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Volume 94, Issue 1January 2023

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Published on behalf of the Association of Field Ornithologists, Journal of Field Ornithology publishes original articles that emphasize the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats. Articles depicting general techniques, emphasizing conservation, describing life history, or assessing published studies or existing ideas are appropriate. The Journal is especially interested in field studies conducted in the tropics and those involving participation by nonprofessional ornithologists.

JFO welcomes original articles that emphasize the descriptive or experimental study of birds in their natural habitats. Articles describing techniques or methodological refinements must have relevance beyond a single species or study system. Contributions are encouraged from throughout the world but must be written in English. JFO is especially interested in studies conducted in the Neotropics and those involving participation by nonprofessional ornithologists.

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Effects of land use change on the functional diversity and composition of mixed species avian flocks in the high tropical Andes of southern Ecuador

Melissa G. Jernakoff, Jessie L. Knowlton, Bernarda Vásquez-Ávila, Carlos I. Espinosa, Boris A. Tinoco

Aberrant singing is associated with developmental stress and zero fitness in a male White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Melissa Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Margarida Barcelo-Serra, Zoé Delefortrie, Lindsay M. Forrette, Elaina Tuttle, Rusty Gonser

Dive characteristics of Common Loons wintering in the Gulf of Mexico and off the southern U.S. Atlantic coast

Kevin P. Kenow, Luke J. Fara, Steven C. Houdek, Brian R. Gray, Darryl J. Heard, Michael W. Meyer, Timothy J. Fox, Robert Kratt, Carrol L. Henderson

Quantification of physiological aging criteria utilizing window strike data

Emma M. Rhodes, Joel A. Borden, John McCreadie

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Conservation

12/2022

Discovery of the breeding colonies of a critically endangered and elusive seabird, the Mascarene Petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima)

Claire-Cécile Juhasz, Jérôme Dubos, Patrick Pinet, Yahaïa Soulaimana Mattoir, Patxi Souharce, Christophe Caumes, Martin Riethmuller, Fabien Jan, Matthieu Le Corre

09/2022

Migratory behavior and connectivity revealed in a secretive Neotropical migratory songbird, the Swainson’s Warbler

Alicia R. Brunner, Bryant C. Dossman, Vitek Jirinec, Katie L. Percy, Christopher M. Tonra, Erik I. Johnson, Peter P. Marra

03/2022

Demography and site fidelity of a grassland bird, the Henslow’s Sparrow, in powerline right-of-way habitat

Elizabeth A. Hunter, Abigail Dwire, Todd M. Schneider

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