Predictive Ornithology

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Predictive Ornithology reflects the technological advance of both meteorology and ornithology (the study of birds). We've reached the point in our understanding of bird behavior and mesoscale meteorology where we can apply weather forecast techniques to predict bird migration and foraging flights. This field is in its infancy but already includes aspects of all of the fields described above.

Field Experiments | Selected Publications

Field Experiments

Selected Publications

• M. J. McGrady, G. S. Young, W. S. and Seegar, 2006: Migration of a Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus over water in the vicinity of a hurricane. Ringing and Migration, 23, 80-84.--- Abstract

• H. D. Shannon, G. S. Young, M. A. Yates, M. R. Fuller, and W. S. Seegar, 2002: Measurements of thermal updraft intensity over complex terrain using American white pelicans and a simple boundary-layer forecast model. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 104, 167-199. --- Abstract

• H. D. Shannon, G. S. Young, M. A. Yates, M. R. Fuller, and W. S. Seegar, 2002: American white pelican soaring flight times and altitudes relative to changes in thermal depth and intensity. Condor, 104, 679-683. --- Abstract
  

• Shannon, HD, G.S. Young, W.S. Seegar, S.L. Struithers, and V.B. Kuechle, 1999: Bird Altitude Radio Telemetry. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Biotelemetry, International Society on Biotelemetry, Juneau, AK, May 9-14, 1999.

• Shannon, HD, W.S. Seegar, G.S. Young, CJ Pennycuick, M.R. Fuller, M.A. Yates, B.J. Dayton, M.B. Henke, MA Bramer, T. Maechtle, and L. Schenck, 1998: Bird Flight Forecast and Information System. Preprints, 28th Meeting of Bird Strike Committee Canada, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, June 9-10, 1998.