Forty years of data on furthest-migrating warbler reveals new insights

Tiny Blackpoll Warblers have the longest migratory route of any New World warbler, making a nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean each fall from New England to northern South America each year, but a study forthcoming in The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows that individuals that breed in western North America migrate east first to fatten up before migrating across the water. Pulling together data on more than 22,000 individual birds from 13 different sites in the U.S. and Canada, the study's authors have provided new insights about one of the most impressive bird migrations in the Americas.

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