News

Tiny blackpoll warblers have the longest migratory route of any New World warbler, making a nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean each fall from New England to northern South America each year ...
Travel record The blackpoll warbler accomplishes a mighty big feat for such a little bird. Scientists have documented how Setophaga striata, which weighs just 12 grams, completes an arduous ...
Blackpoll warbler fitted with a miniaturized light-sensing geolocator on its back that enabled researchers to track their exact migration routes from eastern Canada and New England south toward ...
Warbler migration is especially fun in the spring, since these little birds are all wearing their best breeding colors. This time of year, a little extra effort can yield wonderful results.
The researchers noted that 586 migrating blackpoll warblers died in one day in Florida, after striking a lighted tower there. As for the blackpoll warbler I saw in South Fairbanks, I wished him a ...
Researchers recently published a description of their blackpoll work, "Transoceanic migration by a 12 g. songbird," a prosaic title for a study that's creating quite a buzz.
Migratory birds’ adaptations affect their guts, plumage, and even brainsYou may struggle with a long commute, but it can’t be as bad as the blackpoll warbler’s. ALSO SEE: Life on the Wing ...
And what the data and just those staggering numbers — 1,900 birds in just the fall migration — tells you is just the importance of Bill Baggs being located there,” Ferreira said.