Following Whimbrels Across the Hemisphere

The Nature Conservancy's Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve Migratory Bird Program uses GPS transmitters to track Hudsonian Whimbrels on their remarkable annual migrations between South America and sub-Arctic and Arctic breeding grounds, revealing how thousands of these shorebirds refuel along Virginia's Eastern Shore before continuing thousands of miles north, demonstrating why stopover habitats are essential across their entire migratory network.