Ecotasia's video: Why Birds Migrate and How to Protect Them ft some ZooTubers

There are few phenomena in the natural world as spectacular and visible to us as the annual migrations of birds, which has many implications for their biology and conservation. Around the world, the migration of birds across the continents each year covers thousands of miles and travel from backyards in north america, to the depths of south american jungle, or from the high arctic, to desert oases, to tropical beaches, all the way to the coasts of argentina or even New Zealand. Last year with the human ability to travel great distances nearly completely halted, while the birds still migrated through, I thought about how this phenomenon connects people over thousands of miles and across continents. With this in mind I brought together several wildlife content creators along migration routes to follow the birds on their incredible journeys, and discuss the incredible biological feats and unique conservation challenges these birds must face. The Bird Bros https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu15Qy88EcMI1gw06BleQ4Q outdoorswithsum https://www.youtube.com/c/outdoorswithsum BioBush https://www.youtube.com/c/BioBush Shelby On Safari https://www.youtube.com/c/ShelbyOnSafari The Wildlife Brothers https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWildlifeBrothers Animal Encounters https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrc-Pfkhsay2wbUr_6Gl3Kw and Footage from Buscando Fauna https://www.youtube.com/c/BuscandoFauna Sources Gill, F. B. (2007). Ornithology. W.H. Freeman and Company. Richter-Gravier, Raphael (2019). Manu narratives of Polynesia: a comparative study of birds in 300 traditional Polynesian stories (PDF) (Thesis). University of Otago. p. 118. S2CID 213586571. Retrieved 25 August 2020. Cocker, Mark; Mabey, Richard (2005). Birds Britannica. Chatto & Windus. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-7011-6907-7. Zoologische Sammlung der Universität Rostock (in German)article with picture of the Rostocker Pfeilstorch Audubon. (2019, June 25). Great salt lake. Great Salt Lake. https://www.audubon.org/conservation/project/great-salt-lake. MacArthur, R. H. (1958). Population ecology of some warblers of northeastern coniferous forests. Ecology, 39(4), 599–619. https://doi.org/10.2307/1931600 International Dark-Sky Association. (2020, September 14). What you should know about bird migration and light pollution. What You Should Know About Bird Migration and Light Pollution. https://www.darksky.org/what-you-should-know-about-bird-migration-and-light-pollution/. Krijgsveld, K. L., Akershoek, K., Schenk, F., Dijk, F., & Dirksen, S. (2009). Collision risk of birds with modern large wind turbines. Ardea, 97(3), 357–366. https://doi.org/10.5253/078.097.0311 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. (n.d.). Migratory bird treaty act. Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds. https://fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php. Bennett, R. E., Rodewald, A. D., & Rosenberg, K. V. (2019). Overlooked sexual segregation of habitats exposes female migratory landbirds to threats. Biological Conservation, 240, 108266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108266 DeLuca, W. V., Woodworth, B. K., Rimmer, C. C., Marra, P. P., Taylor, P. D., McFarland, K. P., Mackenzie, S. A., & Norris, D. R. (2015). Transoceanic migration by a 12 g songbird. Biology Letters, 11(4), 20141045. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.1045 Reneerkens, J., Schmidt, N. M., Gilg, O., Hansen, J., Hansen, L. H., Moreau, J., & Piersma, T. (2016). Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance. Ecology and Evolution, 6(20), 7375-7386. doi:10.1002/ece3.2361 Image Credits Turnagain Arm - Scenic - Accretion Disc Spring slowing coming to Eklutna Lake, Alaska - Alaskan Dude Limosa lapponica 2 - Taren Point.jpg - JJ Harrison SJT_9510 - simon tull bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) RSPB Titchwell Marsh Norfolk 04/03/17 - Mick Sway Bar-tailed Godwit (Juvenile) - Becky Matsubara Bar-Tailed Godwit - Seabird NZ Bar-tailed Godwit - Andrea Pokrzywinski Bar-Tailed Godwit-1 - Craig Cuthy Cuthbertson Bar-Tailed Godwits - Seabird NZ Bar-Tailed Godwit - chapmankj75 Bristle worms - Hermodice carunculata - prilfish Bar-Tailed Godwits banding - Seabird NZ 0:00 Shorebird Migration (ft. The Bird Bros) 3:22 Introduction 4:56 Why Migrate (ft. outdoorswithsum) 8:08 How Birds Prepare to Migrate' 11:33 How Birds Navigate (ft. BioBush) 13:08 Threats to Migratory Birds 16:14 History of Bird Conservation (ft. Shelby On Safari) 19:51 The Migratory Bird Act 21:41 Predation of Bird Nests (ft. The Wildlife Brothers) 23:16 The Return Flight 23:58 Life in the Wintering Range 25:01 Threats to Migrants in the Tropics (ft. Animal Encounters) 25:39 Conclusion and Conservation Messages I try to achieve the most well researched content I can, that said it is impossible to create content that is exhaustive on a given topic and therefore I implore you to investigate a given topic further.