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    Foreman’s Branch Bird Observatory

    我们是东岸唯一运作的主要候鸟绑带站 of Maryland. 位于切斯特敦东北3英里的上东岸, MD, we are in a rural area. 车站的栖息地包括休耕地、树篱、 早期演替灌木/灌丛,次生林,成熟林地和 open water and mud flats of Foreman’s Branch.

    What’s in a name?

    FBBO得名于当地流入切斯特河的一条支流. 福尔曼分支平行于带区流动,其源头位于附近 5 miles to the south. 它的水域为成千上万的候鸟和越冬提供了避难所 是鸭和鹅的重要中途停留栖息地,也是水鸟的繁殖地 area for Wood Ducks.

     

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    Banding Data

    自1998年成立以来,福尔曼分支鸟类天文台已经观测到300多只 of its birds subsequently encountered after their initial banding; as far north as Newfoundland and a far south as Ecuador! Encounters occur either through trapping 通过另一次绑带手术,或者最常见的是,从一根绑带中恢复一只活鸟 dead bird. 如果你碰巧发现一只鸟身上有带环,一定要报告给 Report Band at the link below. reportband.gov

    Recovery Maps, Banding Data, & Migration Timing  

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    Student Opportunities

    在FBBO,我们提供带薪实习,志愿者机会,奖学金 Center for Environment & Society, and an annual summer conference. 

    Student Opportunities

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    Research & Monitoring

    我们的主要研究集中在监测候鸟的季节性运动 每年在繁殖区和越冬区之间移动两次. By placing uniquely 鸟类身上的铝带编号我们可以监测种群水平并记录 migratory pathways. 我们亦透过我们的 banding efforts. 来自春季和秋季监测项目的数据已被用于 chart the timing of migration 许多鸣禽在马里兰州东海岸迁徙. Visit 有关我们的研究和监测项目的更多信息,请点击以下链接. 

     

    在长期志愿者比尔·斯奈德的带领下,FBBO已经给161只小鱼鹰戴上了绑带 1998. 鱼鹰通常在电线杆顶上的平台上筑巢 not far from water. 在初夏,我们监测鱼鹰平台的筑巢活动 并在6月和7月回来陪伴刚孵化的雏鸟.

    尽管给相对较少数量的鱼鹰戴上了绷带,但我们已经恢复了三次. 2002年7月,人们在距离特立尼达FBBO约2100英里的地方发现了一只被绑带的雏鸟 in November later that same year. Our second recovery was of a nestling banded in 是2008年7月在厄瓜多尔发现的. Ecuador is approximately 2,700 miles away from FBBO. Lastly, a nestling banded in June 2018 was found dead 2018年11月,在距离FBBO 2091英里的哥伦比亚萨哈贡.

    在河流和田野校园的鱼鹰手环为志愿者提供了一个很好的方式 interact with these icons of the Chesapeake Bay region. The data collected from banding 鱼鹰帮助我们确定它们在迁徙过程中会走多远,可能会去哪里 winter. 它也提供了一个机会来确定有多少幼鱼鹰孵化 eventually fledge from the nest platforms on the farm.

    奇诺农场的不同地区有100多个蓝知更鸟箱. The original 这些盒子的目的是监测农业副产品可能产生的影响 on cavity nesting birds. 虽然这方面的项目在几年前就结束了,但我们 still check the boxes during the breeding season.

    虽然盒子主要是为东部蓝鸟建造的,各种各样的鸟 使用它们——树燕、山雀、卡罗莱纳山雀、鹪鹩和大雁 Crested Flycatchers have all nested in the boxes. These boxes provide nest sites for 洞穴筑巢的鸟类经常被侵略性的非本地鸟类,如 as European Starlings and House Sparrows. The combination of box size specifications 频繁的监测可以让本地鸟类避开竞争对手.

