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  1. Bander's forum: sex reversal in wild birds: A response

    ln response to A. Marguerite Baumgartner's request for information on the phenomenon of sex reversals in wild birds "Sex Reversal in Banded Cardinal" (North American Bird Bander 11(1|:11, 19861 I would like to report a similar e_xperience and a plausible explanation offered by Dr. Kenneth Parkes of the Carnegie Museum, pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Author(s):
    Wayne Arendt
    Year:
    1987
    Keywords:
    Birds
    Source:
    North American Bird Bander

  2. Spring bird migration as a dispersal mechanism for the hemlock woolly adelgid

    In eastern North America, the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand), has expanded northward at a pace that exceeds predictions from mechanistic models, suggesting successful long-distance dispersal despite the only viable dispersive phase being a flightless nymph, or "crawler." We hypothesize that migrating birds may...

    Author(s):
    Nicholas J. Russo; Chris S. Elphick; Nathan P. Havill; Morgan W. Tingley
    Year:
    2019
    Keywords:
    Adelges tsugae, Biotic interactions, Phenology, Invasive species, Ectozoochory
    Source:
    Biological Invasions

  3. Bill deformity in a Pearly-eyed Thrasher from Montserrat, West Indies

    The causes of bill deformities in birds have been summarized in an excellent review by Pomeroy (Brit. Birds 55:49-72, 1962). Causes include genetic mutations, disease, accident, poor nutrition, and, in caged birds, an absence of bill-filing substrates (e.g., stones, coarse bark). In wild birds, however, bill deformities are most often associated with injury to the bill...

    Author(s):
    Wayne Arendt; Angela I. Arendt
    Year:
    1986
    Keywords:
    Birds, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Montserrat.
    Source:
    North American Bird Bander
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