The Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) population has declined 69% since 1970. In 2018, we characterized the wintering habitat of whip-poor-wills by placing GPS data loggers on 21 males in Massachusetts and recaptured 12 in summer 2019. GPS tags collected both migration and wintering locations. We compared habitat in actual locations versus random locations by quantifying land cover from aerial photos at three spatial scales: the territory, 2 km, and 5-km scales. Habitat differences were apparent, with less agriculture and more forest in actual than random locations at the 2 km scale. As ecological information is lacking for this species, results from this study will support the development of full annual-cycle conservation efforts.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Driscoll, Joshua M.
• Ross, Allison Elizabeth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121219-124547

Advisor

• Bakermans, Marja

Year

• 2019

Sponsor

• MassWildlife

Date created

• 2019-12-12

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2021-04-13