I am once again writing to request your help and record Mourning Warbler
songs from spring migrants.It is year 7 of my research using birdsong to
study migratory connectivity of Mourning Warbler song populations.Here
is a link to the latest map with previous years’ results based on
recordings from over 130 birders.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1voXjBhvHZ0nwAv93_OBC_vCPuxQ&ll=38.892516009880424%2C-85.09712735&z=5
<https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&mid=1voXjBhvHZ0nwAv93_OBC_vCPuxQ&ll=38.892516009880424%2C-85.09712735&z=5>
Contributions are reinforcing preliminary results.
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.However, they can still be
found in or near the mountains as far north as Massachusetts and New
Hampshire.
The overall results suggest moderate to low connectivity during
migration with Western breeders separating from the rest of the other
song populations.
I am especially interested this year in recordings from Texas, 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/ ;<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
