DOCSLIB.ORG

Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-List of North American Birds Author(S): R

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Fifty-Eighth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-List of North American Birds Author(S): R Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds Author(s): R. Terry Chesser, Kevin J. Burns, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, and Kevin Winker Source: The Auk, 134(3):751-773. Published By: American Ornithological Society https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-17-72.1 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-17-72.1 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Volume 134, 2017, pp. 751–773 DOI: 10.1642/AUK-17-72.1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds R. Terry Chesser,1,12 Kevin J. Burns,2 Carla Cicero,3 Jon L. Dunn,4 Andrew W. Kratter,5 Irby J. Lovette,6 Pamela C. Rasmussen,7 J. V. Remsen, Jr.,8 James D. Rising,9 Douglas F. Stotz,10 and Kevin Winker11 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA 2 Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA 3 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA 4 Bishop, California, USA 5 Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 6 Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA 7 Michigan State University Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, East Lansing, Michigan, USA 8 Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA 9 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramsay Wright Labs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 10 Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA 11 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 12 Corresponding author: [email protected]. All authors are members of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature—North and Middle America, of the American Ornithological Society (formerly American Ornithologists’ Union), listed alphabetically after the chairman. Published July 5, 2017 This is the 17th supplement since publication of the 7th and Lanius borealis) because of splits from extralimital edition of the Check-list of North American Birds species; (6) one species (Larus thayeri) is lost by merger (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It sum- into a species already on the list; (7) six genera marizes decisions made between April 15, 2016, and April (Sibirionetta, Spatula, Mareca, Crithagra, Leistes, and 15, 2017, by the AOS’s Committee on Classification and Ptiloxena) are added as a result of splits from other Nomenclature—North and Middle America. The Com- genera, resulting in changes to 12 scientific names mittee has continued to operate in the manner outlined in (Sibirionetta formosa, Spatula querquedula, S. discors, S. the 42nd Supplement (AOU 2000). cyanoptera, S. clypeata, Mareca strepera, M. falcata, M. penelope, M. americana, Crithagra mozambica, Leistes Changes in this supplement include the following: (1) militaris,andPtiloxena atroviolacea); (8) one genus four species (Melanitta nigra, Rallus longirostris, Thalas- (Juliamyia) is added and another (Damophila) lost due sarche eremita, and Acrocephalus dumetorum) are added to reasons of priority, resulting in a change to one scientific to the main list on the basis of new distributional name (Juliamyia julie); (9) three genera (Chen, Procel- information, including one species transferred from the sterna, and Mesophoyx) are lost by merger (into Anser, Appendix; (2) nine species (Tadorna ferruginea, Rallus Anous,andArdea), resulting in changes to five scientific aquaticus, Charadrius veredus, Corvus frugilegus, C. names (Anser canagicus, A. caerulescens, A. rossii, Anous cornix, Sylvia atricapilla, Zoothera aurea, Anthus praten- ceruleus, and Ardea intermedia); (10) the English names of sis,andAcanthis cabaret) are added to the main list two species (Toxostoma lecontei and Ammodramus because of a change in the geographical coverage of the leconteii) are changed to correct the spelling of a proper Check-list (inclusion of Greenland), including six species name; and (11) one species (Cyanerpes cyaneus) is added transferred from the Appendix, and the status codes for to the list of species known to occur in the United States. four species (Anser brachyrhynchus, Pluvialis apricaria, Turdus pilaris, and T. iliacus) are changed for the same Ten new families of nine-primaried oscines (Rhodino- reason; (3) four species (Eugenes spectabilis, Loxia cichlidae, Passerellidae, Calyptophilidae, Phaenicophilidae, sinesciurus, Melozone cabanisi, and Junco bairdi) are Nesospingidae, Spindalidae, Zeledoniidae, Teretistridae, added to the main list due to splits from species already Icteriidae, and Mitrospingidae) are added, and a subfamily on the list; (4) the distributional statement and English classification is adopted for the Icteridae. New linear name of one species (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)are sequences are adopted for species in the genus Anser, for changed because of a split from an extralimital species; species currently