PUBLICATIONS of KEVIN J. MCGOWAN

In Press

• Townsend, A. K., A. B. Clark, and K. J. McGowan. Injury and paternity loss in cooperatively breeding American Crows. Journal of Field Ornithology.

2010

• Miller A.D., A. K. Townsend, K. J. McGowan, A. B. Clark, A. L. Glaser, L. A. Patrican, E. Dobson, E. L. Buckles.  Non-West Nile virus associated mortality in a population of American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos):  a gross and histopathologic study. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 22: 289-295.
• Townsend, A. K., A. B. Clark, and K. J. McGowan. Direct benefits and genetic costs of extrapair paternity for female American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). American Naturalist 175:E1-E9. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/648553?prevSearch=%2528townsend%2Bcorvus%2529%2BAND%2B%255Bjournal%253A%2Ban%255D&searchHistoryKey=
• Townsend A. K., A. B. Clark, and K. J. McGowan. Condition, innate immunity and disease mortality of inbred crows. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 277: 2875-2883. Early cite online, 5 May. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/04/30/rspb.2010.0480.full
• Decarlo CH, Clark AB, McGowan KJ, Ziegler PE, Glaser AL, Szonyi B, Mohammed HO. Factors associated with the risk of West Nile Virus among crows in New York State. Zoonoses and Public Health 2010 Aug 12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01346.

2009
• Heiss, R. S., A. B. Clark, and K. J. McGowan. Growth and nutritional state of American crow nestlings vary between urban and rural habitats.  Ecological Applications 19:829-839.
• Townsend, A. K., A. B. Clark, K. J. McGowan, and I. J. Lovette. Reproductive partitioning and the assumptions of reproductive skew models in the cooperatively breeding American crow. Animal Behaviour 77:503-512.
• Townsend, A. K., A. B. Clark, K. J. McGowan, E. L. Buckles, A. D. Miller, and I. J. Lovette.  Disease-mediated inbreeding depression in a large, open population of cooperative crows. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 276:2057-2064. (published online before print March 4, 2009, doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1852) http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/276/1664/2057.full

2008

• McGowan, K. J., and B. Zuckerberg.  Summary of results.  Pp 15-42 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• K. J.  Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis.  Pp 378-379 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J.  Bue Jay, Cyanocitta cristatus.  Pp 380-381 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J.  American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos.  Pp 382-383 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J.  Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus.  Pp 384-385 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• K. J.  Common Raven, Corvus corax.  Pp 386-387 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J.  House Sparrow, Passer domesticus.  Pp 622-623 in The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (K. J. McGowan and K. Corwin, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J. Regional summaries of the 108th Christmas Bird Count: New York. American Birds 62: 57-59.
• Johnson, A. M., and K. McGowan. Slaty-backed Gull in Ithaca: a Tompkins County record. Cayuga Bird Club Newsletter, February: 1,9.
• McGowan, K. J. Christmas bird count breaks species record: Ithaca Christmas bird count 2008 results. Cayuga Bird Club Newsletter, February: 6-7.

2007

• K. J.  Regional summaries of the 107th Christmas Bird Count:  New York.  American Birds 61: 57-59.
• McGowan, K. J. In Memoriam: Kenneth Carroll Parkes. Living Bird 26(4): 6.
• McGowan, K. J. Digiscoping revisited. Living Bird 26(2): 24-31.
• McGowan, K. J. Ithaca Christmas Bird Count 2007.  Cayuga Bird Club Newsletter, February: 1, 8.
• McGowan, K. J. Field Trip Report: Niagara Falls, December 2: Rare Slaty-backed Gull found. Cayuga Bird Club Newsletter, January: 1, 7-8.
• McGowan, K. J. Digiscoping revisited. Living Bird 26(2): 24-31.

2006       

• McGowan, K. J.  Regional summaries of the 106th Christmas Bird Count:  New York.  American Birds 60: 58-61.
• Clark, A. B., D. J. Robinson, Jr., and K. J. McGowan.  Effects of West Nile virus mortality on social structure of an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) population in upstate New York.  In Current Topics in Avian Disease Research: understanding endemic and invasive diseases (R. K. Barraclough, ed.).  Ornithological Monographs 60: 65-78.
• Yorzinski, J. L., S. L. Vehrencamp, A. B. Clark, and K. J. McGowan.  The inflected alarm caw of the American Crow:  differences in acoustic structure among individuals and sexes. Condor 108: 518-529.

2005

• McGowan, K. J.  Regional summaries of the 105th Christmas Bird Count:  New York.  American Birds (2005): 58-60. [For a pdf copy, go here.]
• Russell, N., and K. J. McGowan.  Çatalhöyük bird bones.  Pp. 99-110 in Inhabiting Çatalhöyük: reports from the 1995-99 seasons (I. Hodder, ed.). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge , UK .

2004

• Hochachka, W. M., A. A. Dhondt, K. J. McGowan, and L. D. Kramer.  Impact of West Nile virus on American crows in the northeastern United States, and its relevance to existing monitoring programs. EcoHealth 1(1): 60-68.
• McGowan, K. J.  Introduction:  The world of birds. Pp 1.1-1.114 in Handbook of Bird Biology, 2nd edition (Podulka, S., R. W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., and R. Bonney, Eds.).  Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.
• McGowan, K. J.  Regional summaries of the 104th Christmas Bird Count:  New York.  American Birds (2004): 61-63. [For a pdf copy, go here.]
• McGowan, K. J., and R. G. Spahn.  A probable Couch’s Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Livingston Co., New York.  The Kingbird 54(1): 1-13. [Available here; with color photographs, which the original publication did not have.]

