documenting female bird songs

There is an effort underway to document female bird song. Karan Odum and Lauryn Benedict, in The Auk - Ornithological Advances, make this call to researchers. Read this paper and learn more about this emerging field of study:  http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-17-183.1

women in bird conservation across the world

BirdLife's news:

"We interview the amazing women leading BirdLife’s work across the world"

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/women-of-birdlife

research news on Golden-winged Warbler

Read a paper that provides background on the Golden-winged Warbler here: 

STATUS AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES OF GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (VERMIVORA CHRYSOPTERA) IN NORTH AMERICA

http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124%5B1439:SACPOG%5D2.0.CO%3B2

then, some recent research news, here: 
  
The Mystery of the Golden-winged Warbler's Decline Starts to Unravel

http://www.audubon.org/news/the-mystery-golden-winged-warblers-decline-starts-unravel

Ph by Andy Reago and Chrissy McLarren

September 6-8th Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative conference

Go to this link to learn more about the September 6-8th Wisconsin Bird
Conservation Initiative conference: http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/

Learn about swallows, swifts, and nightjars:
* Recent research and monitoring updates
* Declining populations of common insectivore species
* Conservation actions
* Bird City Wisconsin - what communities can do

And more, including field trips!

next new species for the Wisconsin state list?

Keep your "eyes peeled", in flocks of geese this spring, for a Pink-footed Goose. Increasingly found as a vagrant in eastern North America, here are some key points to identifying this species.

 https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/pink-footed-goose

 http://blog.aba.org/2012/11/abarare-pink-footed-geese-maine-pennsylvania-and-newfoundland.html

(Remember to look carefully among white-fronted geese; it is similar).

spring migration maps 2018 (plus)

Take a look at Journey North's set of rapidly-changing maps and sightings for several bird species - plus many other seasonal phenomena, including sap flow, ice out, and monarchs: https://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/

Get ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count!

"Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Now, more than 160,000 people of all ages and walks of life worldwide join the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds."

This year's event will be February 16-19.

Learn how to get started at http://gbbc.birdcount.org/get-started/


Read the results from last year's count, at http://gbbc.birdcount.org/2017-gbbc-summary/