or formerly in the genus Anas, for species (5) two species names are changed (to Circus hudsonius in the Scolopacidae, for genera in the Fringillidae and Q 2017 American Ornithological Society. ISSN 0004-8038, electronic ISSN 1938-4254 Direct all requests to reproduce journal content to the AOS Publications Office at [email protected] 752 58th Supplement to AOS Check-list R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, et al. Icteridae, and for families of nine-primaried oscines, all Spatula clypeata Northern Shoveler. due to new phylogenetic data; and the relative positions of Mareca strepera Gadwall. Saxicola and Oenanthe in the linear sequence are reversed, Mareca falcata Falcated Duck. (A) correcting an error from a previous supplement. Mareca penelope Eurasian Wigeon. (N) Mareca americana American Wigeon. Literature that provides the basis for the Committee’s Melanitta nigra Common Scoter. (A) decisions is cited at the end of this supplement, and Eugenes fulgens Rivoli’s Hummingbird. citations not already in the Literature Cited of the 7th Eugenes spectabilis Talamanca Hummingbird. edition (with supplements) become additions to it. A list of Juliamyia julie Violet-bellied Hummingbird. the bird species known from the AOS Check-list area may Rallus longirostris Mangrove Rail. be found at http://checklist.aou.org/taxa. Rallus aquaticus Western Water-Rail. (A) The following changes to the 7th edition (page numbers Pluvialis apricaria European Golden-Plover. refer thereto) and its supplements result from the Charadrius veredus Oriental Plover. (A) Committee’s actions: Anous ceruleus Blue-gray Noddy. (H) Thalassarche eremita Chatham Albatross. (A) p. xii. The exclusion of Greenland from the AOS Ardea intermedia Intermediate Egret. (A) geographical area is reversed. Under the section Geo- Circus hudsonius Northern Harrier. graphic Coverage, change reference to the eastern Aulacorhynchus prasinus Northern Emerald-Toucanet. boundary of the AOS geographical area from ‘‘the Lanius borealis Northern Shrike. boundary between Canada and Greenland’’ to ‘‘Greenland.’’ Corvus frugilegus Rook. (A) Greenland is geographically, physiographically, and tec- Corvus cornix Hooded Crow. (A) tonically part of North America, and was considered part Sylvia atricapilla Eurasian Blackcap. (A) of the area of coverage from the first (AOU 1886) through Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth’s Reed Warbler. (A) the fifth editions of the Check-list (AOU 1957). In the 6th Zoothera aurea White’s Thrush. (A) edition (AOU 1983), however, Greenland was removed Turdus pilaris Fieldfare. from the area, and seven species included only on the basis Turdus iliacus Redwing. of records from Greenland were transferred to the Toxostoma lecontei LeConte’s Thrasher. hypothetical list (Appendix B in that edition). We return Anthus pratensis Meadow Pipit. six of these species (Tadorna ferruginea, Rallus aquaticus, Crithagra mozambica Yellow-fronted Canary. (I) Charadrius veredus, Corvus frugilegus, C. cornix, and Acanthis cabaret Lesser Redpoll. (A) Anthus pratensis; the seventh species, Platalea leucorodia, Loxia sinesciurus Cassia Crossbill. was returned in Chesser et al. 2010) from the Appendix to RHODINOCICHLIDAE the main list, some with updated taxonomy, and add three PASSERELLIDAE new species (Sylvia atricapilla, Zoothera aurea,and Melozone biarcuata White-faced Ground-Sparrow. Acanthis cabaret) on the basis of additional records from Melozone cabanisi Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. Greenland (Boertmann 1994) in
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Dieter Thomas Tietze Editor How They Arise, Modify and Vanish
    Fascinating Life Sciences Dieter Thomas Tietze Editor Bird Species How They Arise, Modify and Vanish Fascinating Life Sciences This interdisciplinary series brings together the most essential and captivating topics in the life sciences. They range from the plant sciences to zoology, from the microbiome to macrobiome, and from basic biology to biotechnology. The series not only highlights fascinating research; it also discusses major challenges associated with the life sciences and related disciplines and outlines future research directions. Individual volumes provide in-depth information, are richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, and maps, and feature suggestions for further reading or glossaries where appropriate. Interested researchers in all areas of the life sciences, as well as biology enthusiasts, will find the series’ interdisciplinary focus and highly readable volumes especially appealing. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15408 Dieter Thomas Tietze Editor Bird Species How They Arise, Modify and Vanish Editor Dieter Thomas Tietze Natural History Museum Basel Basel, Switzerland ISSN 2509-6745 ISSN 2509-6753 (electronic) Fascinating Life Sciences ISBN 978-3-319-91688-0 ISBN 978-3-319-91689-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91689-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018948152 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.
