https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog daily 0.75 2024-11-10 https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/adopt-a-shorebird-opportunity monthly 0.5 2024-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/460d8de9-e86a-4b7a-8ac3-625b50a77dbd/WISN_180334863_18Oct-10Nov+2024.jpg Blog - Adopt-a-shorebird - Movements of a Wilson’s Snipe in Sunflower County, Mississippi, from its capture on October 18, 2024, through November 10. Numbers in the green circles are the number of detection points captured at that location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/d6caa361-930e-4283-9446-0b9dfda204af/IMG_6252.jpeg Blog - Adopt-a-shorebird - A Lesser Yellowlegs is affixed with a solar-powered tag that will collect GPS-style location data during its stopover in the Mississippi Delta https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/dwb-scholarships-help-shape-the-future-of-bird-conservation monthly 0.5 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/435e0179-40c8-4589-bc65-38734512c964/00+Jason+Norah+Emma+at+banding+workshop.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation Jason, Norah, and Emma at the Northumberland Strait, where the field session of a pre-conference workshop on shorebird banding was held https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/489b2cc9-938d-4f30-b6fb-f1463c5e393c/00_banding+workshop.JPG Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation More than 60 participants, representing many nations across the Western Hemisphere, took part in the WHSG’s pre-conference workshop on shorebird banding in August of 2024. Here, the group poses with the Northumberland Strait in the background, where the field component of the workshop took place. Our new connections and friendships with many of these participants will facilitate DWB’s mission to conserve migratory shorebirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/b9e6d75a-f407-42df-96e5-0d5e1c622ef9/01+Norah+at+poster.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation The scientific part of the meeting took place over four days, and involved oral and poster presentations by participants on diverse aspects of shorebird science and conservation. Norah presented a poster reporting data on usage in fall, 2023 of flooded crop fields in the Mississippi Delta by Lesser Yellowlegs and other shorebirds, under a DWB farmer incentive program funded by a State Wildlife Grant from the State of Alaska. Norah and Emma collected the data reported in the poster, and Norah analyzed the data with Jason’s guidance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/9168219d-d0ab-40f1-bcbf-9b98c1e2e878/02+Emma+at+podium.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation Emma presented the results of her Master’s research, which showed substantial usage by migratory shorebirds of flooded crop fields in both fall and winter, including higher winter usage of fields that had also been flooded in fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/a08b509f-80e4-49d4-895f-a9dc45dca891/03+birding+at+Bay+of+Fundy.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation Field trips allowed our team to enjoy stunning views of murmurating flocks of Semipalmated Sandpipers at one of the most famous shorebird stopover sites in the Hemisphere, the Bay of Fundy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/b36fe7da-5de2-4d9c-9930-44fc8e19df9d/05+photo+at+Shep.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation Our team posing with Shep the Giant Shorebird, a local New Brunswick mascot for the 10’s of 1000’s of migratory shorebirds that stop there each year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/24a9d02e-29d3-4c4d-bd9b-a641b159b162/04+birding+at+Bay+of+Fundy.jpg Blog - DWB scholarships help shape the future of bird conservation - Make it stand out Norah and Emma's attendance of the WHSG meeting was made possible by donations to Delta Wind Birds. To support DWB's conservation, science, and educational mission, please visit our Donation page (link). https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/ms-delta-shorebird-tracking-project monthly 0.5 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/0ce89e9d-f50c-441d-8174-b6b745caa3d2/FullSizeRender%2824%29.jpg Blog - MS Delta Shorebird Tracking Project - DWB bird bander Kristina Mitchell examines a Wilson’s Snipe To date, dozens of volunteers have donated 1000's of hours of their time across 17 morning or evening shorebird capture & tagging sessions on a farm in Sunflower County, Mississippi, where DWB is partnering with the landowner to provide high-quality shorebird stopover habitat during the non-crop season using recycled surface water. For each session, volunteers happily navigate the stickiest of Delta gumbo mud in agricultural fields to set up "mist nets," along with decoys and audio lures, so that wary migratory shorebirds can be captured during the dim light of dawn and dusk. Each captured bird is treated with extreme care and (under federal permits) is affixed with not only a numbered metal leg band, but also a radio tag transmitting a signal captured by one of two nearby custom “Motus” radio towers. As long as a tagged bird remains in the area, the signal is picked up and our primary data are recorded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/f351167d-5acb-4b21-be7a-50164994d4ef/LEYE_graphic.jpg