Click on a yellow site to view a summary table of all the birds captured at that site.

Since 1987, we have studied migration at several of the barrier islands along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico (along with three coastal sites). Most of this research has been done through banding efforts during spring migration. Barrier islands, in general, are important spring stopover sites for Nearctic-Neotropical migrants because they provide the first place to rest and replenish fat stores following trans-Gulf flight. Horn Island and East Ship Island, two barrier islands off the coast of Mississippi have served as the main two sites for spring work. Other fall migration work has been done on East Ship Island in the past. The only currently active sites are the Fort Morgan Peninsula site where we have been studying fall migration since 1990, and the Bay St. Louis site where we have been studying spring migration since 2003.

 

 

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