new and/or recent research on aerial insectivore ecology

There is much concern about the status of many aerial insectivore bird species.  

Here are several recent papers/reports on aerial insectivore (and related) research:

Stable Isotopes from Museum Specimens May Provide Evidence of Long-Term Change in the Trophic Ecology of a Migratory Aerial Insectivore

 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00014/full

 A Warmer Midwest Could Lead to a Common Bird Being Less Common Over the Next Century

 https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/news/release/flycatchers-climate

 The grand challenges of migration ecology that radar aeroecology can help answer

 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.04083

 Climate Change and Insectivore Ecology

 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9780470015902.a0028030

Learn the latest on RUSTY BLACKBIRD

Rusty Blackbird photo by Joel Trick

Find out more about this declining species, and what is being learned:

 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724329/131889624

International Rusty Blackbird Working Group:
 
http://rustyblackbird.org/species-information/conservation-issues/

Current research:

 http://rustyblackbird.org/research/projects/

Report your sightings:

 http://rustyblackbird.org/outreach/report-sightings/

 

 Rusty Blackbird Blitz report:

 http://rustyblackbird.org/outreach/migration-blitz/