Bird Conservation Research, Inc.

07/19/2026

The July edition of Bird Conservation is now available here:
https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_28-3.pdf

04/16/2026

The April edition of Bird Conservation is now available here:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_28-2.pdf

02/28/2026

Our life history study of the Micronesian Myzomela is low live at Birds of the World: Craig, R. J. and P. Pyle (2026). Micronesian Myzomela (Myzomela rubratra), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY,
https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.micmyz1.02
If you don't have an account, you may view the preprint here:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/Micronesian_Myzomela_bow.pdf

01/27/2026

Read about long-term changes in Connecticut's tidal wetlands, endangered island birds and garden birds in the January edition of Bird Conservation:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_28-1.pdf

12/19/2025

Our long-term studies on the effects of forest fragmentation on Connecticut birds can be viewed here:

I studied how breeding and wintering forest bird communities across Connecticut responded to variation in habitat characteristics, particularly landscape attributes such as forest fragmentation. I su...

10/03/2025

The October edition of Bird Conservation is now live athttps://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_27-4.pdf The largest study ever done on the effects of forest fragmentation on birds is now published and we also report on our long-term studies of Connecticut River marsh birds.

07/15/2025

Our publication on the effects of forest fragmentation on CT birds is to appear in Ecological Society of America's journal Ecosphere. You may view the preprint here:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/forest_fragmentation.pdf

04/08/2025

Year 51 or Connecticut River bird studies and more are in the April edition of Bird Conservation:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_27-2.pdf

01/13/2025

The January issue of Bird Conservation may be accessed here:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/bcr_newsletter_27-1.pdf . This is the annual membership issue. You can easily renew or join here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/1nqlss . This issue describes results of BCR's studies into long-term changes in Connecticut's forest birds as well as our recent work on endangered birds of the tropical Pacific. The Common Raven in the photo is one of several species that has invaded Connecticut from the north.

12/17/2024

The next of the life history studies of birds of the tropical Pacific is available for preprint review here. It covers a newly designated species, the Micronesian Rufous Fantail, which is native to the Mariana Islands and Yap:https://www.birdconservationresearch.org/pdf/rufous_fantail.pdf