Sentences with phrase «stopover sites»

Sea - level rise associated with global warming could eliminate important migratory stopover sites for this species and other shorebirds, such as the Ruddy Turnstone and Semipalmated Sandpiper.

A recent study by David Mizrahi of New Jersey Audubon and Jeff Buler of the University of Delaware, revealed that the Great Cypress Swamp is one of the two most important stopover sites in Delaware for neotropical migratory songbirds during the spring and fall migrations.

In The Narrow Edge, Deborah Cramer travels the migration route of the American rufa knot, revealing the factors that threaten the knot's coastal stopover sites.

Archibald, Buler, and their colleagues further investigate this distributional pattern by analyzing the interaction between spring migratory flight behavior and the migrant exodus at nearshore stopover sites using NEXRAD radar,» according to The Nature Conservancy's Dave Ewert.

Snells Beach near Warkworth Free stopover site for self - contained campers Right by the waters edge Water is warm and very clear — shall be venturing in further tomorrow but arrived in time for a moonlight paddle.

Risk may be greatest during take - off and landing where wind facilities abut stopover sites.

Team member Kristina Paxton of the University of Hawaii, Hilo, spent 2 months catching warblers in 2008 and again in 2009 as they passed through a stopover site on the Lower Colorado River in Arizona.

These stopover sites throughout the Americas are of vital importance to the survival of migratory birds — on an individual level as well as for entire populations of species.

Migratory birds rely on their wintering and breeding grounds for suitable habitat and food sources, but during their travels they must have access to stopover sites to refuel.