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Volume 94, Issue 4November 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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Molt and body measurements for Gray Hawks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Michael T. Stewart, Peter Pyle, William S. Clark

Homeward bound: annual breeding home range size and overlap in Broad-winged Hawks (Buteo platypterus) and the effects of sex, productivity, and ecoregion

Diego Gallego, Rebecca McCabe, Laurie Goodrich

Comparing and combining use of autonomous recording units and traditional counts to monitor Northern Bobwhite

Emma E. DeLeon, Michael W. Hook, Michael F. Small, Amy K. Tegeler

Brilliant bird brains: object recognition in Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)

Kristen M. Covino, F. Dylan Titmuss, Joseph E. Brosseau, Dora C. Donacik, Maddie E. Ellms, Allison E. Fisante, Olivia K. Maday, Alyssa R. Nowicki, Daphne Okuyama, Jessica M. Robinson, Katherine A. Schickfus, Eliza L. Stanley, Mary Elizabeth Everett

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Conservation

05/2023

Foraging preferences of the threatened coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) during the non-breeding season

Kevin B. Clark, Kimberly Ferree, Kylie Fischer, Stephen J. Myers

05/2023

Use of acoustic monitoring to estimate occupancy of the Antioquia Brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae), a critically endangered species, in San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia

Mauricio Díaz-Vallejo, Sergio Chaparro-Herrera, Andrea Lopera-Salazar, Michael Castaño-Díaz, Rodolfo Correa, Juan L. Parra

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

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