Program Meeting: The spatiotemporal dynamics of nocturnal bird migration across Colombia

Migratory birds that travel between temperate and tropical latitudes must contend with a range of climates that aid and impede their journeys, but most of what we know about bird migration is biased towards the global north. Join ornithologist Jacob Drucker to hear about his research on how birds navigate the skies and landscapes of Colombia using weather radars and acoustic monitoring and learn what familiar Carolinian species are up to on their way back to North America.

Jacob Drucker is a PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History where he studies how birds interact with tropical climates over ecological and evolutionary time. He uses remote sensing to study migratory flyways through Colombia, and behavioral and molecular data to study the ecological plasticity of birds in the tropical Andes. He has worked on a plethora of research and conservation projects across the Americas…