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Food Availability, Foraging Behavior, and Diet of Autumn Migrant Landbirds in the Boise Foothills of Southwestern Idaho (with Karen L. Olmstead, Casey H. Richart, and David L. Swanson), The Condor (2012)
Food availability and acquisition are critical components of a stopover site's suitability, but we know...
Morphometric Variation in Flammulated Owls Captured During Autumn Migration in the Western United States (with Jeff P. Smith, John P. DeLong, Lynda L. Leppert, Sarah L. Stock, and Gregory S. Kaltenecker), Journal of Raptor Research (2012)
Knowledge of the migration geography of Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) is limited. We combined data...
How Safe is Mist Netting? Evaluating the Risk of Injury and Mortality to Birds (with Erica N. Spotswood, Kari Roesch Goodman, Renée L. Cormier, Diana L. Humple, Josée Rousseau, Susan L. Guers, and Gina G. Barton), Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2012)
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1. The capture of birds using mist nets is a widely utilized technique for...
Effects of Regional Cold Fronts and Localized Weather Phenomena on Autumn Migration of Raptors and Landbirds in Southwest Idaho (with Robert A. Miller and Gregory S. Kaltenecker), Condor (2011)
Weather has a significant effect on avian migration, but whether the influence is similar across...
Idaho Bird Observatory: Research, Education, Conservation - 24/7, Birding (2010)
The Idaho Bird Observatory’s Lucky Peak bird monitoring station atop the foothills overlooking Boise is...
Landbird Migration in the American West: Recent Progress and Future Research Directions (with Susan K. Skagen, Barbara E. Kus, Charles van Riper III, Kristina L. Paxton, and Jeff F. Kelly), Condor (2009)
Our knowledge of avian behaviors during the non-breeding period still lags behind that of the...
Status of the Broad-Winged and Red-Shouldered Hawks During Fall Migration in Southwestern Idaho, 1995-2006 (with Gregory S. Kaltenecker and Ryan S. Brady), Western Birds (2007)
Twelve years of counting raptors during fall migration near Boise, Idaho, yielded 214 Broad-winged and...
Autumn Landbird Communities in the Boise Foothills and Owyhee Mountains of Southwestern Idaho (with Charles H. Trost, Sarah L. Stock, and Gregory S. Kaltenecker), Western Birds (2006)
Identifying important stopover areas is a critical step in conservation and management of migratory birds,...
Comparative Ecology of the Flammulated Owl and Northern Saw-Whet Owl During Fall Migration (with Sarah L. Stock, Patricia J. Heglund, Gregory S. Kaltenecker, and Lynda Leppert), Journal of Raptor Research (2006)
We compared the migration ecology of two owl species that exhibit different migration strategies: the...
Relative Efficiency of Fecal Versus Regurgitated Samples for Assessing Diet and the Deleterious Effects of a Tartar Emetic on Migratory Birds (with Rebecca L. Holberton), Journal of Field Ornithology (2006)
We describe the deleterious effects of using an antimony potassium tartrate emetic to obtain diet...
Species Richness and Nesting Success of Migrant Forest Birds in Natural River Corridors and Anthropogenic Woodlands in Southeastern South Dakota (with Dale J. Gentry and David L. Swanson), Condor (2006)
Forest fragmentation is thought to be partially responsible for declines in many Neotropical migrant birds...
Molt Strategies and Age Differences in Migration Timing Among Autumn Landbird Migrants in Southwestern Idaho (with Gregory S. Kaltenecker and David L. Swanson), Auk (2005)
Intraspecific patterns of autumn migration timing are not well known, particularly in the western United...
Stopover Ecology of Autumn Landbird Migrants in the Boise Foothills of Southwestern Idaho (with Gregory S. Kaltenecker and David L. Swanson), Condor (2005)
The topography of western North America provides a complex landscape for landbird migrants, and stopover...
Towards the Establishment of Landbird Migration Monitoring Networks in the United States (with C. John Ralph), USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-191 (2005)
Migration monitoring of landbirds, in its various forms, is a well-established research endeavor across much...
Habitat Associations, Relative Abundance, and Species Richness of Autumn Landbird Migrants in Southwestern Idaho (with Sarah L. Stock, Gregory S. Kaltenecker, and David L. Swanson), Condor (2004)
We used count surveys and mist-net captures to compare habitat associations, relative abundance, species richness,...
Breeding Bird Inventory of Spirit Mound Historic Prairie in Clay County - An Area Being Restored to Tallgrass Prairie (with H. S. Hoff and P. M. Mabee), South Dakota Bird Notes (2004)
Considering the Potential Importance of Western Montane Habitats During Autumn Landbird Migration, Migration Stopover Ecology of Western Avian Populations: A Southwestern Migration Workshop (2004)
The topographic and climatic gradients of western ecosystems make for a unique laboratory in which...