Data from: A bridge between oceans: Overland migration of marine birds in a wind energy corridor ...

• Main Authors: Lamb, Juliet S., Newstead, David J., Koczur, Lianne M., Ballard, Bart M., Green, M. Clay, Jodice, Patrick G.R., Jodice, Patrick G. R.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2017
• Subjects: Pelecanus occidentalis; Egretta rufescens; Migratory Connectivity; Pacific; Calidris canutus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1m12h; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.1m12h

Located at the shortest overland route between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, Mexico's Tehuantepec Isthmus is a globally important migratory corridor for many terrestrial bird species. The Pacific coast of the Isthmus also contains a significant wetland complex that supports large multi-species aggregations of non-breeding waterbirds during the boreal winter. In recent years, extensive wind energy development has occurred in the plains bordering these wetlands, directly along the migratory flyway. Using recent studies of movement patterns of three marine-associated bird species—reddish egrets (Egretta rufescens), brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis), and red knots (Calidris canutus)—from the northern Gulf of Mexico, we assess the use of the isthmus as a migratory corridor. Our data provide evidence that marine birds from the Gulf region regularly overwinter along the Pacific coast of Mexico and use the isthmus as a migratory corridor, creating the potential for interaction with terrestrial wind ... : Pelican migration routesLocations and dates of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) migrations through the Tehuantepec Isthmus determined from bird-borne GPS tracking.brpe_isthmus.csvEgret migration routesLocations and dates of Reddish egret (Egretta rufescens) migration through the Tehuantepec Isthmus determined from bird-borne GPS loggers.REEG_MigrationRoutes.xlsx ...