Species We Study: Birds Active
To understand information needs and respond to the many challenges in bird conservation, USGS scientists participate in Flyway committees, on Joint Venture boards and working groups, in professional organizations, and in other conservation partnerships. These activities connect USGS scientists to conservation partners with whom they work to address substantial challenges. More than one hundred USGS scientists are dedicated to the scientific study of birds.
Bird Research
Joint Ecosystem Modeling: Wader Distribution & Evaluation Modeling (WADEM)
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Migratory Birds
Species Affected by Beak Deformities
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Recovery Studies
Science Informing the Status and Trends of Migratory Birds
Decision support for restoration and management of Service-owned native prairies: Implications for grassland bird communities
Importance of wetlands in intensively farmed landscapes to duck production
Evaluating wetland ecosystem health using real-time nutrient dynamics of ducks
Interactions of consolidation drainage and climate on water-level dynamics, wetland productivity, and waterbirds
Interaction of land use and wet/dry cycles on invertebrate populations of northern prairie wetlands: implications for waterbird habitat conservation
Inventory, mapping, estimation, and monitoring of least tern and piping plover habitats on the upper Missouri River using satellite imagery
Monitoring Bird and Rat Behavior to Improve Invasive Species Management
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS migratory bird research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS migratory bird data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS migratory bird research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS migratory bird publications is available from the button below.
Bridging the research-implementation gap in avian conservation with translational ecology
U.S. Geological Survey—Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 2019–20 research activity report
Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags
Linking climate niches across seasons to assess population vulnerability in a migratory bird
Global loss of biodiversity has placed new urgency on the need to understand factors regulating species response to rapid environmental change. While specialists are often less resilient to rapid environmental change than generalists, species-level analyses may obscure the extent of specialization when locally adapted populations vary in climate tolerances. Until recently, quantification of the de
U.S. Geological Survey migratory bird science, 2020–21
Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels
Egg morphometrics and egg shape coefficients for White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Retreat, detour or advance? Understanding the movements of birds confronting the Gulf of Mexico
Using high resolution satellite and telemetry data to track flooded habitats, their use by waterfowl, and evaluate effects of drought on waterfowl and shorebird bioenergetics in California
A Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) captured in the web of a golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Breeding at higher latitude is associated with higher photoperiodic threshold and delayed reproductive development in a songbird
Age‐ and sex‐related dietary specialization facilitate seasonal resource partitioning in a migratory shorebird
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To understand information needs and respond to the many challenges in bird conservation, USGS scientists participate in Flyway committees, on Joint Venture boards and working groups, in professional organizations, and in other conservation partnerships. These activities connect USGS scientists to conservation partners with whom they work to address substantial challenges. More than one hundred USGS scientists are dedicated to the scientific study of birds.
Bird Research
Joint Ecosystem Modeling: Wader Distribution & Evaluation Modeling (WADEM)
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Migratory Birds
Species Affected by Beak Deformities
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Recovery Studies
Science Informing the Status and Trends of Migratory Birds
Decision support for restoration and management of Service-owned native prairies: Implications for grassland bird communities
Importance of wetlands in intensively farmed landscapes to duck production
Evaluating wetland ecosystem health using real-time nutrient dynamics of ducks
Interactions of consolidation drainage and climate on water-level dynamics, wetland productivity, and waterbirds
Interaction of land use and wet/dry cycles on invertebrate populations of northern prairie wetlands: implications for waterbird habitat conservation
Inventory, mapping, estimation, and monitoring of least tern and piping plover habitats on the upper Missouri River using satellite imagery
Monitoring Bird and Rat Behavior to Improve Invasive Species Management
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS migratory bird research is listed below. A complete listing of USGS migratory bird data is available from the button below.
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS migratory bird research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS migratory bird publications is available from the button below.
Bridging the research-implementation gap in avian conservation with translational ecology
U.S. Geological Survey—Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 2019–20 research activity report
Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags
Linking climate niches across seasons to assess population vulnerability in a migratory bird
Global loss of biodiversity has placed new urgency on the need to understand factors regulating species response to rapid environmental change. While specialists are often less resilient to rapid environmental change than generalists, species-level analyses may obscure the extent of specialization when locally adapted populations vary in climate tolerances. Until recently, quantification of the de
U.S. Geological Survey migratory bird science, 2020–21
Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels
Egg morphometrics and egg shape coefficients for White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Retreat, detour or advance? Understanding the movements of birds confronting the Gulf of Mexico
Using high resolution satellite and telemetry data to track flooded habitats, their use by waterfowl, and evaluate effects of drought on waterfowl and shorebird bioenergetics in California
A Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) captured in the web of a golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Breeding at higher latitude is associated with higher photoperiodic threshold and delayed reproductive development in a songbird
Age‐ and sex‐related dietary specialization facilitate seasonal resource partitioning in a migratory shorebird
Find out what's new!