Native Bird HabitatAndrew Johnson
2013 The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
Andrew Johnson is a senior at Cornell University. Andrew is studying the nesting biology and movements of Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)at a field site above the Arctic Circle in Manitoba, Canada. He will explore the relationship between habitat features and nesting success, as subtle features of the plant community around Whimbrel nests seem to influence their visibility to predators. He will also retrieve day-length data loggers which he placed on 25 adult Whimbrels last year. The data loggers have recorded the daily movement of the birds as they migrated to South America and back. He plans to complete a documentary-style film on his project and Whimbrel migration.
The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
To provide financial aid to study areas in the United States that provide seasonal habitat for threatened or endangered native birds and to tend useful information for land-management decisions.
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