    [Show full text]
  • Irruption Excitement
    Irruption Excitement n the world of North American birding, “irruption” birds resemble our resident House Finches. The older males refers to a winter in which northern, boreal species are are much more deeply red-purple than the House Finches. Ipushed southwards to find food. This happens when They have a pronounced red head over their eye and no there is a poor seed crop in Canada. It is an infrequent event, brown streaking below their wings, as House Finches do. but we are now in the winter of such a year. If you have Male House Finches also have brown in their faces, around functioning feeders, it will serve you well to keep a sharper and below the level of their eyes. Male Purple Finches have eye open for boreal species, most of which are in the finch a dark patch behind the eye, but are much redder in the face, family. Several years may pass before these birds come south with no brown there. again. The first year male Purple Finches have the same plumage as Nuthatches: One non-finch is the attractive cousin to the females and are brown, streaky birds, like sparrows. The our resident White-breasted Nuthatch, the Red-breasted way to pick out the female Purple Finches is to look for the Nuthatch. These nuthatches prefer spruce and fir forests, large white “supercilium,” the white line over their eyes. This and so are found in the Berkshires and White Mountains takes the place of the red over the eyes of the older males. locally. “Fir tree” here is a reference to trees in the same If you have House Finches coming to your feeders, watch family as the balsam fir that we see in Christmas tree lots, for the colorful outlier among them.
    [Show full text]
  • Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2018–0047; FXMB 12320900000//201//FF09M29000]
    This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/16/2020 and available online at federalregister.gov/d/2020-06779, and on govinfo.gov Billing Code 4333–15 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 10 [Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2018–0047; FXMB 12320900000//201//FF09M29000] RIN 1018–BC67 General Provisions; Revised List of Migratory Birds AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), revise the List of Migratory Birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by both adding and removing species. Reasons for the changes to the list include adding species based on new taxonomy and new evidence of natural occurrence in the United States or U.S. territories, removing species no longer known to occur within the United States or U.S. territories, and changing names to conform to accepted use. The net increase of 67 species (75 added and 8 removed) will bring the total number of species protected by the MBTA to 1,093. We regulate the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation, and importation of migratory birds. An accurate and up-to-date list of species protected by the MBTA is essential for public notification and regulatory purposes. DATES: This rule is effective [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. 1 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric L. Kershner, Chief of the Branch of Conservation, Permits, and Regulations; Division of Migratory Bird Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; MS: MB; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; (703) 358-2376.
    [Show full text]
  • Proposals 2018-C
    AOS Classification Committee – North and Middle America Proposal Set 2018-C 1 March 2018 No. Page Title 01 02 Adopt (a) a revised linear sequence and (b) a subfamily classification for the Accipitridae 02 10 Split Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) into two species 03 25 Revise the classification and linear sequence of the Tyrannoidea (with amendment) 04 39 Split Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) into two species 05 42 Split Puffinus boydi from Audubon’s Shearwater P. lherminieri 06 48 (a) Split extralimital Gracula indica from Hill Myna G. religiosa and (b) move G. religiosa from the main list to Appendix 1 07 51 Split Melozone occipitalis from White-eared Ground-Sparrow M. leucotis 08 61 Split White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) into two species (with amendment) 09 72 Lump Taiga Bean-Goose Anser fabalis and Tundra Bean-Goose A. serrirostris 10 78 Recognize Mexican Duck Anas diazi as a species 11 87 Transfer Loxigilla portoricensis and L. violacea to Melopyrrha 12 90 Split Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus into three species, recognizing (a) C. jotaka and (b) C. phalaena 13 93 Split Barn Owl (Tyto alba) into three species 14 99 Split LeConte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) into two species 15 105 Revise generic assignments of New World “grassland” sparrows 1 2018-C-1 N&MA Classification Committee pp. 87-105 Adopt (a) a revised linear sequence and (b) a subfamily classification for the Accipitridae Background: Our current linear sequence of the Accipitridae, which places all the kites at the beginning, followed by the harpy and sea eagles, accipiters and harriers, buteonines, and finally the booted eagles, follows the revised Peters classification of the group (Stresemann and Amadon 1979).
