Birds

Migratory birds, endangered and threatened birds, and diseases and environmental conditions that effect avian health are current USGS research concerns. Listed below are USGS research efforts that involve avian species.

• Waterfowl and Shorebirds
• Landbirds
• Migratory Birds/Radar Technology
• Avian Health
• General Bird Research
  

Waterfowl and Shorebirds

• Abundance and Distribution of Plant Foods Used by Migratory Waterfowl on Selected Pools of the Upper Mississippi River (UMESC)

• Bibliographic Database of North American Waterfowl (Anatidae) and Their Wetland Habitats - DUCKDATA

• Common Loon Migration Study (UMESC)
  
  
• Effects of Global Climate Change on Shorebird Migration (FORT)
  
  
• Forecasting the Effects of Agricultural Practices on Prairie Wetlands: Implications for the Conservation of Migratory Shorebirds (FORT)

• Stable Carbon Isotopic Composition of Redheads on their Breeding and Wintering Ranges (CERC)

• Godwits on the Go: Using Satellite Technology to Track Migrating Marbled Godwits (FORT) (also related to Imperiled Species, Radar Ecology)

• Implanted Satellite Transmitters to Identify Common Loon Migration Routes, Staging Areas, and Wintering Range (UMESC)

• Laysan Duck Research (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Method Development for Determining Causes, Timing, and Magnitude of Mortality of Common Loon Chicks in Northern Wisconsin (UMESC) (also related to Wildlife Health, Radar Ecology)

• Migration of Surf Scoters Along the Pacific Coast (WERC)

• Molecular population genetic structure in the Piping Plover: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS Open-File Report 2009-1032)
  
  
• Native Birds of the Hawaiian Islands (PIERC) (also related to Birds)

• Satellite Tracking Migratory Waterfowl (WERC)

• Seabird Research Projects in Alaska (ASC)

• Sea Duck Research, Atlantic Seaduck Project (PWRC)

• Translocation of Endangered Laysan Ducks to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Fact Sheet. Download the File. (2475 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Waterfowl Birds of Central Ecosystems: Accounts, Descriptions, Software products, and Other Resources from the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC)
  
  
  

Landbirds                                                                       back to top

• Abundance, Diversity, and Productivity of Songbirds Nesting in Upland and Floodplain Forests of the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMESC)

• Bird Use of and Productivity in Reed Canary Grass Dominating Wet Meadows (UMESC)

• Burrowing Owl Winter Ecology and the Use of Artificial Burrows in South Texas (CERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Community Characteristics of Breeding Passerine Birds in Relation to Riverine Habitats on Selected Reaches of the Upper Mississippi River (UMESC)

• Conservation of Sagebrush Ecosystems and Wildlife (FORT)
  
  
• DOI on the Landscape, Sagebrush Ecosystems: Landscape-Scale Modeling to Address Management Priorities for Sagebrush Habitats and Sagebrush-Obligate Wildlife Species (FORT)
  
  
• Developing Techniques for Palila Restoration (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Ecology of Sage Grouse in Mono County, California (WERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Feral Pigs, Introduced Mosquitoes, and the Decline of Hawaii's Native Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (756 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species, Invertebrates, Mammals: Small Species, Wildlife Health)

• GIS Database for Sage Grouse and Shrubsteppe Management in the Intermountain West (FRESC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Grassland Birds of the Texas Coastal Prairies (CERC)

• Gunnison Sage-Grouse - A Bird Of A Different Feather: DNA Research Reveals New, Yet Familiar Species (FORT)

• Hawaiian Forest Birds, Hakalau Forest Birds Project (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Injured Whooping Crane Recovering at USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (USGS)
  
  
• Native Birds of the Hawaiian Islands (PIERC) (also related to Birds)

• Non-waterfowl Birds of Central Ecosystems: Accounts, Descriptions, Software Products, and Other Resources from the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC)

• Palila Restoration: Lessons From Long-term Research. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (1075 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Patuxent Whooping Crane Information and Resources (PWRC)

• Radar Ecology to Study Migratory Songbirds Along Louisiana and Texas Coasts (NWRC) (also related to Radar Ecology)

• Response of Birds to Thinning Young Douglas-fir Forests. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (600 KB, PDF) (FRESC)

• Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (SBSC) (also related to Imperiled Species)
  
  
• Story of Georgia's Painted Buntings: Bird Without an Equal (PWRC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

• Whooping Cranes: Photos, Facts, and General Information (PWRC) (also related to Imperiled Species)

Migratory Birds/Radar Technology

• Advancing Migratory Bird Conservation and Management by Using Radar: An Interagency Collaboration. USGS Open-File Report in Collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Download the File. (1226 KB, PDF) (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology)
  
  
• Applying Radar Technology to Migratory Bird Conservation and Management: Strengthening and Expanding a Collaborative (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology)

• Bird Migration Patterns in the Arid Southwest Using Doppler Radar (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology)

• Management and Research Applications of Long-Range Surveillance Radar Data for Birds, Bats, and Flying Insects (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology) 

• Migratory Bird Research at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC)

• Using Radar to Advance Migratory Bird Management (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology)

• Using Radar to Advance Migratory Bird Management: An Interagency Collaboration. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (229 KB, PDF) (FORT) (also related to Radar Ecology) 

Avian Health                                                                     back to top

• Assessment of Virus Movement Across Continents: Using
  Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a Test (ASC) (also related to Wildlife Health)
  
  
• Avian Botulism (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Avian Cholera (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Avian Influenza (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Avian Pox (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawaii: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems (PIERC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Duck Plague (Duck Virus Enteritis) (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Ecology and Diagnosis of Introduced Avian Malaria in Hawaiian Forest Birds. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (1137 KB, PDF) (PIERC) (also related to Invertebrates, Wildlife Health)

• Lead Poisoning in Migratory Birds (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Mercury Exposure as a Factor in Common Loon Productivity (UMESC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• Method Development for Determining Causes, Timing, and Magnitude of Mortality of Common Loon Chicks in Northern Wisconsin (UMESC) (also related to Radar Ecology, Wildlife Health)

• Native Birds of the Hawaiian Islands (PIERC) (also related to Birds)

• Salmonellosis (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)

• West Nile Virus (NWHC) (also related to Amphibians and Reptiles, Invertebrates, Mammals: Large Species, Mammals: Small Species, Wildlife Health)

• Vulture Die-offs in Pakistan (NWHC) (also related to Wildlife Health)
  
  
  

General Bird Research                                             back to top

• Conservation Genetics in the U.S. Geological Survey. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (922 KB, PDF) (applies to all science centers, although the document is from FRESC)  (also related to Genetics, Mammals: Large Species, Imperiled Species, Wildlife Health)