    东部蓝鸟箱路线提供了一个研究繁殖物候的机会 比如筑巢、产卵、孵化和羽化的日期. In addition, maintaining 巢箱帮助为东部蓝知更鸟提供了筑巢的栖息地,这是一个曾经衰落的标志 of open habitats throughout the East. To find out more information about Bluebird boxes visit the North American Bluebird Society. 要查看巢盒使用的详细摘要,请查看 FBBO Annual Reports below.

    在2007年秋天,我们了解到北方锯磨猫头鹰的入侵预计在 eastern United States. 一般来说,入侵是物种的周期性运动 due to food supplies or habitat availability. In years with great breeding success, 有太多的锯鳐无法依靠北部和南部的资源生存 所以大量的猫头鹰向南迁徙,寻找有充足猎物的地方 to spend the winter. A little research led us to Project Owlnet这是一个专注于锯磨猫头鹰的北美猫头鹰爱好者网络. From this group 我们学习了用于监控锯磨迁移的协议.

    在10月下旬和11月的晚上,有少量的网在运行,我们玩 a standardized audio lure to attract owls. During Saw-whet Owl banding we have captured 东方尖声猫头鹰,我们听说过(但还没有抓到)横斑猫头鹰和大猫头鹰 Horned Owls in the woods. 猫头鹰的羽毛中含有一种叫卟啉的会发光的色素 in ultraviolet light. 这种色素会随着时间的推移而褪色,所以粉红色的亮度会减弱 可以用来老化羽毛和鸟,最粉红色的是最新的. The owl shown has a mix of young and old feathers.

    我们的北方锯磨带项目为整个大陆的研究提供了数据 owl migration and distribution. These data can be pooled to help monitor population trends across North America.

    你可以通过查看这个网站来追踪每年秋天被捆绑的锯磨猫头鹰的数量 recent banding data.

    -鸟类是否会传播蜱虫:我们从有蜱虫的鸟类身上收集蜱虫并发送 them to researchers at Old Dominion University.  They are identifying them to see 如果蜱虫通过迁徙的鸟类来扩大它们的活动范围.

    FBBO Publications

    Cabrera-Cruz, SA, RP Larkin, ME Gimpel, JG Gruber, JJ Buler. 2021. 地面向下的人造光会影响飞行吗 behavior of nocturnally migrating birds? Integrative and Comparative Biology 61, E106-E107.

    Small, D. M. and C. R. Long. 2019. Near Catastrophe to Recovery: A Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Success Story in Maryland. Maryland Birdlife 68: 23-37.

    Carr, J. Gimpel, M. E. and D. M. Small. 2019. Patterns of Provisioning in Known-Aged Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow): A Multi-Year Study. Northeastern Naturalist 26: 484-498.

    Brinkerhoff, R.J., L. Dang, H.M. Streby, and M.E. Gimpel. 2018. Life history characteristics of birds influence patterns of tick parasitism. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 9:1, 1547096, DOI: 10.1080/20008686.2018.1547096.

    Danner, J. E., D. M. Small, T. B. Ryder, B. Lohr, B. S. Masters, D. E. Gill, and R. C. Fleisher. 2018. 蝗虫种群中额外对父权的时间模式 Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) in Maryland. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(1): 40-51.

    Small, D. M. 2017. 冬季站点的保真度和越冬站点的持久性 Shrike, Lanius borealis, in Maryland. Maryland Birdlife 66(2): 9-19.

    Gimpel, M. E. and J. M. Carr.  2017. First known case of a passerine presumably returning a dead chick to the nest. Maryland Birdlife 66(2): 29-35. PDF.

    Soha, J., A. Nelson, D.A. Nelson, and B. Lohr. 2016. Non-salient geographic variation in birdsong in a species that learns by improvisation. Ethology 122: 343-353.

    Small, D. M., M. E. Gimpel and J. Gruber. 2015. Preformative molt in Indigo Buntings north of the wintering grounds.  North American Bird Bander 40(2): 67-69.

