A selection of key stopover papers
These papers were selected from among the Huge Stopover Bibliography to include studies of each of the bird groups (landbirds, shorebirds, and waterfowl) that (1) may be generally applicable throughout the Great Lakes region, and (2) that have been done in different parts of the Great Lakes basin. Many other papers cited in the bibliography complement the papers noted below, including detailed site-specific information that will be useful for implementing on the ground conservation strategies. Hover over the title to get a brief description of the article.
- Bonter, D.N., S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr., and T.M. Donovan. 2009. Characteristics of important stopover locations for migrating birds: Remote sensing with radar in the Great Lakes basin. Conservation Biology 23:440-448.
- Buler, J.J. and D.K. Dawson. 2014. Radar analysis of fall migration stopover sites in the northeastern U.S. The Condor Ornithological Applications 116:357-370.
- Diehl, R.H., R.P. Larkin, and J.E. Black. 2003. Radar observations of bird migration over the Great Lakes. The Auk 120:278-290.
- Dunn, E.H. 2000. Temporal and spatial patterns of mass gain of Magnolia Warblers during migration. The Auk 117:12-21.
- Ewert, D.N., G.J. Soulliere, R.D. Macleod, M.C. Shieldcastle, P.G. Rodewald, E. Fujimura, J. Shieldcastle, and R.J. Gates. 2006. Migratory bird stopover site attributes in the western Lake Erie basin. Final report, George Gund Foundation.
- Ewert, D.N., M.J. Hamas, R.J. Smith, M.E. Dallman, and S.W. Jorgensen. 2011. Distribution of migratory landbirds along the northern Lake Huron shoreline. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:536-547.
- Faaborg, J., R.T. Holmes, A.D. Anders, K.L. Bildstein, K.M. Dugger, S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr., P. Heglund, K.A. Hobson, A. E. Jahn, D.H. Johnson, S.C. Latta, D.J. Levey, P.P. Marra, C.L. Merkford, E. Nol, S.I. Rothstein, T.W. Sherry, T.S. Sillett, F.R. Thompson III, and N. Warnock. 2010. Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough? Ecological Applications 20:398-418.
- France, K.E., M. Burger, M.D. Schlesinger, K.A. Perkins, M. MacNeil, D. Klein and D.N. Ewert. 2012. Final report for Lake Ontario Migratory Bird Stopover Project. Prepared by The Nature Conservancy for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Grant C303907 from the New York Great Lakes Protection Fund). Available from www.nature.org/nybirds.
- Lott, K.D., M. Seymour, and B. Russell. 2011. Mapping pelagic bird distribution and abundance as a decision-making tool for offshore wind turbine development and conservation planning. Available from: hyperlink
- Petit, D.R. 2000. Habitat use by landbirds during Nearctic-Neotropical migration routes: implications for conservation of stopover habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 20: 15-33.
- Potter, B.A., R.J. Gates, G.J. Soulliere, R.P. Russell, D.A. Granfors, and D.N. Ewert. 2007. Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Joint Venture Shorebird Habitat Conservation Strategy. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, MN. 101 pp.
- Soulliere, G.J., B.A. Potter, J.M. Coluccy, R.C. Gatti, C.L. Roy, D.R. Luukkonen, P.W. Brown, and M.W. Eicholz. 2007. Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, USA.
Huge stopover bibliography
Download stopover bibliography here.
This bibliography lists more than 1,200 scientific papers on stopover sites for songbirds, waterfowl, and shorebirds. Papers referencing related topics, such as connectivity between wintering and breeding areas of various species, are also included. Search the titles for particular topics or geographic regions of interest. The bibliography will be updated periodically.
Additional Resources
These span species-specific biology, general info on bird migration, conservation issues and topics that overlap with bird conservation, and spatial data that you might want to use in conjunction with the data available on our Map page. Please use this additional information to contextualize and help interpret our stopover habitat model (see Downloads page for our report, metadata, etc) and the maps.
