Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's Blog http://migratorybirdcenter.wordpress.com Fostering greater understanding, appreciation, and protection of the grand phenomenon of bird migration. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/d2931ff70d59642ef5efe71a4bc30310?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's Blog http://migratorybirdcenter.wordpress.com Jamaica Research http://migratorybirdcenter.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/jamaica-research-smithsonian-migratory-bird-center-national-zoo-fonz/ http://migratorybirdcenter.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/jamaica-research-smithsonian-migratory-bird-center-national-zoo-fonz/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:37:40 +0000 migratorybirdcenter http://migratorybirdcenter.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/jamaica-research-smithsonian-migratory-bird-center-national-zoo-fonz/ ]]>

Predicting how Jamaican bird communities in agroforestry systems will respond to climate change.

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copyright Jerry Acton

Find out which bird is featured this month

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brown bird singing

copyright Gerhard Hofmann

Behold the glory of the male coastal plain swamp sparrow’s song from the female’s perspective! Caution: Rated PG-17

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santa_teresaThe coffee comes from the unique Santa Teresa Estate in El Salvador owned by Marco and Teresa Batres.

The Santa Teresa Coffee Estate, operated by the Batres family for more than a century, is really an active volcano turned into a coffee estate. It may be the only coffee plantation in the world surrounded by geysers and thermal springs.

Find out more

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© George Jameson

© George Jameson

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Here is a picture of a hand-fed ruby-throated hummingbird taken at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio, August, 2009.

hummingbird hovering at hand-held nectar feeder

Read the article about feeding hummingbirds by hand in The Washington Post

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Dr. Pete Marra’s research is featured on the August 2009 cover of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Listen to a podcast of the article

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