Blog - MS Delta Shorebird Tracking Project - This Lesser Yellowlegs was radio-tagged on October 13, 2023, used our habitat for another 5 days, then flew to Panama! When these champions of migration continue their journeys, sometimes to spend the non-breeding season as far south as Argentina or Chile, that local signal is lost. Occasionally, however, we are lucky enough to receive a signal from one of our tagged birds from a distant radio tower that is part of the same Motus network, allowing us to piece together another part of these birds' arduous journeys. For example, a Pectoral Sandpiper tagged in mid-September of 2022 was subsequently detected in Paraguay during its southward migratory journey, and then again in Nova Scotia, Canada, on its return journey north this past spring. On November 18, 2023, we radio-tagged four Dunlin (two of which are pictured below), one of whom spent the rest of the day feeding at our Delta field site, then flew overnight to the Texas coast, where it remained until December 17. Perhaps most exciting was the Lesser Yellowlegs that we tagged on October 13, 2023 (pictured at right), which spent five more days using our habitat, then flew directly to Panama, covering a distance of more than 1700 miles in just 53 hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/5bcc1000-fa4e-4d8e-af1b-879f3cec9eee/IMG_2274.jpg Blog - MS Delta Shorebird Tracking Project - Two of the Dunlin we radio-tagged on November 18, 2023, subsequently migrated to the Texas coast In 2022 and 2023, we radio-tagged 111 shorebirds of 10 species, with Least Sandpiper, Wilson’s Snipe, and Dunlin being the most frequent. Analyses of those data are underway, and are expected to result in one or more scientific publications. Meanwhile, we’re planning to continue in fall of 2024, hoping to expand the scope of scientific questions addressed. If you appreciate the importance of this type of on-the-ground bird conservation science, we could use your help! First, please consider sponsoring one or more radio-tagged shorebirds, at a cost of $250 each (click here to donate). For each sponsorship, you'll be assigned a unique individual bird, whose stopover data (and potential off-site detections) can be viewed on our Motus project page. Additional donations provide lodging for our volunteers (many of whom travel great distances to help), and the purchase of shorebird capture equipment. And if you’re interested in helping with the field sessions, we can always use more volunteers (tromping in the mud is optional!)—just send us an email (dwindbirds@gmail.com). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/54f2913e-1a59-4c32-b396-2fe2998f2e09/IMG_4680.jpg Blog - MS Delta Shorebird Tracking Project - Join us in 2024. You never know what we might discover together! https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/2023-big-day-recap monthly 0.5 2023-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/b8fff575-fd65-4dc5-a6c0-960f42737425/IMG_9575.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - On Friday, April 28, Andy Bell, J.R. Rigby, and myself conducted a Mississippi big day, to raise funds for Delta Wind Birds. As usual, we designed a route that we thought had a chance to set a new state record, this year again deciding to stick exclusively to the three coastal counties. To maximize the total number of species on a big day in spring along the Gulf of Mexico, it is important to time your attempt relative to the weather, so that conditions are not perfect for northbound songbird migrants to sail over the coast with a tailwind. Rather, you prefer some combination of rain and north winds over the northern Gulf, encouraging migrants to stop when they see land (a so-called "fallout"). As such, we became quite intrigued about a week ago, when it became clear that coastal Mississippi was going to see some significant rain on Thursday, April 27 (see prediction in image to right). Our idea was to plan a big day attempt for Friday the 28th, hoping that (1) a fallout would happen on Thursday, AND (2) weather conditions Thursday night & Friday morning would be such that fallout migrants would be discouraged from fleeing coastal migrant traps--maybe some light rain, north winds, etc. This has been our preferred approach, since birding ON the day of a fallout itself can be difficult, due to the inclement weather (again, see prediction in image to right!). Well, unfortunately, only the first of those two hopes were realized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/c546ab03-eedd-452d-b703-9a195ce9e963/IMG_9583.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/97b3a818-8934-4b15-9fef-d7a574710887/IMG_1121.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Biloxi skyline by night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/9e369460-8823-4b6f-8521-f755fe4d53bf/IMG_1122.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Birding Jones Park beach by spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/6058d8ba-9440-425d-a4e1-1150279b0a58/IMG_1129.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Safari-style birding can work really well! