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John J. Borg
Senior Curator Natural History Section
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Migration
- rigins and evidence
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John J. Borg Senior Curator Natural History Section REMASI Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
John J. Borg Senior Curator Natural History Section REMASI Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
John J. Borg Senior Curator Natural History Section REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012 Migration origins and evidence REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012 The Pleistocene REMASI Meeting Bivona 28.04.2012 Migratory Species REMASI Meeting Bivona
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The Pleistocene
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Migratory Species
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Quaternary deposits
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Archaeological Deposits
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Migrant birds and the circum-Sicilian Islands (incl. Malta)
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European Species and their migratory routes
Most birds avoid crossing
- pen water but island-
hopping is common in the Mediterranean where birds migrate over a “broad front” .
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REMASI & The Central Mediterranean Flyway
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- 1. Are there seasonal
variabilities in the use of small islands by migrating birds? If so...are these triggered by: FOOD? WEATHER? OTHER?
- 2. Establish common
protocols for the collation of data among partners.
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MIGRATION & RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Adverse weather and migratory birds
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Nocturnal vs Diurnal Migrants Food supplies in spring & autumn
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REMASI – THE ISLANDS
USTICA MARETTIMO
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The Sicilian Bird Ringing Stations
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Lampedusa Linosa
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The Maltese Archipelago The REMASI “stations”
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Bird Ringing Constant Effort Sites (CES)
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Ghadira NR Simar NR
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COMINO BIRD OBSERVATORY
Ringing Station
APRIL - MAY OCTOBER - NOVEMBER
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MIGRATION COMPILING & COMPARING DATA
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Small islands – a stepping stone for migrant birds
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500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 Stiaccino Canapino Maggiore Sterpazzola Pigliamosche Averla Capirossa 1965-1990 1991-2008
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Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallows ringed in 18 European countries and recovered in the Maltese
- Islands. Three ringed in Malta and
controlled in Africa (n = 134)
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Diurnal Migration - Raptors
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Estonia; 1 Finland; 5 Lithuania; 2 Czech Rep; 4 Latvia; 5 Hungar y; 1 Poland; 2 Italy; 2 Sweden; 16 Finland; 27 Germany; 1
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ADDENDA
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Pelagic Seabirds
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Movements
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Ringed on Marettimo
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REMASI
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