Research
Our project seeks to better understand American woodcock migration throughout eastern North America. We kicked off our pilot season in Fall 2017 when we marked 6 woodcock with satellite transmitters in Maine prior to fall migration. These tags weigh between 4 and 7 grams and will periodically send us data on each woodcock's location and status (live or dead) as it makes it fall migration to the southeastern US. You can download annual progress reports from the project at the links below.
| Year 3 Report.pdf |
| Year 2 Report.pdf |
| Year 1 Report.pdf |
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Beginning in the fall of 2018, we worked with project partners across the eastern United States and Canada to mark birds with satellite transmitters throughout their breeding and wintering range. Using these GPS tags, we will monitor woodcock during both spring and fall migration. We are principally interested in determining:
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Capture sites are distributed throughout the Eastern Management Region (dark grey), with two capture sites in the Central Management Region (light gray). Captures efforts were primarily focused prior to fall and spring migration, however some woodcock were captured during fall migration. Last updated January 2021.
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