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/c08c0915-dce3-406b-89cb-7c1bacd9b635/IMG_9589.jpg Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out We had a blast, despite missing the fallout birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/58c02194-d4e8-4b27-8641-2df66adc47ce/IMG_9623.JPG Blog - 2023 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Maybe our most exciting bird of the day? Peregrine Falcons are always a treat. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/prothonotary-warbler-nest-box-project-2022-update monthly 0.5 2022-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1643995970120-6FG9UKE8YPYR1A8Y4SZA/Prothonotary_Warbler_Pace_2.jpeg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Prothonotary Warblers, also sometimes called Golden Swamp Warblers, are iconic birds of forested wetland habitats. They are migratory, spending their breeding season (roughly April-August) in bottomland hardwood forests, especially forested wetlands, of the southeastern United States. The rest of their year is spent in the mangrove forests of Central and South America. Photo by Larry Pace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/80285277-bc07-4371-9f16-7a644fb44397/Pace_PROW_feeding_nestlings.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Prothonotaries are the only warbler species to nest in tree cavities, as pictured here (photo by Larry Pace), where a male is delivering food to nestlings inside a nest cavity. High-quality nesting holes can be difficult to find, however, so nesting success of Prothonotaries may be improved by provision of appropriately sized nest boxes, similar to Eastern Bluebirds (see here for plans to build a box for a Prothonotary Warbler). Prothonotary Warbler populations are in decline due to habitat loss, and we can help them by protecting existing forested wetlands, and also by providing nest boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/db51c73f-b29d-4753-9739-5ec38419422d/IMG-3019.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Those are both part of our mission at the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve in Humphreys County, MS. In October of 2020, with the help of several members of the Jackson Audubon Society, we installed 20 nest boxes for Prothonotary Warblers at the Reserve, when the water level at Sky Lake was quite low. Ten of the boxes were set close to the lake edge, and 10 were set further away. In addition, we equipped half the boxes with predator guards (5-gallon buckets) on their poles. Our hope was that in 2021, we could test whether Prothonotaries preferred locations closer to or further from the lake, and whether nesting success was improved by use of the predator guards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/7337f1df-2397-4c1f-a6e2-f61927a12bf8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Meanwhile, we were thrilled to recruit talented high school student Norah Bruce as an intern with DWB, to undertake monitoring the nest boxes in 2021. We planned to have her check each box every 2-3 weeks during nesting season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/715a8c7b-608d-4374-a1d6-318ad2bc84c1/IMG-3646.JPG Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update So in April, 2021, we headed to Sky Lake, anxious to see if the Prothonotary Warblers had yet returned from their wintering grounds, and if they had begun using any of our boxes. First surprise: Wow, did we underestimate the range of fluctuation in water levels at Sky Lake! On April 3, we found that water levels were upwards of 15 feet higher than when the boxes had been installed, and all but 8 of our 20 boxes had been either torn from their poles by rising and swirling water, or pulled from the ground altogether! No Prothonotaries were detected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/55bf3fe4-95ff-43db-b272-a37dfb502012/PROW+nest.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update On April 11, the water had kept rising, and only 4 of our boxes were above water (and just barely)…but TWO of them had Prothonotary nests under construction! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/480bad88-b457-4908-80de-492303027a6a/Norah+and+Meredith+in+canoe.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update With the help of DWB volunteers, especially Meredith Wulff (pictured with Norah here) and University of Mississippi graduate student Emma Counce, Norah continued to monitor the 8 boxes that were available to birds most of the summer. This field work was challenging, typically involving some combination of kayaks, canoes, and ladders, along with lots of water and mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/4f68c8cc-49ce-4e68-a188-6450a027892b/adult+at+nest+box.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Ultimately, Norah’s data showed that Prothonotaries nested successfully at least 4 times in our boxes in 2021, producing approximately 13 young. In one instance, it appeared an active nest had been destroyed by a predator, suggesting that predator guards may be important for improving success. And we certainly learned that the boxes should be placed further upslope from the lake edge, to avoid being flooded in spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/d29a98ad-af26-4fc2-87ae-ef9a0ed39bd1/IMG-8661.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update In 2022, with continued help from Emma (pictured here with Norah) and Meredith, Norah is continuing to monitor warbler boxes at the Reserve. This time, we installed 10 boxes (further from the water!), all of which were above water in April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/d69b6b29-0585-4e2d-a354-8c24979aeadc/IMG-9841.