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Monitoring Birds and Coordinating People

Bird Conservancy runs many scientific, educational, and outreach programs that promote birds and their habitats and inspire people’s love of nature, and we are proud...

Motus Wildlife Tracking Road Trip! A Year in Review

Bird Conservancy and our partners spent much of 2021 implementing the first phase of a network of bird tracking stations across the Great Plains. It's...

The Black Swift Monitoring Network

Species monitoring is a vital tool for conservation biology. Monitoring provides baseline information that is required for effective design and evaluation of conservation policies and...

Return of the Aplomado Falcon?

The Chihuahuan Desert population of Northern Aplomado Falcon shrunk dramatically a century ago and was lost from the southwestern U.S. A tiny population survived in...

Beetles and Birds

Recent extensive bark beetle outbreaks have raised concerns about the health of western conifer forests and their capacity to support wildlife species. These tiny bugs...

Using Technology to Track Grassland Bird Migration

Little is known about grassland birds during migration. Automated radio telemetry through the Motus Wildlife Tracking System can help us understand bird movement during this...

Grassland Birds of the Trans-Pecos

Grassland bird populations are declining and the majority of species are understudied on their wintering grounds. In the winter of 2020, we implemented a regional...

Sweet song of the Prairie Skylark

The Sprague’s Pipit is a charismatic songbird of North American grasslands. If you’ve ever wandered the Northern Great Plains in summer, you’ve probably heard their...

The Cacti have Eyes!

The deserts and canyons of the American Southwest are home to an array of unusual and captivating wildlife. Among these amazing animals is a species...

Birds in Crisis

Since 1970, less than a single lifetime, North America has lost more than one in four of its birds, according to a report in the...

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