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Dr. Jeff Wells is the Senior Scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. During his time at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and as the Audubon Society's National Conservation Director, Dr. Wells earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. He is now dedicated to understanding and protecting the land where North America's birds are born and raised, the Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska. Check back regularly to read Dr. Wells' perspectives on the conservation, migration and interesting habits of Boreal birds. |
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Amazon Rainforest
Credit: Asociación de Capitanes Indígenas Yaigojé Apaporis
What we like to call the Boreal Forest’s ‘sister’, the Amazon, is an amazingly large and ecologically diverse region, and one where several boreal-breeding birds like the Blackpoll Warbler and the Solitary Sandpiper spend their winters. It’s also a member of the ‘family of five’ largest intact forest regions [...]
Common Loon
Credit: Jeff Wells
I glanced up while in our driveway in Gardiner Friday morning to see the black outstretched heads and sparkling white bellies of five high-flying Common Loons heading north as part of the immense wave of migrants that passed over the eastern U.S. Thursday night and in the early morning hours. Migration is at [...]
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