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update However, on the first box check of 2022, we had a new surprise. Carolina Chickadee nests were occupying 4 of the 10 boxes! It was April 10, and male Prothonotaries had just arrived to begin defining and defending their territories, and searching for good nest sites. Meanwhile the chickadees, which are permanent residents in Mississippi, had gotten a head start and had already laid eggs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/c87d744e-0670-407c-bbd2-257d7d1cd312/IMG_0963+2-163.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Fast forward to May 15, and things were going better for the Prothonotaries: Norah and team observed four active Prothonotary nests, including one box with 6 nestlings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/855ba6ce-bd53-41da-b966-e99857038103/IMG_0965+2.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update This female Prothonotary did not leave her nest when our team opened it to check progress. That was a first for us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/37b41dc4-d74a-4c5d-998b-ef7964a23147/FullSizeRender_2.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Norah will be busy this summer, including an aquatic biology research fellowship and a trip to Arizona for Camp Chiricahua (44 years after I attended it myself!). But we will continue to monitor the Prothonotaries when possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/73e041a0-b1d2-4c51-9813-2104a44d0246/entrance+stairs.jpg Blog - Prothonotary Warbler nest box project: 2022 update Meanwhile, we’d love for you to visit the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve any time, and make your own observations of Prothonotary Warblers or whatever else you can find. You can park at the north end of the reserve, walk down the entrance steps (pictured here), turn right (south), and walk about 100 yards down a mowed path into the forest. From there, you should be able to amble through the woods, following our string of nest boxes and observing them from a respectful distance. Watch for the “Golden Swamp Warblers” and listen for their “sweet sweet sweet sweet” song. Click HERE for more information about the Reserve, including directions. Click HERE for more about Prothonotary Warblers, including recordings of their vocalizations. Let us know (dwindbirds@gmail.com) what you find out there, or if you have any questions. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/2022-big-day-recap monthly 0.5 2023-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/926e914e-fd58-461e-8015-7bb2a7378300/big-day-2022_52065782177_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/8f4b11f2-e6e3-48ff-81d7-c39a9c90bee4/big-day-2022_52066840868_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/ed2d9792-2cee-4323-ab30-5c2282d50e8e/big-day-2022_52065784967_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/07ecd60a-eecc-4b01-baf6-0c23bfc33674/big-day-2022_52066843278_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/22a1ad99-c75f-4d38-a21e-4df2bf3f2390/big-day-2022_52066843273_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/9737a208-d427-439d-bef0-4cd3a9ebbea4/big-day-2022_52066843383_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/c6ce28c3-51e1-4498-95b5-88721382647f/big-day-2022_52067062204_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/8047245f-fc48-4a04-8aee-c0f95c00f07b/big-day-2022_52067062199_o.jpg Blog - 2022 Big Day recap - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/five-birds-to-listen-for-in-the-delta-this-winter monthly 0.5 2020-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608412182501-EQVBYJCAKZSMKKA0YUA3/Asset+2.png Blog - Five birds to listen for in the Delta this winter - 1. Western Meadowlark: The scientific name is Sturnella neglecta, but don’t neglect these western birds if you’re out and about in the Delta. The Delta is visited by a good number of these close relatives of our Eastern Meadowlark. You need very good looks at multiple field marks to distinguish them by plumage, but the voices are distinct. http://www.xeno-canto.org/234211 Compare to the “spring is so beautiful” song of the Eastern: http://www.xeno-canto.org/144089 Western Meadowlark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608482869048-Z2WYPHUTIW7VBQXCNNCX/IMG_8983.JPG Blog - Five birds to listen for in the Delta this winter - 2. Lapland Longspur: One of my favorite winter birds. One of the most abundant grassland birds up north, but their winter range just dips down into the Delta. In cold years they get to the southern end of the Delta, but they’re more numerous in the northern counties. Listen for their distinctive flight call: http://www.xeno-canto.org/166962 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608484175487-XS1MT0BVX7CKPESM8UUH/IMG_8984.JPG Blog - Five birds to listen for in the Delta this winter - 3. American Pipit: A common winter visitor to open agricultural areas. We even get some of these in the hills too, but they’ll be more common in the Delta. [Don’t be confused by the “Buff-bellied Pipit” name at Xeno-Canto. Taxonomists are a factious lot by nature (maybe fractious too), so there are