"The annual Christmas Bird Count, which started in 1900, is North America's longest-running citizen science project, according to Birds Canada. And with #ClimateChange impacting #BirdMigration patterns, experts say it plays a significant role in tracking the effects of the changing climate on bird populations."
"In over 70% of our models, we identify skyglow as a highly influential and consistently positive predictor of bird migration stopover density across the United States. This finding points to the potential of an expanding threat to avian migrants: peri-urban illuminated areas may act as ecological traps at macroscales that increase the mortality of birds during migration."
A female European Honey Buzzard Bird was fitted with a satellite tracking. She left Reitz to start heading north on 20 April and on the 2nd of June, she finally reached Finland where she will spent summer before probably returning again next season for a visit in South Africa. #Animals