Sentences with phrase «how migratory birds»

The arctic summer range is also forecast to contract, raising questions about how this migratory bird will adjust to the disruption in both seasons.

Not exact matches

And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a few years ago in its fourth assessment in 2007, said to the Europeans — but it could have been to the Americans for that matter in a different context — Europeans if you care for your songbirds, as Europeans really do, look to Africa and how African habitats are doing: 84 percent of the migratory birds in the world are vulnerable to climate change.

Scientists aren't sure how such compass directions appear in the eyes of migratory birds, but team member Dominik Heyers has a guess.

Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo - Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and how improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba will help his field

One of the interesting things to study, we know Central Park is important for migratory birds and we know that they depend upon the food resources that are here, but no one has ever really done a systematic survey of what actually they are feeding on, like we have never done a canopy study of all the invertebrates up in the trees to see what's coming out when and what is the predominant part of the diet of different birds and sort of quantifying; but what they have done — people have done — with shore birds and sort of gauging, weighing them, you know, catching them, weighing them, seeing how much weight they gain over time while they are rather resting and feeding before they depart on their northern trip.

Weimerskirch said the researchers will now study «the learning phase of young frigate birds, how they learn to use these extreme conditions... Also we will test whether living in different oceanic conditions — Galapagos, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean — results in different migratory and dispersal strategies.»

The epic seasonal voyages of migratory birds have long confounded scientists — now satellite tracking technology is revealing precisely how they do it

Why do migratory birds undertake these journeys, and how do they find their way from one location to the next?

Starting with: How in the hell was Nico Dauphine hired by the Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center in the first place?

While frequent flyer miles and travel rewards can both be effective ways to pay for your much - needed getaway, unless you're in the air more than a migratory bird, it can feel like forever to collect the points you need.That said, saving in the skies can be as simple as saving in the grocery aisles if you know how to properly stack your points and miles.

This series explores the migratory flight patterns of birds and how they may be affected by climate change.

The annual Harney County Migratory Bird Festival is an example of how the local community, the Refuge, and many other partners work together to highlight the result of their collaborative conservation efforts and bring tourism dollars into the county.

The wide range depends on the extent of climate and how much habitat is lost, but researchers say the most likely range of extinctions is between 600 and 900 species, meaning about 10 - 14 percent of tropical birds, excluding migratory species.

Wind turbine companies, officers and employees, however, are immune from prosecution, fines or imprisonment, regardless of how many rare, threatened, endangered or migratory birds and bats they kill.

From the article:... «It goes against my deepest notions of how fast ecosystem recovery can possibly happen,» Christopher Tonra, a research fellow with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C., told the Seattle Times.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate is a very child friendly, easy - to - read book that helps readers better understand the climate crisis by giving solid evidence, such as bird migratory patterns and the melting icecaps, to explain what is happening.