competing naming schemes out there. The scientific name is the same in this case, Anthus rubescens, and even that is not true for all birds.] https://www.xeno-canto.org/153409 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608482027830-S2I105R3O9TGO6ODJEFM/IMG_8982.JPG Blog - Five birds to listen for in the Delta this winter - 4. Sprague’s Pipit: Really fascinating bird. Worthy of a post all its own. Let it suffice that this little grassland obligate’s bland plumage belies its true coolness. We get a handful of these endangered birds in the Delta annually, and it’s worth keeping an ear out for their distinctive alarm/flight call. You might, as Gene Knight did, find yourself riding down the road with the windows down and hear one flush from the road side. Never mind why you’ve got the windows down in the Delta in the winter. http://www.xeno-canto.org/128311 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608481820814-A6XS2MCBZ9VQ53C7TU2W/IMG_8981.JPG Blog - Five birds to listen for in the Delta this winter - 5. Sandhill Crane: Okay, they’re my token “charismatic avian megafauna” entry in this list. Sure, you’re probably going to see these huge birds hanging out in the middle of a field. BUT, you might be scrutinizing a field for Lapland Longspurs and hear a few Sandhills flying over. I can think of two of my trips where we struck out on finding Sandhills in the fields but had a small group fly over: http://www.xeno-canto.org/161578 https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/n0nx0xk641pkd2um1ra94odau5por1 monthly 0.5 2020-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608221639855-1TU4UN53WECQ7JG4L8LH/LBDOs%2Bin%2Bflight%2Bin%2Bfall%2BLarry%2BPace.jpg Blog - Champions of flight, endurance freaks, evolutionary marvels: The wind birds Long-billed Dowitchers during their southward migration in fall. Notice their missing primary feathers, indicating that they are molting flight feathers during this stopover in Mississippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608221585034-685YW8Q3GYYFKBER1L4G/Semipalmated_Sandpiper_Hoeksema_03.jpg Blog - Champions of flight, endurance freaks, evolutionary marvels: The wind birds Semipalmated Sandpipers resting and preening their feathers during a spring migration stopover in Mississippi. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/a-hrefhttpsdeltawindbirdsorg2020052020-big-day-recap-lafayette-county-ms2020-big-day-recap-lafayette-county-msa monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608221967960-RONRM9C9RDY525LR27JZ/IMG_3494.jpg Blog - 2020 Big Day recap: Lafayette County, Mississippi Forster’s Tern during its spring migration through Mississippi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608222728355-G8EGS90YM56ORBQV21IJ/IMG_3465.jpg Blog - 2020 Big Day recap: Lafayette County, Mississippi Prothonotary Warbler at nest hole https://www.deltawindbirds.org/blog/2019-big-day-recap monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608225076524-TG1Q09PBRVQJ65Q37RC3/the+team+at+Pasc+River+bottom+by+Scott+Hoeksema+2.HEIC.jpeg Blog - 2019 Big Day recap Big Day birding in the Pascagoula River bottoms. 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Who are we? Delta Wind Birds is a nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organization dedicated to protecting and creating wetlands, fostering ecotourism, and raising awareness of migratory birds and their habitats. Our projects often focus on shorebirds (or “wind birds”) in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (or “Delta”), although our work also benefits ducks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, storks, terns, and warblers. To learn about our volunteer board of directors, click here. To listen to a podcast interview with our president, Jason Hoeksema, on Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s “Creature Comforts” radio show, click here (the segment starts around the 10:45 mark). Click the button below to read more about our three main initiatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607710455175-4FO24MIW0M5KU4QHZP1H/IMG_5445-2.jpg About - Why help the wind birds? The shorebirds or “wind birds” are some of the most impressive migrants in the world, with many making an annual round-trip from the Arctic Circle to southern South America, and nearly half of all North American shorebird species currently face declining populations due to complex causes (click here and here to read more about shorebird conservation efforts in our region). These graceful creatures depend on high-quality shallow water and mudflat “stopover” habitat in our region to fuel up during their arduous spring and fall migrations. To watch a fascinating video about shorebird foraging strategies, click below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607710860366-5VWDTLD0695D1TJLOQ0C/Habitat+on+working+lands+2.JPG About - Habitat in the Delta The Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, or Delta, lies along the eastern edge of the Mississippi Flyway and was historically a vast forested wetland. Agricultural development of the region has dramatically reduced wetland habitat, but much of the modern agricultural landscape can easily provide attractive stopover habitat for migratory shorebirds, often within the framework of normal agricultural production practices. Click below to read more about our Habitat on Working Lands program. