Recent news and events concerning shorebirds
To address disturbance along the Atlantic Flyway, a collaborative study funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has been underway involving partners at Virginia Tech, Audubon, Manomet, and the USFWS. Using a Community of Practice (CoP) approach – where groups of people regularly interact to exchange knowledge, resources, and expertise on a shared concern or interest – the team …
Human Disturbance Reduction Toolkit Virginia Tech, Audubon, Manomet, and USFWS developed an online, accessible toolkit to highlight the best practices, case studies, and lessons learned from the transdisciplinary human disturbance project. The goal of the toolkit is to provide managers, practitioners, and conservation professionals with the resources, knowledge, and expertise to tackle human disturbance head-on through empirically tested social science …
Hasta la fecha, poco se sabía sobre el alcance y la gestión de las perturbaciones causadas por el hombre a las aves playeras en el Caribe. Gracias a la financiación de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático Canadá, BirdsCaribbean y Virginia Tech se asociaron recientemente para estudiar las experiencias de los monitores del Censo de Aves Acuáticas del Caribe (abreviación en …
To date, little is known about the extent and management of human disturbance to shorebirds in the Caribbean. Thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, BirdsCaribbean and Virginia Tech recently partnered to survey Caribbean Waterbird Census (CWC) monitors’ experiences with disturbance at the wetland sites they monitor. CWC monitors first provided feedback via a focus group to share …
RECOMMENDED CITATION Mengak, L., A.A. Dayer, R. Longenecker, and C.S. Spiegel. 2019. Guidance and Best Practices for Evaluating and Managing Human Disturbances to Migrating Shorebirds on Coastal Lands in the Northeastern United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Managers recognize human disturbance as a serious threat facing shorebirds throughout their annual cycle. Yet, most of the current research and management …
The iconic maps depicting shorebird abundance in the Atlas of the Nearctic Shorebirds on the Coast of South America of Morrison & Ross (1989) cannot be clearer: the Surinamese coastline is of key importance to wintering populations of shorebirds. The vast tidal mudflats and extensive mangroves of Suriname are considered one of the most important wintering areas along the Atlantic …
Story By: Salvadora Morales, David Mizrahi & Jason Mobley Synchrony: Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs In late February and March in Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua, and across all wintering sites, Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) and other long-distance migratory shorebirds prepare for their spring migration. They will undertake flights of several thousand kilometers to reach end routes staging sites and then their Arctic …
Wadvogels zijn te vinden in bijna elk type habitat op het westelijk halfrond. Deze leefgebieden zijn de afgelopen eeuw ingrijpend veranderd. Habitatverlies in combinatie met de vele obstakels gedurende hun levenscyclus heeft geleid tot een aanzienlijke achteruitgang van wadvogels in Noord en Zuid Amerika. Gelukkig, dankzij jou en je geweldige partners, genieten wadvogels behoud en bescherming, en worden lokale gemeenschappen …
As aves limícolas podem ser encontradas em quase todos os habitats do hemisfério ocidental e vários desses habitats foram alterados drasticamente no século passado. A perda de habitat combinada com os obstáculos enfrentados ao longo de seu ciclo de vida resultaram em declínios significativos no número de aves limícolas nas Américas. Felizmente, as aves limícolas têm você e todos os …
Les oiseaux de rivage sont retrouvés dans presque tous les habitats de l’hémisphère occidental. Ces habitats ont été considérablement modifiés au cours du siècle dernier. La perte d’habitat combinée à bien des obstacles à travers tout leur cycle de vie a entraîné un déclin important des oiseaux de rivage dans les Amériques. Heureusement, les oiseaux de rivage peuvent compter sur …
Las aves playeras se pueden encontrar en casi todos los hábitats del hemisferio occidental. Estos hábitats se han alterado drásticamente en el último siglo. La pérdida de hábitat combinada con tantos obstáculos a lo largo de su ciclo de vida ha provocado una disminución significativa en las aves playeras de las Américas. Afortunadamente, las aves playeras lo tienen a usted …
Shorebirds can be found in nearly every habitat across the Western Hemisphere. These habitats have been altered dramatically in the last century. Habitat loss combined with so many obstacles throughout their life-cycle has resulted in significant declines to shorebirds in the Americas. Thankfully, shorebirds have you and all of your amazing partners helping to conserve and protect them as well …
May 11, 2021 The Wetlands Institute Beach Steward Program Presenter: Brittany Morey- Research Associate at The Wetlands Institute The Wetlands Institute Beach Steward Program plays an important role in reducing disturbances to beach-nesting birds and migratory shorebirds while providing education and outreach to beachgoers. Stewarding experiences on southern New Jersey beaches will be shared as well as details about how …
March 30, 2021 DESCRIPTION: Third in a series of three webinars hosted by the AFSI Predation Management Subteam that aims to advance further coordinated actions on predation management topics identified as needing more attention by those who study and conserve shorebirds. This webinar focuses on: Reviewing existing materials via AFSI Guidance & BPs (especially BP 6, pp 52-56) and other …
February 16, 2021 DESCRIPTION: Second in a series of three webinars hosted by the AFSI Predation Management Subteam that aims to advance further coordinated actions on predation management topics identified as needing more attention by those who study and conserve shorebirds. This webinar focuses on: reviewing materials from the AFSI Guidance and Best Practices and other sources on development and …
January 19, 2021 DESCRIPTION: First in a series of three webinars hosted by the AFSI Predation Management Subteam that aims to advance further coordinated actions on predation management topics identified as needing more attention by those who study and conserve shorebirds. This webinar, co-hosted by the Atlantic Flyway Council Shorebird Committee Predation Group, focuses on: reviewing materials from the AFSI …
At the August meeting of the U.S. Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI), Brad Andres received the 2020 Individual Gary T. Myers Bird Conservation Award. Gary Myers was a long-time director of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and a recognized champion of bird conservation that inspired a generation of conservationists. The purpose of the award is to …
By Salvadora Morales, Conservation Specialist, WHSRN It is 12:40 am on Tuesday 3 November 2020. A category 4 hurricane is whipping the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua where my family live. While I am writing, I am checking in with my parents constantly to hear news.. The models predict that Hurricane Eta will hit Wawa Bar, the beach where 18 years …
Argentina is located at the southern tip of the three principal migration flyways that exist in the Americas: the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Midcontinent. The country is both a breeding and non-breeding area for numerous species with mirror migration patterns. On the one hand there are species that reproduce in the south of the country during the austral spring …
Argentina se encuentra en el extremo sur de los tres principales corredores o rutas migratorias existentes en América; Atlántico, Pacífico y Mid-continental, siendo territorio de reproducción y descanso no reproductivo de especies migratorias con cronologías opuestas. Por un lado, se encuentran las especies que reproducen en el sur del país durante la primavera y el verano austral y que luego …