    [Show full text]
  • THE RAVENS Newsletter Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society Is a Chapter of National Audubon Society, Inc
    THE RAVENS Newsletter Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society is a Chapter of National Audubon Society, Inc. swnmaudubon.org March — April 2018 Vol. 51, No. 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd FRIDAY, APRIL 6th Birds, Butterflies, and Dragonflies of Southwest New Mexico: Where and when to find them The March monthly SWNM Audubon program will feature Tony Godfrey, Park Technician at City of Rocks State Park. Tony will be discussing locations in Southwest New Mexico where you can find the widest variety of birds, butterflies, and dragonflies. Among the locations discussed will be the Pinos Altos and Black Range mountains, the headwaters of the Gila J. Smith by photo River, Lake Roberts, and the Dam Site Historic District Melissa Amarello photographing an Arizona Black rattlesnake. in Elephant Butte. The regional State Parks that will be covered are City The Social Lives of Rattlesnakes of Rocks, Rock Hound, Elephant Butte Lake, Percha and The April monthly meeting of the SWNMA will feature an Caballo State Parks. exciting program titled The Social Lives of Rattlesnakes. Tony Godfrey was born and raised in Great Britain. Melissa Amarello, co-founder of Advocates for Snake He became hooked on birding in 1975 after a school Preservation (ASP), is the guest speaker. visit to Lord Snowden’s aviary at the London Zoo. Although generally thought of as solitary, cold-blooded He immigrated to the United States in 1986 and has killers, rattlesnakes exhibit a variety of behaviors that we since lived in Georgia, Arizona, and New Mexico. Tony typically associate with animals such as birds and primates. describes himself as a former “twitcher,” and has travelled Courtship, combat, and hanging out with friends are just a to all seven continents in search of birds.
    [Show full text]
  • Update to the PIF Population Estimates Database
    Handbook to the Partners in Flight Population Estimates Database, Version 3.1 Partners in Flight Technical Publication No. 7.1 Partners in Flight Science Committee June 2020 Authors: Tom Will,1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jessica C. Stanton, United States Geological Survey Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American Bird Conservancy Arvind O. Panjabi, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Alaine Camfield, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Allison Shaw, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Wayne E. Thogmartin, United States Geological Survey Peter J. Blancher, Emeritus, Environment and Climate Change Canada Recommended Citation: Will, T., J.C. Stanton, K.V. Rosenberg, A.O. Panjabi, A.F. Camfield, A.E. Shaw, W.E. Thogmartin, and P.J. Blancher. 2020. Handbook to the Partners in Flight Population Estimates Database, Version 3.1. PIF Technical Series No 7.1. pif.birdconservancy.org/popest.handbook.pdf 1 primary contact: [email protected] PIF Population Estimates Database Handbook—Version 3.1 2 Preface This document describes the content of Version 3.1 of the Partners in Flight (PIF) Population Estimates Database (PIF 2020b), which provides population estimates for breeding USA/Canada landbirds at several geographic scales following the Partners in Flight approach described initially in Rich et al. (2004), by Rosenberg and Blancher (2005), and most recently refined by Stanton et al. (2019). The Handbook also provides details about how the estimates were derived, information on limitations and caveats, a guide to using the estimates, and future desired directions for improving the estimates. This version of the database is intended as a companion to the Partners in Flight Landbird Conservation Plan: 2016 Revision for Canada and Continental United States (Rosenberg et al.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mountain Chickadee Newsletter of the Wasatch Audubon Society Volume 39, Number 5 September/October 2020
    The Mountain Chickadee Newsletter of the Wasatch Audubon Society Volume 39, Number 5 September/October 2020 Don’t Let the “Chickadee” Disappear! WAS Meetings and by Nancy Arnett Happenings Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 6:45PM Is it time to renew your annual news- Meet in front of the visitor center at letter subscription? 6:45. We will take a bird walk in the Nature Center as dusk approaches. If you’ve forgotten your renewal date, Bring insect repellent. simply check the last page of this Tuesday, October 20, 2020 , Evening issue of the Moun- To be announced. Check Facebook tain Chickadee. The expiration date is located above your name and mail- page (go to www.wasatchaudubon.org ing address. It’s easy to renew by clipping the renew- and click on the FACEBOOK logo). Ac- al form on the last page and mailing it with your pay- tive members will be notified by email. ment. If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Carroll Masks required and distancing will be (phone: 801-392-8216) or Nancy Arnett (phone: 801- practiced. 388-0637). Held at the Ogden Nature Center located at 966 W 12th St., Ogden PLEASE JOIN US Join us Saturday, October 10 at Wasatch Audubon’s 7th Annual “The Big Sit!” WHERE: the Robert N. Hasenyager Great Salt Lake Nature Reserve at Farmington Bay (the west end of Glover Lane in Farmington). WHEN: Any length of time between 4:00am and about 8:00pm. WHY: The Big Sit! is held all over the country, so join in the fun! It is our major fundraiser.
