7.7.08
Vacaciones
Este blog se toma un mes de vacaciones. Si algún lector pasa por la ría do Burgo a echar una ojeada a las aves, etá invitado a usar los "comentarios" para compartir sus observaciones. En anteriores ausencias se observaron en la ría especies como correlimos de Baird o chorlitejo culirrojo. De hecho, basta con que quien escribe se largue un tiempo para que aparezca algo merecedor de grandes titulares.
4.7.08
Wader Study Group
Todos los boletines del Wader Study Group entre 1970 y 2004 están ahora disponibles para descarga libre en formato PDF aquí. Una estupenda noticia.
2.7.08
A los gorriones comunes no les van los barrios pijos
Al menos eso es lo que apunta un artículo pubblicado en el "Journal of Ornithology", del que este blog tiene noticia gracias a Roberto Bao.
El resumen del artículo dice así:
The House Sparrow Passer domesticus in urban areas: reviewing a possible link between post-decline distribution and human socioeconomic status
Abstract The House Sparrow Passer domesticus is traditionally associated with human habitation. However, the species has undergone dramatic declines in many urban areas in north-western Europe. There are many theories as to why this decline has occurred, but the lack of data on House Sparrow numbers prior to their decline has hampered efforts to investigate these theories in detail. This review summarises the demographic changes in urban House Sparrow populations since the 1970s, and considers evidence that the current distribution of House Sparrows may reflect changes in urban habitats caused by socioeconomic change. Evidence is mounting that, within urban landscapes, House Sparrows appear to be more prevalent in areas with a relatively low human socioeconomic status. Here, we present evidence to suggest that House Sparrows may have disappeared predominantly from more affluent areas, and that these areas are more likely to have undergone changes to habitat structure. We also show how these changes in habitat could influence House Sparrow populations via impacts upon nesting success, foraging and predation risk.
Los autores son Lorna M. Shaw, Dan Chamberlain y Matthew Evans, y para saber más hay que picar aquí.
Gracias, Roberto.
El resumen del artículo dice así:
The House Sparrow Passer domesticus in urban areas: reviewing a possible link between post-decline distribution and human socioeconomic status
Abstract The House Sparrow Passer domesticus is traditionally associated with human habitation. However, the species has undergone dramatic declines in many urban areas in north-western Europe. There are many theories as to why this decline has occurred, but the lack of data on House Sparrow numbers prior to their decline has hampered efforts to investigate these theories in detail. This review summarises the demographic changes in urban House Sparrow populations since the 1970s, and considers evidence that the current distribution of House Sparrows may reflect changes in urban habitats caused by socioeconomic change. Evidence is mounting that, within urban landscapes, House Sparrows appear to be more prevalent in areas with a relatively low human socioeconomic status. Here, we present evidence to suggest that House Sparrows may have disappeared predominantly from more affluent areas, and that these areas are more likely to have undergone changes to habitat structure. We also show how these changes in habitat could influence House Sparrow populations via impacts upon nesting success, foraging and predation risk.
Los autores son Lorna M. Shaw, Dan Chamberlain y Matthew Evans, y para saber más hay que picar aquí.
Gracias, Roberto.
1.7.08
El sorprendente vuelo de un trinador
Una hembra de zarapito trinador acaba de de dejar perplejos a los ornitólogos estadounidenses. Capturada en su área de invernada en la costa de Virginia, fue equipada con un transmisor que permitió rastrear su migración prenupcial hacia el norte. Contra todo pronóstico, se dirigió hacia el norte de Alaska, cruzando a notable altura, y en un vuelo aparentemente directo, todo Canadá. Esta fue su ruta, según la web de The Nature Conservancy, que desarrolla la noticia:
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