CONSERVATIONChronicle
JUNE 2014
IN THE FIELD
Researchers Race to Recover Geotagged Semipalmated Sandpipers
By Haley Jordan
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A RARE CATCH: This Summer Tanager was caught at the Manomet banding lab
during the spring season. The last time our lab saw this species was 1992.
AT THE LAB
Spring Landbird Banding Season Sees Above Average
Numbers and Species Diversity
By Liza LePage
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anomets
landbird
banders
handled a total of 1,966 birds of
72 different species throughout
the course of the spring banding season.
Thanks to three significant migration
days in May, the number of birds we captured
this season was slightly above average for the
decade in terms of captures per unit effort and
diversity of species captured, said Manomets
Banding Director Trevor Lloyd-Evans.
Some of the most unusual catches this
season were the first Summer Tanager
that Manomet has caught since 1994, the
second and third Orange-crowned Warblers
that Manomet has caught since 1970, and
Manomets first ever White-throated Sparrow
and Slate-colored Junco hybrid.
The banders also recaptured 123 birds
from previous seasons which provided
valuable information about the age structure,
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A group of visiting students from Manomet Elementary learn about the bird
banding process.
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By Haley Jordan
Iglecia has been working on bird conservation for over a decade and
has extensive experience collaborating with a variety of stakeholders
on conservation projects.
She most recently served as a conservation project director at
Audubon California, where she led their Bird Friendly Farming
Initiative. She worked with farmers, industry, public agencies, and
other conservation partners to enhance the value of agricultural lands
and managed wetlands to achieve large-scale conservation impact for
shorebirds in Californias Central Valley. She also led a diverse array
of shorebird conservation projects, including research focused on
interviewing wetland managers to assess current practices and future
capacity to manage habitat for shorebirds.
With her experience and expertise, Monica will be instrumental
in getting land management techniques that benefit shorebirds into
practice across the country, Winn said. With her passion for wildlife
and wetland conservation, she will quickly become an integral part of
Manomets shorebird recovery team.
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