    [Show full text]
  • AOU Classification Committee – North and Middle America Proposal Set 2017-A
    AOU Classification Committee – North and Middle America Proposal Set 2017-A No. Page Title 01 02 Split White-faced Ground-Sparrow Melozone cabanisi from Prevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuata 02 08 Revise the generic classification of the subfamily Anserinae 03 12 Transfer Blue-gray Noddy Procelsterna cerulea to the genus Anous 04 15 Split North American Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra into two species 05 23 Transfer Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor to a monotypic genus, Steganopus Vieillot 1818 06 28 Change the English name of the Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 07 30 Transfer (a) Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia and (b) Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis to Ardea 08 35 Revisit the proposed split of Circus cyaneus and Circus hudsonius 09 46 Split Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata into three species 10 51 Split Willet Tringa semipalmata into two species 11 55 Modify our treatment of juncos: (a) recognize bairdi as a species, (b) recognize alticola as a species, and (c) lump phaeonotus and hyemalis 12 64 Change the linear sequence of species in the Scolopacidae 1 2017-A-1 N&MA Classification Committee p. 604 Split White-faced Ground-sparrow Melozone cabanisi from Prevost's Ground-sparrow Melozone biarcuata Background: The Prevost's Ground-Sparrow, Melozone biarcuata, is distributed from Southern Mexico to central Costa Rica. Three subspecies have been described based on plumage differences: (1) M. b. biarcuata from Southern Mexico above 1000 m to El Salvador and Honduras; (2) M. b. hartwegi in Chiapas below 1000 m; and (3) M. b. cabanisi at the Central and Turrialba valleys in Costa Rica.
    [Show full text]
  • Aikorns Spot a Dark-Eyed Junco Or a Mountain Chickadee
    March/April 2019 Volume 15/Issue 4 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT During this year’s Great Backyard Bird Count, I was thinking to myself that February might not be the best month for birding in Colorado. The morn- ing was cloudy, windy, and cold—the kind of day that might seem better spent sitting in front of a fireplace than tromping through the snow hoping to aikorns spot a Dark-eyed Junco or a Mountain Chickadee. AIKEN AUDUBON SOCIETY But the enthusiasm of the Catamount Institute’s YES (Young Environmental Stewards) club mem- bers made me happy that I had decided to brave the elements. Seeing a student’s excitement after spotting SPLITTING THE a Common Raven, a Black-billed Magpie, or a woodpecker hole in a snag made me realize how ...continued on back page RED-TAILED Coming programs MARCH 20 HAWK? Colorful Colorado… Beetles By Leslie Holzmann Eric Eaton f you’ve been birding for any length of time, you APRIL 17 Iknow that species come and species go. The birds Birding Senegal & The Gambia don’t change, but our perception of which variations Bill Eden are actually different species is constantly undergoing review. We have lumpers, who combine disparate MAY 15 species into one, and splitters, who separate subspe- Birds of the Ancient World cies into two or more different species. Add in the Kelsey Mazur (relatively) new ability to examine DNA, and you NO PROGRAMS OVER THE SUMMER have a recipe for constant change. See you September 18! Currently, it seems the splitters are prevailing.
