Congratulations to former PhD student, John Herbert, who published an article from his dissertation work in the Journal of Animal Ecology about spring stopover ecology of semipalmated sandpipers along the Louisiana coast. During spring migration, we used nanotags on semipalmated sandpipers and the Motus network to investigate how habitat quality affected migratory behavior. Our findings emphasized the importance of high-quality wetlands on the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, which is under continued threats from sea level rise and hurricanes. Please check out the paper, Migration tactics and connectivity of a Nearctic‐Neotropical migratory shorebird. John Herbert, David Mizrahi, & Caz Taylor
