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Migrating birds find refuge in pop-up habitats
A program that pays rice farmers to create wetland habitats is a rare conservation win.
This creates habitat when the migratory birds need it the most, as they fly southward in the late summer and early fall and pass through again on their way north in the spring. TO FIGURE OUT WHERE these surrogate habitats are most needed, BirdReturns uses data from eBird — a community science project composed of birders’ recorded sightings — to assess where and when migratory birds typically land in the Central Valley. And BirdReturns is fine-tuning its approach based on data, feedback from farmers, and ongoing research: A study published in early September analyzing nearly 9,000 field observations over five years gave scientists more information about the factors that create good shorebird habitat.
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