16 From Thin Section to Outcrop: Exploration of Undergraduate Research (Posters)

This session is designed to showcase undergraduate research across all disciplines. All submissions should be written by the student(s) and include a faculty co-author. Categories: Cross-Disciplinary, all topics welcome

Sunday, 22 March 2026
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CCC, Ballroom C

Trends of PA Migratory Bird Counts and Their Relationship to PA Temperature

Paper number: 16-29
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 1:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

Climate change has been a growing concern for the past couple of decades. One related issue yet to be fully explored is the impact of climate change on four migratory birds in Pennsylvania: Chimney Shift, Scarlet Tanger, Wood Thrush, and Bobolink. Using a 54-year archive (1966-2019) of bird count data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and climatological temperature data for central Pennsylvania, two relationships were explored: a) temporal trends in bird counts, and b) bird counts and Pennsylvania temperature. Results reveal mixed conclusions for both analyses. Some relationships exhibited statistically significant positive trends (at the 95% confidence level), others showed statistically significant negative trends, with the remaining relationships not statistically significant.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 58, No. 2

doi: 10.1130/abs/2026NE-411204

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