If we’ve missed something on this list, please feel free to
Regional partners in migratory bird conservation and research (arranged by state):
- (ON, rest of Canada) Bird Studies Canada http://www.bsc-eoc.org/
- (IL, IN, WI, MI) Chicago Migratory Bird Alliance http://www.habitatproject.org/CMBA/
- (IL, IN, WI, MI) Chicago Wilderness http://www.chicagowilderness.org
- (IL, IN) Bird Conservation Network http://bcnbirds.org/
- (IL) Illinois Audubon Society http://www.illinoisaudubon.org/
- (IL) Audubon Chicago Region http://chicagoregion.audubon.org/
- (IN) Indiana Audubon Society http://www.indianaaudubon.org/
- (MI & Ontario) Detroit International Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/refuge/detroit_river/
- (MI) Detroit Audubon Society http://www.detroitaudubon.org
- (MI) Michigan Audubon Society http://www.michiganaudubon.org/
- (MI) Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative http://www.mibci.org/
- (MI) Rouge River Bird Observatory http://www.rrbo.org/
- (MI) Whitefish Point Bird Observatory http://www.wpbo.org/
- (MN) Audubon Minnesota http://mn.audubon.org
- (MN) Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory http://www.hawkridge.org
- (NY) Audubon New York http://ny.audubon.org/
- (NY) Braddock Bay Bird Observatory http://braddockbaybirdobservatory.wordpress.com/
- (NY) Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/refuge/montezuma/
- (NY) Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge http://www.fws.gov/northeast/iroquois/
- (OH) Audubon Ohio http://oh.audubon.org/
- (OH) Black Swamp Bird Observatory http://www.bsbobird.org/
- (OH) Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative http://www.obcinet.org
- (OH) Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/ottawa
- (WI) Cedar Grove Ornithological Station http://www.freewebs.com/bandingbirdsof prey/thecedargrovestory.htm
- (WI) Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory http://www.wglbbo.org/about-us
- (WI) Wisconsin Audubon Council http://wisconsinaudubon.org/
- (WI) Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/
- (WI) Wisconsin Stopover Initiative: http://www.wisconsinbirds.org
- Midwest Avian Data Center: http://data.prbo.org/partners/mwadc
National-scale information and data on bird migration
- Avian Knowledge Network: http://www.avianknowledge.net
- BirdCast-real time predictions of bird migration: http://www.birdcast.org
- Explore eBird data: Explore eBird Data: http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=Start
- Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas: http://www.klamathbird.org/lamna/
- National Phenology Network: http://www.usanpn.org/
- Radar Ornithology: Introduction—info on use, interpretation, & application of NEXRAD to bird migration: http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/COMMENT.HTM
Collaborative efforts to protect birds (regional, national, international)
- Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership: http://midwestbirdmonitoring.ning.com/
- Joint Ventures:
- Atlantic Coast Joint Venture (covers NY Great Lakes shorelines) http://www.acjv.org/
- Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture http://www.uppermissgreatlakesjv.org/
- Partners in Flight: http://www.partnersinflight.org
Bird life histories and biology
- Birds of North America series (subscription): http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna
- Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology All About Birds: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
- Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MigratoryBirds/default.cfm
National/International organizations that focus on protecting birds (for local Great Lakes branches see Regional Partners section)
- American Bird Conservancy: http://www.abcbirds.org/
- National Audubon Society: http://www.audubon.org/
- BirdLife International: http://www.birdlife.org/
- Ducks Unlimited: http://www.ducks.org/
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Data Center: https://migbirdapps.fws.gov/
Wind Energy (national, regional, state)
- American Wind Wildlife Institute’s Wind and Wildlife Landscape Assessment Tool: http://wind.tnc.org/awwi/#
- Great Lakes Wind Atlas from the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative: http://erie.glin.net/wind/
- TNC’s Voluntary Guidelines for Great Lakes Wind Energy: http://conserveonline.org/library/wind-energy-great-lakes-regional-guidelines/view.html
- Biodiversity and Wind Energy Siting in New York: http://www.ebd.mapny.info/
- OH DNR Wind Energy and Wildlife Page:
- OH DNR Offshore Wind Energy: http://www.ohiodnr.com/LakeErie/WindEnergyRules/tabid/21234/Default.aspx
- Ohio IBA sites: http://oh.audubon.org/bsc/ibas.html
Broad natural resource plans and other spatial data you may find useful:
- Biodiversity Blueprints for each of the following lakes (Michigan, Huron, Erie & Ontario): http://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/michigan/projects/biodiversity/Pages/default.aspx
- Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping: http://www.greatlakesmapping.org/
- Huron-Erie Corridor (covers the St.Clair & Detroit Rivers from the south end of Lake Huron to the western basin of Lake Erie): http://huron-erie.org/
- Lakewide Management Plans (LaMPs), and the Lake Huron Bi-national Partnership (click on the lakes or the lake names): http://epa.gov/glnpo/
- USGS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative GeoNetwork: https://cida.usgs.gov/glri/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home (includes Phragmites distribution maps)
New York:
- Biodiversity and Wind Energy Siting in New York: http://www.ebd.mapny.info/
- Citizen science study and maps of migratory stopover habitat along Lake Ontario in NY: http://www.nature.org/nybirds
Ohio:
- Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP): http://gistest1.oit.ohio.gov/geodatadownload/osip.aspx (for LiDAR data relevant to shorebird/waterfowl habitat restoration design)
- Ohio Coastal Atlas Project: https://www.dnr.state.oh.us/OhioCoastalAtlasProject/tabid/23320/Default.aspx
- Audubon Important Bird Areas: http://web4.audubon.org/bird/iba/
- Ducks Unlimited Migration Map: http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap?poe=hometxtNLDC
- Great Lakes bathymetry data: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html