    [Show full text]
  • 3 Drainside Vegetation in Peril
    Aloft-2017.qxp_Vol. 23 2016 10/31/17 7:32 AM Page 1 Golden Eagles hunt on the expansive plains adjacent to the Taos Gorge in northern New Mexico. Image by Tony Thomas Aloft-2017.qxp_Vol. 23 2016 10/31/17 7:32 AM Page 1 Vol. 24 2017 3 Drainside Vegetation in Peril 4 A Long View on Climate Change 5 Hawks Aloft Galapagos Tour 6 Raptor Populations in Central NM 8 Wildlife and the Border Wall 9 History of the Raptor Rescue Program 13 Avian Response to Fire in Jemez CFLRP 14 Meet the Cassia Crossbill 17 New Mexico Birder: Mary Bruesch 20 Jemez the Mexican Spotted Owl 22 Conservation Education at Hawks Aloft Aloft-2017.qxp_Vol. 23 2016 10/31/17 7:32 AM Page 2 HAWKS ALOFT, INC. PO Box 10028 • Albuquerque, NM 87184 (505) 828-9455 From the Director: WWW.HAWKSALOFT.ORG WHO WE ARE: BOARD OF DIRECTORS Conservation in Action Carter Cherry, Chair by Gail Garber resentatives from government agencies and Nancy Brakensiek, Secretary Hawks Aloft works to conserve indigenous other NGOs (non-governmental organiza- Mary Chappelle, Treasurer wild birds through conservation education, tions) in the NM Avian Conservation Partners Terry Edwards, Director avian research, raptor rescue and collaboration (NMACP) working group, where we maintain Alwyn Vanderwalt, Director with others. the website (http://NM Partners in Flight.org) Often, we are asked about our organiza- and work collaboratively to address avian STAFF & ASSOCIATES tion, “What do you do?” It is really easy to population threats statewide as well as else- Gail Garber, Executive Director elaborate on the first three, very straightfor- where in North American and worldwide.
    [Show full text]
  • Los Promotores Amid California’S Toxic Dumps, Local Activists Go It Alone | Ruxandra Guidi August 7, 2017 | $5 | Vol
    PUBLIC-LANDS PRIORITIES | SOLAR ECLIPSE | WATER WRANGLES High Country ForN people whoews care about the West Los Promotores Amid California’s toxic dumps, local activists go it alone | Ruxandra Guidi August 7, 2017 | $5 | Vol. 49 No. 13 | www.hcn.org 13 49 No. | $5 Vol. 2017 August 7, CONTENTS Editor’s note Our invisible immigrant activists California’s distinctive character and its wealth are closely tied to its immigrants. From the early Gold Rush and railroad days, to the Central Valley’s farms and Silicon Valley’s high-tech boom, immigrants have helped make the state the sixth-largest economy in the world. California’s estimated 2.5 million undocumented immigrants make up about 10 percent of its workforce, contributing $130 billion a year to its gross domestic product — which is more than the annual GDP of 133 other countries. The highest concentration of California’s immigrant labor is in agriculture, where nine out of 10 workers are foreign-born and more than half are undocumented. Their backbreaking toil fills produce aisles and wine racks across the state and throughout the West, as workers accept low wages, long hours and cramped living conditions in hope of bettering their lives. And yet they remain invisible and largely unwelcome. Despite the importance of A hand-written sign warns Duroville mobile home park residents in Thermal, California, to stay away from a multiculturalism to California’s success, non-whites waste pond on the neighboring property. On the far side of the pond is Lawson Dump, now closed by the EPA are increasingly under attack.
    [Show full text]
  • Higher Spring Temperatures Increase Food Scarcity and Limit the Current and Future Distributions of Crossbills
    DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12694 BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH Higher spring temperatures increase food scarcity and limit the current and future distributions of crossbills Eduardo T. Mezquida1 | Jens-Christian Svenning2 | Ron W. Summers3 | Craig W. Benkman4 1Department of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Abstract Madrid, Spain Aim: Understanding how climate affects species distributions remains a major chal- 2 Department of Bioscience, Ecoinformatics lenge, with the relative importance of direct physiological effects versus biotic interac- and Biodiversity Group, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark tions still poorly understood. We focus on three species of resource specialists 3Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (crossbill Loxia finches) to assess the role of climate in determining the seasonal avail- Centre for Conservation Science, North ability of their food, the importance of climate and the occurrence of their food plants Scotland Regional Office, Inverness, UK 4Department of Zoology & Physiology, for explaining their current distributions, and to predict changes in their distributions University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA under future climate change scenarios. Correspondence Location: Europe. Eduardo T. Mezquida, Department of Ecology, Methods: We used datasets on the timing of seed fall in European Scots pine Pinus Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. sylvestris forests (where different crossbill species occur) to estimate seed fall phenol- Email: [email protected] ogy
    [Show full text]