    Small, D. M., P. J. Blank and B. Lohr. 2015. Habitat use and movement patterns by 依赖和独立的幼年蚱蜢麻雀在羽化后的时期. Journal of Field Ornithology 86(1): 17-26. 

    Gimpel, M. E., D. M. Small and J. G. Gruber.  2014.  Winter site fidelity of six sparrow species in Maryland.  North American Bird Bander 39(2): 45-51.

    Florin, David A., R. J. Brinkerhoff, Holly Gaff, Ju Jiang, Richard G. Robbins, William 艾克梅尔,詹姆斯·巴特勒,大卫·尼尔森,切尔西·赖特,亚历克西斯·怀特, Maren E. Gimpel & Allen L. Richards. 2014. Additional U.S. collections of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (蜱螨目:伊蚊科),来自美国特拉华州,首次报道野外采集 来自马里兰州的成年标本,以及来自监测的关于这种蜱虫的数据 of migratory songbirds in Maryland. Systematic & Applied Acarology 19(3): 257–262. 

    Lohr, B., S. Ashby and S. M. Wakamiya.  2013.  The function of song types and song components in Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum).  Behaviour 150: 1085-1106.

    Anthony, T., D. E. Gill, D. M. Small, J. Parks, H. F. Sears. 2013. Post-fledging dispersal of Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) on a restored grassland in Maryland. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology: 125(2): 307-313.

    Small, D. M., M. E. Gimpel, J. G. Gruber.  2013.  Variation and Extent of Eccentric Pre-formative Wing Molt in Field Sparrows.  North American Bird Bander 38(2): 49-54.

    Small, D. M., M. E. Gimpel, D. E. Gill. 2012. Site Fidelity and Natal Philopatry in  Dickcissels. Northeastern Naturalist 19(1): 123-129

    Gimpel, M. E., D. M. Small, J. G. Gruber. 2010. Site Fidelity and a Longevity Record of Wintering Hermit Thrushes in Maryland. North American Bird Bander 35(2): 1-4

    Sherman, L. A. and K. R. Brye. 2009. Sequential Burning Effects on the Soil Chemistry 美国中大西洋沿岸平原草地恢复的研究. Ecological Restoration 27: 428-438.

    Small, D. M., M. E. Gimpel, J. Parks, J. B. Guerard, D. E. Gill. 2009. First Documented Cases of Polygyny in the Grasshopper Sparrow. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121(4): 822-825.

    Soha, J. A., B. Lohr, and D. E. Gill. 2009. Song Development in the Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum. Animal Behaviour 77(6): 1479-1489.

    Small, D., J. Parks, J. Gruber, D. E. Gill. 2009. Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) longevity Record. North American Bird Bander 33(4): 186-187. 

    Small, D. M., M. E. Gimpel, J. Gruber. 2007. Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Longevity Record. North American Bird Bander 32(2): 78.

    Gill, D. E., P. Blank, J. Parks, J. B. Guerard, B. Lohr, E. Schwartzman, J. G. Gruber, G. Dodge, C. A. Rewa, and H. F. Sears. 2006. Plants and Breeding Bird Response on 马里兰州的一个管理保护计划草原. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4): 944-956. 

    Sherman, L. A., K. R. Brye, D. E. Gill, K. A. Koenig. 2005. Soil Chemistry as Affected 沿海平原草地恢复的首次规定燃烧. Soil Science 170(11): 913-927. 

    Dunn, Erica & Kardynal, Kevin & Covino, Kristen & Morris, Sara & Holberton, Rebecca & Hobson, Keith. (2023). 羽毛同位素(δ 2h - f)和形态计量学揭示了种群特异性 黑尾莺的迁徙模式. Avian Conservation and Ecology. 18. 10.5751/ACE-02539-180216. 

