The Migratory Shorebird Project is the largest coordinated survey ever of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas. It was initiated in 2011 and is a cooperative effort of conservation science organizations and agencies led by Point Blue Conservation Science. Our overall goal is to conserve shorebirds and wetlands from Alaska to Chile by connecting communities, standardizing data, and applying science across the Americas. Goals of the Project 1. Find out where shorebirds go in the non-breeding season (fall and winter), how many there are and how that changes through time. 2.Evaluate which factors (e.g. development, contaminants, climate change) are influencing shorebird populations the most. 3. Make science-based recommendations and take action to conserve and protect shorebirds and wetlands at the flyway to the site level, based on the information collected, compiled and analyzed from our shorebird population monitoring and research.
North America Mesoamerica South America. Canada, United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Goals of the Project 1. Find out where shorebirds go in the non-breeding season (fall and winter), how many there are and how that changes through time. 2.Evaluate which factors (e.g. development, contaminants, climate change) are influencing shorebird populations the most. 3. Make science-based recommendations and take action to conserve and protect shorebirds and wetlands at the flyway to the site level, based on the information collected, compiled and analyzed from our shorebird population monitoring and research.