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/board daily 0.75 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606620228558-259TR32EVBTT3G37S902/Ship%2BIsland%2Bfall%2B2015%2Bcropped.jpg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606789983309-DDNZR14L8CFMVJZLLS6P/JR_Rigby.jpg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607182818373-JH0OS508IXSU0DQLLZ1L/Amy%2BPietras.jpg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607693460065-0B2X1HJAT32NPOA6AB1L/Philip_Dec2020.jpg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606619200242-25ZJS9SOM31SW1MNMOLN/RobbieFisher+Head+Shot+credit+Lindsay+Pace+Photography.jpeg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607007282143-A0RAXI8W84SWZPR3Y8LN/Hal_2.png Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606789843402-NVEGE0K8L9I9R4JP4E1O/Kristina_Mitchell.jpg Board of Directors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607185770640-9DFHRL8LS031IXHW8T6W/Ann_Simmons_Tanner.jpg Board of Directors https://www.deltawindbirds.org/home-1 daily 1.0 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/7764b695-c8a9-4294-8034-8309c14b37b1/Screenshot+2026-01-04+at+12-15-47+Mississippi+Farmers+Create+Temporary+Wetlands+to+Provide+Migratory+Birds+Stopover+Habitats.png Home - Make it stand out A new article in Earth Island Journal highlights DWB’s work to create habitat for migratory shorebirds in the Mississippi Delta, track shorebird movements in the region, and describe the ecosystem services provided by the habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/085e434c-d060-44bf-ab73-b98fabd2fa92/Farmweek.jpg Home - Make it stand out New documentary about DWB’s collaborative conservation work in the Mississippi Delta Mississippi State University’s University Television Center has produced an excellent short documentary series about the collaborative research being conducted by scientists at the USDA, MSU, and the University of Mississippi to understand all the potential ecosystem benefits of the shorebird stopover habitat being created by DWB on working farms in the Delta. Click here to view it online (runtime is just over 26 minutes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/37f7bd80-bfe0-4d88-af66-2a7264464f37/00_banding+workshop.jpg Home - DWB scholarships send young shorebird conservationists to Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting in Canada This past August, scholarships from DWB allowed three early-career bird conservation biologists to attend the 10th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Visit our blog post to learn more about their impactful adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/4aac64c8-581b-4aa0-bb62-9e0d0d83e84a/Banner_announcement_cropped.jpg Home Artist Julia Reyes has completed a stunning mural on the wall of the Jaketown Museum in Belzoni, MS, highlighting the birds, plants, and cultural heritage of the Sky Lake area. This project was supported by grant funding to DWB from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Please go see it for yourself, along with Gavin Bird’s mural on the nearby Belzoni firehouse wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/4e462c64-f958-4cc4-add3-27b88c8df058/Belzoni+Banner+article+7+Nov+2024.jpg Home Artist Gavin Bird has completed a fabulous mural on the firehouse wall in Belzoni, MS. The mural highlights the natural and cultural heritage of the area, including nearby Sky Lake. The project was funded in part by an award from the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area Partnership, with funding provided by the National Park Service and Delta Wind Birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/3ac5bda8-8e15-4110-a610-63135d4fce30/IMG_7709.jpg Home - DWB receives SWG grant to study shorebird migration In October, 2022, DWB was awarded a two-year grant from the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) program administered by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks. DWB scientists are using radio tags to study the movements of migratory shorebirds on temporary wetlands in the Mississippi Delta, providing essential data to inform conservation of declining shorebird species, including Dunlin, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Pectoral Sandpiper. Click below to see more images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/6e623621-cd12-4208-996f-528bbddb0646/image+for+website+May+2022.jpg Home - Bird Collective’s Delta Wind Birds collection Bird Collective partnered with DWB to create a unique collection of clothing and gifts inspired by the beautiful birds and wetland habitats of the Mississippi Delta. A portion of all proceeds supports DWB’s work in the region to protect and create wetlands, foster ecotourism, and raise awareness of migratory birds and their habitats. Click HERE to view the collection, and HERE to read about DWB’s mission and work on the Bird Collective website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1629583304277-TZZ8PA3G6RBHAZ70EMBF/Living+Bird+article+headline.png Home Our conservation work on farms in the Mississippi Delta was featured in the Summer 2021 issue of Living Bird magazine, from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Click below to read the article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1608606810671-UEQ6BS3HATQGYEJA6FW7/Habitat%252Bon%252Bworking%252Blands%252B2.jpg