    Trevelline, B. K.Sprockett, D.DeLuca, W. V.Andreadis, C. R.Moeller, A. H., & Tonra, C. M. (2023). 肠道微生物群的趋同重塑与宿主的能量状况有关 over long-distance migrationFunctional Ecology3728402854http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14430

    Covino, K. M., S. R. Morris, M. Shieldcastle, and P. D. Taylor. 2020. 黑尾莺在北美的春季迁徙. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15(1):17. 

     

    Baltimore Backyards. 2024. WMAR-2 News. Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory. Interview with M. Gimpel.  Part 1. Part 2

    WHCP MidShore Midday. 2023. Interview with M. Gimpel of Foreman's Branch Bird Observatory.

    Mandelbaum, Ryan F. 2022. Why Did the Siskin Cross the Continent? Audubon News. 

    Woolever, Lydia. 2020. Into Thin Air. Baltimore Magazine . May Issue. 

    Clarke, Wendy Mitman. 2018. Twenty Years Young. Washington College Magazine. Summer Issue.

    Clarke, Wendy Mitman. 2018. If you grow it, they will come.  Washington College Magazine. Summer Issue.

    Small, M. Daniel. 2017. 招聘:上岸的土地所有者帮助逆转北方 Bobwhite Population Declines. Chestertown and Easton Spy.

    Clarke, Wendy Mitman. 2017. College Studies Sparrows at Chino Farms.  Washington College web page. 

    Pickering Creek Views Newsletter.  2017.  Teachers investigate human impacts by land and sea.

    Parson, Will.  December 1, 2016.  恢复焦点:奇诺农场带回了山齿鹑. Chesapeake Bay Program.

    Smedinghoff, Joan, Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson和Will Parson. October 31, 2016.  恢复焦点:在农业和野生动物栖息地之间取得平衡. Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Bay News Blog.

    Smith, Stephanie & Will Parson.  May 31, 2016. The Early Banders Catch the Birds.  Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Bay News Blog.

    Heck, Peter. 2016. Rare Birds Visiting Kent. The Kent County News. January 28th.

    Scott, Jane. 2014. Bird Banding at Chino Farms.  The Queen Anne’s Chronicle. Vol 4, No. 5. 

    Clarke, Wendy Mitman.  2013.  A Bird in the Hand.  Washington College Magazine, Spring: 14-18.

    It’s A BioBlitz.  2013.  Washington College Magazine, Summer Issue: 11.

    恢复马里兰州东海岸的栖息地-采访道格拉斯·吉尔. BirdNote. Air date June 13, 2012.

    Understanding and Restoring Nature - With Douglas Gill. BirdNote. Air date June 11, 2012.

    恢复马里兰州东海岸的草原-采访Dr. Harry Sears. BirdNote. Air date June 7, 2011.

    Landskroener, M. C. Spring 2006. Saving our Grasses. Washington College Magazine. 

    Outdoors Maryland TV program, Episode 1705. February 2005. Documentary on Bird Ecology 在切斯特河野外研究中心,奇诺恢复草原的行为 Farms. F. Cevarich and F. Quang. D.E. Gill, H.F. Sears, and B. Lohr.

    U of MD Research Channel program. 2004. Documentary on Grasshopper Sparrow Research 奇诺农场切斯特河田野研究中心. D.E. Gill and B. Lohr.

    Outdoors Maryland TV Program, Episode 1608.  “Humming in the Garden”2004.

    Gimpel, M. E. and D. M. Small. 2013. 切斯特河野外研究站的鸟类绑带. Kent County Bird Club. Chestertown, MD.

    Small, D. M., P. J. Blank, B. Lohr. 2013. 孵化年蚱蜢羽化后的运动模式和栖息地利用 Sparrows. 马里兰州鸟类学会会议,Havre de Grace, MD.

    Small, D. M. 2013. 孵化年蚱蜢羽化后的运动模式和栖息地利用 Sparrows. 东部鸟类绑带协会会议,派克维尔,田纳西州

    Jung, K., M. Willard and B. Lohr.  2013.  蚱蜢麻雀的鸣声模式、组织和输出(Ammodramus savannarum). 威尔逊鸟类学会会议,威廉斯堡,弗吉尼亚州.

