]

David Bradley, Bird Studies Canada   As North America’s largest shorebird, the Long-billed Curlew is a stunning emblem of the western grasslands, with its gliding displays and haunting flight call reaching out across the plains in the spring. Despite the attractiveness of this species to the public, the curlew is declining across virtually its entire […]

A new study demonstrates an improved approach to ensure protected areas enhance and conserve biodiversity. The results of the study were used to inform expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

by Kelly VanBeek  Despite significant advances in conservation policy and land-use practice, stewards of Midwest grasslands face persistent challenges in sustaining the ecological and economic values of pasture, hayfield, and prairie ecosystems. The Midwest Grasslands Network with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Midwest Division of Migratory Birds introduced a newly developed resource to […]

Every year, many bird researchers catch warblers, finches, thrushes and other feathered travelers to better understand their routes and migration patterns. A number of conservation initiatives seek to secure land to help species make their trek thousands of miles southward. But without a collective vision, these efforts may not be enough to protect birds in the Great Lakes region.

Abstract:  Breeding bird communities in forests of the western Great Lakes region are among the most diverse in North America, but the forest environment in this region has changed dramatically during the past 150 years. To address concerns about loss of biodiversity due to ongoing forest harvesting and to better inform forest planning, researchers have […]

A note from Partners in Flight British Columbia Our research is a tri-national collaboration among Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of British Columbia, Klamath Bird Observatory (OR, USA), San Pancho Bird Observatory (Nayarit, MX), University of Gaudalajara, and Tierra del Aves Bird Observatory (Veracruz, MX) to examine the full life cycle aspects of two riparian bird species in […]

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 […]

Until recently, the basic building blocks for bird conservation planning have rested largely in a related series of databases that assess the status of species across a set of conservation vulnerability factors. Yet differences in methodology, database structure and accessibility, and even philosophy among separate bird conservation partnerships have resulted in a confusing array of […]