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Understanding Bird Migration: Strategies and Challenges for Educators

Discover the intricacies of bird migration with these comprehensive teaching slides from the BirdSleuth K-12 team, designed to engage students in the fascinating world of avian movement. These resources explain migration concepts, including breeding and non-breeding grounds, diverse strategies among species, and the pros and cons of migration. While you can edit the slides for your classroom needs, please refrain from distributing them. For additional resources, visit the BirdSleuth website. Join us on our social networks for more educational content!

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Understanding Bird Migration: Strategies and Challenges for Educators

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  1. Educators… • These teaching slides were created by the BirdSleuth K-12 team. We welcome you to share these slides with your students! You may edit this file, but please do not distribute this file (neither original or edited versions). • Other resources pertaining to this content can be found at: www.birdsleuth.org/webinar-series/migration. • Need help or have questions? Please contact BirdSleuth at birdsleuth@cornell.edu or consult the BirdSleuth website at www.birdsleuth.org. Join BirdSleuth on our social networks at: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BirdSleuth/40097433976 • Twitter: https://twitter.com/BirdSleuth • Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/birdsleuth/boards/ • Version 2.0 July 17,2014

  2. What is migration? • Migration is the large-scale annual movement of all or some of a population between breeding (summer) and non-breeding (wintering) grounds

  3. American Robin Red-winged Blackbird Yellow Warbler House Wren Killdeer American Goldfinch Cedar Waxwing

  4. Are American Robins truly harbingers of spring?

  5. Diverse Strategies • Residents • Temperate • Tropical • Migrants • Partial Migrants Short-distance Medium-distance Long-distance

  6. Partial Migrants • In some species, some populations migrate while others don’t • Can depend on: • Food availability • Location

  7. Red-winged Blackbird

  8. Do all bird species migrate? No, some species don’t migrate at all Yeah, we don’t either! Not us Chickadees!

  9. Downy Woodpecker

  10. Yellow Warbler Long-distance Migrants

  11. Migration Pros and Cons Migration sounds scary! I’ll stay here. Winter’s a drag. I’m heading to find some insects! • Pros: • Escape the harsh winter • Better chances of finding food during the winter • Cons: • Migration is dangerous • Resident birds get first pick of nest sites

  12. Why do any birds migrate? • Natural selection favors traits that help an organism survive and reproduce. • There’s more than one way to success. • Different birds have different strategies. reproduction survival

  13. They need food! • Winter: Food is scarce in much of North America, and abundant in the tropics • Summer: A bountiful feast of insects in North America—especially important for feeding young

  14. Stay or Go?

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