    Hussein, A., B. Lohr and B. Rolek. 2013.  极度濒危的佛罗里达蚱蜢的鸣叫特征 Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus).  威尔逊鸟类学会会议,威廉斯堡,弗吉尼亚州.

    Muellerklein, O., P. Vutukur and B. Lohr.  2013.  Territoriality and spatial dynamics in Grasshopper Sparrows; a mathmatical model.  威尔逊鸟类学会会议,威廉斯堡,弗吉尼亚州.

    Lohr, B.  2013.  蚱蜢麻雀鸣声成分的功能(Ammodramus savannarum). 威尔逊鸟类学会会议,威廉斯堡,弗吉尼亚州.

    Brinkerhoff, J.J., E.N. Lane, I. Wazir, M. Gimpel and H.M. Streby.  2013.  鸟类的生活史特征影响模式 of tick parasitism.  威尔逊鸟类学会会议,威廉斯堡,弗吉尼亚州.

    Small, D. M.  2012.  切斯特河野外研究站的原生草地恢复. Grassland Bird Symposium.  Virginia Working Landscapes, Front Royal VA.

    Laudick, L. and B. Lohr. 2009. 对蚱蜢麻雀筑巢发声的分析 savannarum). Department of Biological Sciences. Northern Kentucky University.

    Blank, P. J., J. R. Parks, G. P. Dively, and D. E. Gill. 2007. 夏末或秋末刈割杂草缓冲带减少了越冬鸟类 Habitat. Poster Presentation. Presented at: The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, The 野生动物学会马里兰州/特拉华州分会秋季会议,以及海洋-河口-环境会议 Sciences, University of Maryland, Annual Colloquium.

    Blank, P. J., G. Dively, J. Parks, and D. E. Gill. 2007. 马里兰州农田边缘草本过滤带的鸟类使用情况. National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration. Kansas City, KN.

    Gill, D. E., J. Parks, J. B. Guerard, E. Miles, H. F. Sears. 2007. 成功地将行作物田转化为野生动物丰富的草原 the Chester River Field Research Center, MD. 4th Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex.

    Blank, P. J. and D. E. Gill. 2006. 鸟类使用保护区加强计划(CREP)缓冲区边界 rowcrop fields in Maryland. 马里兰州自然资源部,马里兰州安纳波利斯.

    Wakamiya, S., S. Bruno, B. Lohr, and D. E. Gill. 2005. 东部蝗虫种群鸣叫的频谱和时间变化 sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum). Joint Meeting of the Association for Field Ornithology and Wilson Ornithological Society: Ithaca, NY.

    Blank, P. J. and D. E. Gill. 2005. 界定生境的范围及结构,以达致本地及区域的目标. 草原恢复工作坊:协助国家首都地区公园管理者. National Capitol Region Parks and Planning Commission. Manassas National Park, 23 March 2005.

    Gill, D. E. and P. J. Blank. 2005. 中大西洋地区草地恢复的实践. 草原恢复工作坊:协助国家首都地区公园管理者. National Capitol Region Parks and Planning Commission. Manassas National Park, 23 March 2005.

    Blank, P. A. and D. E. Gill. 2004. 大西洋中部农田周围保护缓冲区的价值为 birds. Abstract and poster. Wildlife Habitat Council 16th Annual Symposium. November. Wildlife Habitat Council, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

    Lohr, B., R. J. Dooling, and D. E. Gill. 2004. 蚱蜢麻雀鸣叫变化与环境听觉掩蔽 (Ammodramus savannarum). Acoustical Society of America: New York, NY.

    Lohr. B., R. J. Dooling, and D. E. Gill. 2003. 蚱蜢麻雀(Ammodramus)的声音竞争和歌曲制作 savannarum). 第一届动物声通信国际会议: College Park, MD.