Planet of Birds

White-faced Whitestart (Myioborus albifacies) Science Article 2 abstract The hypothesis that Blackpoll Warblers (Dendroica striata) make transoceanicflights in autumn from the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada to South Americahas been proposed or supported in more than 25 papers by many authors, using manytechniques.M urray (1989; unpubl.) has criticized this hypothesis, but cited only a few […]

White-faced Whitestart (Myioborus albifacies) Science Article 3 abstract From 1980 to 1982, 8-30% of male Blackpoll Warblers (Dendroics atriata) studied on Kent Island, New Brunswick, were bigamous each year (2 = 16.8%). I tested whether differences in the quality of the breeding situation can give rise to polygynous matings. Five territory parameters and two male […]

White-faced Whitestart (Myioborus albifacies) Science Article 1 abstract We used mist-netting, color-banding, resighting, and behavioral observations to study the autumn stopoverecology of migrating Blackpoll Warblers (Dendroica striata) in coastal thorn scrub forest in the area of Cabo Rojo,Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic. Blackpoll Warblers were the most abundant migrant present in this habitatthroughout most of October […]

White-faced Whitestart (Myioborus albifacies) Science Article 4 abstract Bicknell’s Thrush (BITH) and Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroicastriata; BLPW) were selected as focal study species because: 1) Bicknell’s Thrush is restricted to montaneforests and Blackpoll Warbler is a near-obligate resident of this habitat in the Northeast Kent P. McFarland, Christopher C. Rimmer and James E. Goetz, Vermont Monitoring […]