About the Authors

John P. McCarty

jmccarty@unomaha.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Joel G. Jorgensen

Affiliation Nongame Bird Program, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there are no financial or personal interests that could be construed to have influenced the paper. Wolfenbarger has no professional interests related to the paper. McCarty may be perceived as having professional interests related to the paper: He was a member of the U.S. EPA scientific advisory panel that recognized the need for data of the type presented here (report is cited in the paper). Jorgensen currently works for the state agency that is responsible for management of migratory birds including the one described here.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPM JGJ LLW. Performed the experiments: JPM JGJ. Analyzed the data: JPM LLW. Wrote the paper: JPM JGJ LLW.