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How Far Can They Go?
A DC Birding Blog (Dendroica) – How Far Can a Bird Fly Nonstop During Migration? Recent studies using satellite telemetry or geolocators have shown that some bird species are capable of very long...
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Critical Conservation Sites Network Tool
BirdBlogger just tweeted me towards an excellent conservation tool that is worth sharing (and permanently linking to). It’s the Critical Site Network Tool: Critical Sites Network tool (Click on for...
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Lessons in Migratory Bird Conservation
There’s an excellent article out now with a blog introduction from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center: Saving Migratory Birds — The Quest for Knowledge vs. the Ticking Clock: At the end of summer...
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Wings Over Wetlands
The UNEP-GEF African-Eurasian Flyways Project Tagged: biodiversity, migration
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Teaching the Bald Ibis to migrate
© Wardene Weisser / http://www.ardea.com Apparently taking a cue from Operation Migration’s efforts with Whooping Cranes, there now appears to be an effort to reintroduce the critically endangered...
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Great Migrations
Reposted from Christy Wilcox’s Observations of a Nerd, just because it looks so good. On November 7th, National Geographic Channel airs the first of a seven-hour spectacle called Great Migrations. The...
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Visit me on 10,000 Birds
My first post for 10,000 Birds is up… Don’t get your flyways crossed. Here’s a taste: What corner of the globe is Cyprus tucked away in? I’m sure a lot of people don’t know. Well, for the uninitiated,...
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Great Migrations in book form
Great Migrations book cover, from National Geographic WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2010)—Whether they crawl, canter, fly or swim, millions of animals undertake epic journeys each year — some as long as 44,000...
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Sociable Lapwing migrations
Johannes Kamp of RSPB’s International Research Team is busy tracking a Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) named Dinara during her migration along the species’ eastern flyway. This is research of...
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BirdLife’s Born to Travel Campaign
BirdLife Cyprus – Cyprus’ position in the Eastern Mediterranean places it on one of the major migration routes and makes it an important stop off point for many species which pass each year from...
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