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Nick BaylyResearcherThe end of the field season is now just days away. We have a ton of data to analyze with lots of exciting new discoveries not just about Cuckoo's but also about species like the Cerulean Warbler among others. We hope to get the first results up in late May / early June, so watch this space......May 10, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherWe reached our goal!! We want to thank each and everyone of our backers for believing in and supporting this project. Angela and Yuly send their special thanks from the field site, where they are busy banding Mourning Warblers and Empidonax flycatchers, as well as cuckoos.Apr 29, 20170
Chris Tessaglia-HymesBackerExcited to hear about your research and am looking forward to the results. I've actually been fascinated with the mystery behind the nocturnal migration of cuckoos in the Northeast US, so am curious to see what your results will show with respect to movements around their non-breeding grounds following dynamic prey abundance. Good luck!! Sincerely, Chris T-HApr 29, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherThank you Chris! We think as you have suggested that these responses to dynamic prey and changing/varying rainfall patterns are going to be pretty complex and we are really hoping that this study will continue into at least 2018, so we can begin to unravel the mystery.Apr 29, 20170
Guy FoulksBackerNick and crew! Deb and I are in. We see a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Deb's family farm in western Pennsylvania every summer. This is in woods next to Pearl Lake. Please name a cuckoo Pearl for us!Apr 23, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherGuy and Deb, thank you!! Pearl should get tagged this week, so I will let you know when "she" is away and fattening!Apr 23, 20170
Jane CapozzelliBackerthanks for this project! hope you make it!Apr 16, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherJane, thank you so much for your support. I have just got back from the field site and the team are doing a great job. The first 30 cuckoos have been banded and six are now carrying radio tags. There was also a huge wave of Willow and Alder Flycatchers this week, as well as good numbers of Mourning Warblers and Eastern Wood-pewees on the move.Apr 21, 20170
- Jane CapozzelliBackerWhooh!! They are on the move! I will keep an eye out for these guys in Iowa! I'm a master's student doing some counts in a grassland restoration site - we have some heavily wooded areas with ponds that host a few yellow-billed cuckoos - and some WIFLs on the savannah-like areas!Apr 21, 20170
- Jane CapozzelliBackerAh cuckoos are exceptional birds!Apr 04, 20171
Nikki TilmouthBackerGood luck Nick & fellow Drs!!Apr 02, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherThanks Nikki!Apr 02, 20170
Erik JohnsonBackerGood luck with the project! I would like to sponsor one of the nanotags - can you name the bird "Barbara Delia"?Mar 30, 20170- Nick BaylyResearcherThanks Eric! I am sending the certificate today and can't wait to see where Barbara gets detected.Apr 02, 20170
