We are excited to announce that we will be holding a symposium and a roundtable discussion/Working Group Meeting at the American Ornithological Society meeting in Estes Park, Colorado.
Full life cycle conservation of the western Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Jenna Stanek, Jenny Davis
Wednesday, 2 October, 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. in Aspen Glen
This symposium will discuss varying occupancy and habitat use, expanding research techniques, and the integration of biological and social science to identify potential causes of decline throughout the full annual life cycle of a neotropical migrant.
The objective of the symposium is to be a venue for Yellow-billed Cuckoo researchers to share their research and identify collaboration opportunities across the cuckoo’s full annual life cycle range. Presentations include a diversity of topics including modeling habitat occupancy and use, emerging research techniques, restoration, social science integration, and migratory connectivity. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a long-distance migratory bird species that is widely-distributed across North America during its breeding season. It has, however, experienced a steep population decline (>60%) over the last 35 years across its range. The decline of western populations has been particularly severe leading to the listing of the western population as federally threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2014.The Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo was included as one of Road to Recovery’s (R2R) pilot species working groups to apply and test the R2R framework for achieving sustainable bird population recovery by bringing together both biological and social sciences. The Working Group and its members have made great strides with advancing the knowledge base on the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo and are now working to identify the key factors and management actions needed to reverse population declines.
Roundtable Discussion/Working Group Meeting
Cathy Wise, Jenna Stanek
Wednesday, 2 October, 5:00 p.m. in Teddy’s Teeth
We invite you to join us to learn more about our activities and discuss future directions as we work to recover the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a long-distance migratory bird species that is widely-distributed across North America during its breeding season. It has, however, experienced a steep population decline (>60%) over the last 35 years across its range. The decline of western populations has been particularly severe leading to the listing of the western population as federally threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 2014. The Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Working Group was founded in 2008 with a primary goal of developing a conservation strategy for the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Since its founding, the Working Group and its members have made great strides with advancing scientific efforts, collaboration, and information transfer. The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Working Group was selected as one of Road to Recovery’s (R2R) pilot species for recovery. R2R reimagines migratory bird conservation by providing a systematic approach that brings together advances in the biological and social sciences to address the recovery of North American birds. The objective of the Working Group discussion will be to invite others to learn about what the Working Group has accomplished, the tasks that we have identified as important for cuckoo conservation, and opportunities for involvement. We will revisit topics from the symposium and discuss opportunities for collaboration across the full-annual range.