Home - Habitat on working lands Through incentive programs and scientific research, we are demonstrating how temporary “pop-up” wetlands on working lands can provide habitat for migrating birds, while also conserving soil and reducing water pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607701710835-D83H9O54WQ0Y5LI59N6I/Sky%252BLake%252BNature%252BReserve%252B2.jpg Home - DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve Sky Lake, a natural oxbow lake in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, harbors ancient bald cypress trees more than 1000 years old and provides some of the best natural habitat for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl, herons, egrets, and nesting songbirds such as Prothonotary Warbler. At the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve, you can enjoy these birds and other wildlife, and learn about the value of wetlands for birds and people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607701783204-AARMRWGCO0S5X54S2ZMA/Avocets%2B2.jpg Home - Conservation Easements A conservation easement is a way for you to keep your land, but ensure its natural resources are legally protected and conserved, in perpetuity. Delta Wind Birds can help guide you through the process of setting up a conservation easement, and can serve as the “land trust,” the long-term steward that ensures protection of your land. To inquire about this possibility, please e-mail us at dwindbirds@gmail.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606185859251-DDLO1M5R4E42WT2TWC21/sparrow_workshop.jpg Home - Events Throughout the year, DWB offers a series of events including guided field trips, bird identification workshops, and social gatherings that blend bird conservation, art, and music. Join us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606183382405-8WDL52PUWW7F96VV0EM1/Black-necked+Stilt+2.jpg Home - Can you help us? 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Sky Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1606616917496-UXEGLNX42AEXU1B00PNE/Great_Blue_Heron_Hoeksema.jpg Initiatives - Sky Lake Great Blue Heron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1631210906547-JCWWURZ8936JISX7LN2R/Jaketown_Mounds_sign.jpg Initiatives - Sky Lake The Jaketown Mounds site is located near the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve. To visit, drive north from Belzoni on Hwy 7 for 3.7 miles, and look for the pulloff on the left (west) side of the highway. 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If you are in the area, you really must visit the ancient trees at the Sky Lake WMA Boardwalk. Make sure to call 662.335.2422 to confirm that the boardwalk is open before visiting, as it is sometimes closed for maintenance or due to flooding. The Sky Lake WMA Boardwalk has a very nice parking area, with restrooms available, and a covered picnic area. There is a 0.4-mile boardwalk to see the spectacular ancient trees, as well as a marked kayak/canoe trail (best from mid-winter through spring). For more information about the Sky Lake WMA Boardwalk, visit here and here, and read this article. The Sky Lake WMA Boardwalk is located at 1090 Simmons Rd., Belzoni, MS 39038, and can be found on mapping apps (Google Maps link). If you choose to visit the Sky Lake WMA Boardwalk first, and then want to drive around Sky Lake to reach the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve, exit the Boardwalk parking area and turn left to travel east on Simmons Rd about 0.75 miles, turn left and drive 0.2 miles, then turn right and travel 0.75 miles to Hwy 7 and turn right (south). Travel south several miles on Hwy 7, do NOT turn right on Smith Rd (even if your GPS tells you to), but rather continue just past the Jaketown Mound Site (or stop and check it out!), and turn right (west) on Fishco Rd. (not currently marked). Continue 1.3 miles, turn right on Old US Hwy 49W, and drive 0.9 miles to “Point A.” See Directions and map above to reach the DWB Sky Lake Nature Reserve from Point A by driving north on Sky Lake Rd (unmarked) approximately 2.3 miles. https://www.deltawindbirds.org/initiatives/habitat-working-lands monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607695094806-WV6BLBCD6SWZYWILCAW3/Phalarope+3.jpg Initiatives - Habitat on Working Lands - Bird habitat on farms Excellent temporary wetland habitat for migratory water birds can be made on working lands, e.g. by flooding a corn field in fall after harvest. This Wilson’s Phalarope was among the 1000’s of shorebirds and waterfowl that stopped at our habitat site on a farm near Indianola, MS, during its southward migration to South America, in fall 2020. Click here to read an article about this work in Living Bird magazine, from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb9587eace09132f481c3d1/1607695578302-57AQUUEF0YKNEQAHDI9N/Jason+H.jpg Initiatives - Habitat on Working Lands - Benefits beyond birds Our research on working farms in the Sunflower River Basin of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (or Delta) shows that creation of temporary wetlands on crop fields in fall after harvest not only benefits birds, but conserves soil, keeps excess nitrogen out of our streams and rivers, and may improve subsequent crop yield. 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