Volume 17, Issue 2

Research Paper

• Age-specific effects on reproductive performance of grassland songbirds nesting in agricultural habitats PDF

  Olivia M. Scott, Noah G. Perlut, Allan M. Strong

• The Great Lakes shape nocturnal bird migration in southern Ontario PDF

  Charles M. Francis, Junior A. Tremblay

• Do lighting conditions influence bird–window collisions? PDF

  Lauren C. Emerson, Robin G. Thady, John P. Swaddle

• Trends in bird counts 1978–2020 in a New Zealand Nothofagus forest with variable control of mammalian predators PDF

  Laureline Rossignaud, Dave Kelly, Eric B. Spurr, David J. Flaspohler, Robert B. Allen, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff

• Spring migration and breeding distribution of female Ring-necked Ducks wintering in the southern Atlantic Flyway PDF

  Tori D. Mezebish, Glenn H. Olsen, Michele Goodman, Frank Rohwer, Mark D. McConnell

• Effects of human land use on avian functional and taxonomic diversity within the upland coastal zone of the North American Great Lakes PDF

  Annie M. Bracey, Katya E. Kovalenko, Gerald Niemi, Robert W. Howe, Alexis R. Grinde

• Migratory connectivity and variation in migration phenology within the Pacific population of Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) PDF

  Tesia M. Forstner, W. Sean Boyd, Daniel Esler, Timothy D. Bowman, Jason L. Schamber, Malcolm McAdie, Jonathan E. Thompson, David J. Green

• Effects of spring weather on laying dates, clutch size, and nest survival of ground-nesting passerines in abandoned fields PDF

  Viktoria Grudinskaya, Stanislav Samsonov, Elena Galkina, Alexander Grabovsky, Tatiana Makarova, Tatiana Vaytina, Svetlana Fedotova, Dmitry Shitikov

• Mitigating avian collisions with power lines through illumination with ultraviolet light PDF

  Amanda M. Hegg, James F. Dwyer, William E. Taddicken, Catherine A. Worley, Amanda H. Medaries, Cody G. Wagner, Phoebe G. Dunbar, Nicole D. Mittman

• Identifying spatial drivers of long-term population growth in three large gull species: the importance of mink farms and urban areas PDF

  Josu Meléndez-Arteaga, Thomas Bregnballe, Morten Frederiksen

• Long-term assessment of birds’ extirpation from a tropical agroecosystem PDF

  Raul E. Sedano-Cruz, Kimberly C. Navarro-Velez

• Bioacoustically derived migration arrival times in boreal birds: implications for assessing habitat quality PDF

  John J. Johnson, Erin Bayne

• Spatiotemporal patterns in Golden-cheeked Warbler breeding habitat quantity and suitability PDF

  Lindsay Dreiss, Paul Sanchez-Navarro, Bryan Bird

• Factors affecting the breeding ecology of the globally threatened Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) in agricultural landscapes of Nepal PDF

  Hem B. Katuwal, K. S. Gopi Sundar, Mingxia Zhang, Bhagawat Rimal, Hem S. Baral, Hari P. Sharma, Prashant Ghimire, Alice C. Hughes, Rui-Chang Quan

• Estimated number of birds killed by domestic cats in Colombia PDF

  Raul E. Sedano-Cruz

• Habitat selection and site fidelity on winter home ranges of Eastern Whip-poor-wills (Antrostomus vociferus) PDF

  Marja H. Bakermans, Joshua M. Driscoll, Andrew C. Vitz

• In the twilight zone: patterns in Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) acoustic signals during the breeding season and recommendations for surveys PDF

  Kevin C. Hannah, Lionel F. V. Leston, Elly C. Knight, Russ Weeber

• Functional habitat suitability and urban encroachment explain temporal and spatial variations in abundance of a declining farmland bird, the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax PDF

  Beatriz Arroyo, Alba Estrada, Fabián Casas, Laura Cardador, Miquel De Cáceres, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Lluis Brotons, Francois Mougeot

• Wetland use by Greater White-fronted Geese and spatial overlap with waterfowl conservation priority areas in Mexico PDF

  Jay A. VonBank, Joshua P. Vasquez, Jason P. Loghry, Kevin J. Kraai, Lei Cao, Bart M. Ballard

• Weather and climate change drive annual variation of reproduction by an aerial insectivore PDF

  Michael T. Murphy, Lucas J. Redmond, Amy C. Dolan, Nathan W. Cooper, Karen Shepherdson, Christopher M. Chutter, Sarah Cancellieri

• Population density estimates and key microhabitat parameters for two endangered tropical forest understory insectivorous passerines from the Pernambuco Endemism Center PDF

  Luiza Carvalho Prado, Thiago da Costa Dias, Lahert William Lobo de Araújo, Luís Fábio Silveira, Mercival Roberto Francisco

• Influence of in situ oilsands development on occurrence of an avian peatland generalist and specialist PDF

  Thea M. Carpenter, C. Lisa Mahon, Erin Bayne, J. L. Keim, Scott E. Nielsen

• Comparing waterfowl densities detected through helicopter and airplane sea duck surveys in Labrador, Canada PDF

