Request for assistance – song recordings of migrating Mourning Warblers I am once again writing to request your help and record Mourning Warbler songs from spring migrants. It is year 6 of my research using birdsong to study migratory connectivity of Mourning Warbler song populations. Our lab is interested in whether different song populations of the Mourning Warbler (Western, Eastern, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland) migrate together or separately to their respective breeding areas. Here is a link to the latest map with previous years’ results based on recordings from over 100 birders.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1voXjBhvHZ0nwAv93_OBC_vCPuxQ&ll=38.892516009880424%2C-85.09712735&z=5 Preliminary results from the map indicate that 1) Western song populations are separating out from the rest of the pack and migrating throughout the mid-western states directly to the Prairie Provinces, 2) Eastern, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland song populations are migrating together along the Appalachian Mountains, 3) Nova Scotia and Newfoundland song populations are beginning to hug the Atlantic coast in New Jersey and New York. We are in need of recordings from more mid-western states, eastern Colorado and the New England coast. All you need is a smartphone with a voice recording app and some luck. Videos with recordings are also helpful. The web page link below describes the project and how to make recordings on your Smartphone in more detail. Please send song recordings to the Mourning Warbler Sound Lab (jpitocch AT anselm.edu). https://mowasongmapper.weebly.com/ There is also a link to a spring 2017 National Audubon Society story on this research. Audubon Society reporting http://www.audubon.org/magazine/spring-2017/this-guy-mapping-how-warblers-migrate-just I would really appreciate your help and contributions this year to this Citizens Science Project. Dr. Jay Pitocchelli Chair, Biology Department Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH 03102 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
