Planet of Birds

Swainsons Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Science Article 1 abstract We estimated annual rates of survival for juvenile and adult Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) using capture-recapture analyses from 22 years of mist-netting data in coastal California (n = 2,651 individual captures). Our apparent survival estimate was 56% for adults and 25% for juveniles. We are the first […]

Swainsons Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Science Article 4 abstract Part of the documentation for an ‘out-of-season’ bird may be its being banded by a reputable bander. Since banding data often contribute to patterns of change in bird distribution, it might be advantageous to leave unverified records in the Bird Banding Laboratory’s database with a code indicating […]

Swainsons Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Science Article 3 abstract We analyzed the population dynamics of Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulutus) breeding at the Palomarin Field Station of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory using 15 yearsbreeding at the Palomarin Field Station of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory using 15 years (1980-1994) of long-term, standardized mist-net data. The capture […]

Swainsons Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Science Article 5 abstract Low pressure waves that contributed to the formation of Hurricane Wilma in the westernCaribbean produced westerly winds in the central Caribbean and Puerto Rico during the second week of October, 2005. On October 12 and for the following two weeks Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus, six locations) and […]

Swainsons Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) Science Article 2 abstract I evaluated the hypothesis that fruit availability significantly influences stopoverhabitat quality for fall migrating Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) in coastalnorthern California. I analyzed plasma metabolites (triglycerides,