  Amelia R. Cox, Scott G. Gilliland, Eric T. Reed, Christian Roy

• Environmental drivers of sex-biased foraging behavior in Magnificent Frigatebird in Baja California Sur, Mexico PDF

  Giulia Giambalvo, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Cecilia Soldatini, Martha Patricia Rosas Hernandez, Niels C. Rattenborg

• Canada Warbler response to vegetation structure on regenerating seismic lines PDF

  Jocelyn M. Gregoire, Richard W. Hedley, Erin M. Bayne

• Predicting at-sea distribution of Razorbill in the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary, Québec, Canada during the breeding period using GPS telemetry PDF

  Raphael A. Lavoie, Mathieu Tetreault, Francois Bolduc, Gabriel Bergeron, David J. Lieske

• Survival of translocated Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse: recognizing trends in post-release mortality to improve reintroductions PDF

  Steven Roy Mathews, Peter S. Coates, Brian G. Prochazka, Shawn P. Espinosa, David J. Delehanty

• Hydrology management influences nest survival but not clutch size in Lesser Scaup PDF

  Kelsey L. Navarre, Jeffrey M. Warren, David N. Koons

• Nest box placement influences occupancy by Yellow-headed (Amazona oratrix) and White-fronted (Amazona albifrons) Parrots in the pine savannas of Belize PDF

  Fabio L. Tarazona-Tubens, Fitsum Abadi, Charles R. Britt, Mario Muschamp, Martha J. Desmond

• Exposure of Whimbrels to offshore wind leases during departure from and arrival to a major mid-Atlantic staging site PDF

  Bryan D. Watts, Chance Hines, Laura Duval, Alexandra L. Wilke

• Habitat use of conifer forests for Interior Band-tailed Pigeons is mediated by precipitation PDF

  Beth E. Ross, Daniel P. Collins, Matthew A. Boggie, Christopher Coxen, Scott Carleton, Gavin M. Jones

• Home-range habitat selection by Ferruginous Hawks in western Canada: implications for wind-energy conflicts PDF

  Troy I. Wellicome, Lionel F. V. Leston, Erin M. Bayne

• Home range patterns of Helmeted Woodpecker (Celeus galeatus), Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus), and Robust Woodpecker (Campephilus robustus) in Misiones, Argentina, in a global perspective PDF

  Martjan Lammertink, Juan Manuel Fernández

• Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA PDF

  Andrew J. Caven, Roger Grosse, Matt Rabbe, Dana M. Varner, Ted LaGrange

• Snag density and stand age, but not stand size, explain occupancy and reproduction of an imperiled cavity nester in early successional forest PDF

  Meghan A. Beatty, Karl E. Miller, Robert J. Fletcher, Jr.

• Stairway to extinction? Influence of anthropogenic climate change on distribution patterns of montane Strigiformes in Mesoamerica PDF

  Reinhard E. Matadamas, Paula L. Enríquez, Lázaro Guevara, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

• Dynamics of pre-breeding nutrient reserves in subarctic staging Lesser Snow Geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) and Ross’s Geese (Anser rossii): implications for reproduction PDF

  Frank B. Baldwin, Ray T. Alisauskas, James O. Leafloor

• Using tracking technology to locate endangered ʻuaʻu or Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) burrows PDF

  Andre F. Raine, Alex X. Wang, Bret N. Mossman

• Estimation of the reference lead (Pb) concentration levels affecting immune cells in the blood of Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Laridae) PDF

  Nana Ushine, Osamu Kurata, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Shouta M.M Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka, Takuya Kato, Shin-Ichi Hayama

• A comparison of historical and contemporary reproductive traits in a declining population of Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) PDF

  Louise K. Blight, William O'Shea, Gregory T. W. McClelland

• Imperiled sparrows can exhibit high nest survival despite atypical nest site selection in urban saltmarshes PDF

  Alison R. Kocek, Chris S. Elphick, Thomas P. Hodgman, Adrienne I. Kovach, Brian J. Olsen, Katharine J. Ruskin, W. Gregory Shriver, Jonathan B. Cohen

• Fall bird migration in western North America during a period of heightened wildfire activity PDF

  Kyle D. Kittelberger, Megan K. Miller, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu

• Drought disrupts year-round breeding readiness in a tropical songbird PDF

  Jordan Boersma, Erik D. Enbody, Jordan Karubian, Heather E. Watts, Hubert Schwabl

• Arthropod prey and diets of woodland migrants are similar between natural riparian woodlands and anthropogenic woodlots in the northern prairie region PDF

  Ming Liu, Patrick G. Kinnicutt, David L. Swanson

• Migrants employ mixed strategies to route across the Great Lakes basin PDF

  Michael T. Wells, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Kevin W. Heist, Nathan A. Rathbun

• Long-term monitoring of breeding successes of Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) and Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) using artificial nest boxes in Budo-Su-Ngai Padi National Park, Thailand PDF

  Chakorn Pasuwan, Preeda Thiensongrusamee, Nureehan Da-U- Re, Sukanya Chaisuriyanun, Siriwan Nakkuntod, Pilai Poonswad, Samuding Hayeburaheng