2003

• Chu, M., W. Stone, K. J. McGowan, A. A. Dhondt, W. M. Hochachka, and J. E. Therrien. West Nile file. Birdscope 17(1): 10-11. [For an on-line version, go here.]
• Lindquist, E. S., C. F. Aquadro, D. McClearn, and K. J. McGowan.  Field identification of the mice Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis and P. maniculatus gracilis in Central New York.  Canadian Field Naturalist 117: 184-189.
• McGowan, K. J.  Regional summaries of the 103rd Christmas Bird Count:  New York.  American Birds (2003): 59-62. [For a pdf copy, go here.]
• McGowan, K. J. Great Backyard Bird Count snapshots. Birdscope 17(2): 6. [For an on-line version, go here.]
• McGowan, K. J. Crows. Pp. 480-485 in Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds (C. Perrins, ed.). Firefly Books, London.
• McGowan, K. J. Squirreling crows. Pp. 486 in Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds (C. Perrins, ed.). Firefly Books, London.
• Russell, Nerissa & Kevin McGowan. 2003.  Dance of the cranes: crane symbolism at Çatalhöyük and beyond. Antiquity 77: 445-455. [Winner of the 2003 ANTIQUITY PRIZE. For a pdf version of this paper (6,800 kb), click here.]]
• Wells, A. C., and K. J. McGowan, eds.  Birder's Life List & Diary, third edition.  Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

2002

• McGowan, Kevin J., and Jay W. McGowan. 2002. Slaty-backed Gull at Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., 23 February 2002. The Kingbird 52: 212-216.  [For an on-line version, go here.]

2001

• Marzluff, J. M., K. J. McGowan, R. Donnelly, and R. L. Knight.  Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations. Pp. 331-363 in Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world (J. M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly, eds.).    Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA. [For a pdf version of this paper (1,236 kb), click here.]

• McGowan, K. J. Demographic and behavioral comparisons of suburban and rural American Crows.  Pp. 365-381 in Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world (J. M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly, eds.).   Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, MA. [For a pdf version of this paper (496 kb), click here.]

• McGowan, K. J. Crows and Jays, Family Corvidae. Pp. 408-415 in The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (C. Elphick; J. B. Dunning, Jr.; and D. A. Sibley, eds.). A. A. Knopf, New York.

•  McGowan, K. J. Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus). In The Birds of North America, No. 589 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

• McGowan, K. J. A tale of two field guides. Living Bird 20 (2): 8-16.  A review of the new Sibley and Kaufman field guides to birds of North America.

• McGowan, K. J. Snap judgments. Living Bird 20 (4): 40-44.  A description of "digiscoping" or taking digital photographs of birds through a spotting scope.

2000

• McGowan, K. J.   Introduction:  The world of birds. Pp 1.1-1.130 In The Laboratory of Ornithology Home Study Course in Ornithology, 2nd edition (R. Rohrbaugh and S. Podulka, Eds.).  Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca.

•  Russell, N., and K. J. McGowan.  Faunal remains:  Bird bones.  Çatalhöyük 2000 Archive Report. <http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/catal/Archive_rep00/content00.html>

1999

• Houston, C. S., and K. J. McGowan. The westward spread of the Barred Owl. Blue Jay 57(4):190-195. 
• McGowan, K. Dr. Language Person's guide to bird name pronunciations, Part 2. The Skimmer 26 (1): 2-3. (Newsletter of the San Diego Field Ornithologists)

1998

• McGowan, K. J. A demographic description of the co-operatively breeding American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos. In: Adams, N. J. & R. H. Slotow, (eds) Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, 16-22 August 1998. Ostrich 69 (3&4): 328. 
• McGowan, K. J. Pondering bird evolution: Review of "The rise of birds" by Sankar Chatterjee. American Paleontologist 6: 11-12. 
• McGowan, K. Dr. Language Person's guide to bird name pronunciations, Part 1. The Skimmer 25 (12): 2-3. (Newsletter of the San Diego Field Ornithologists)

1996

• McGowan, K. J. Family lives of the uncommon American Crow. Cornell Plantations 51 (1): 1-4.

1995

• Butcher, G., and K. J. McGowan. History of ornithology at Cornell University. Pp. 223-260 In "Contributions to the history of North American Ornithology," W. E. Davis, Jr., and J. A. Jackson, eds., Memoirs of the Nuttal Ornithological Club, No. 12, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• David, K., and K. McGowan. Aberrant Common Redpoll in Cortland County. The Kingbird 45: 15-16.
• McGowan, K. J. A test of whether economy or nutrition determines fecal sac ingestion in nesting corvids. The Condor 97: 50-56. [For a pdf version of this paper (544 kb) click here.  All Condor papers are available from the Cooper Ornithological Society.]

1994

• Hailman, J.P., K. J. McGowan, and G. E. Woolfenden. The role of helpers in sentinel behavior of the Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma c. coerulescens). Ethology 97: 119-140.
• McClearn, D., J. Kohler, K. J. McGowan, E. Cedeño, L. G. Carbone, and D. Miller Arboreal and terrestrial mammal trapping on Gigante Peninsula, Barro Colorado National Monument, Panama. Biotropica 26: 208-213. [For a pdf version of this paper (652 k), click here.]
• McGowan, K. J. and C. Caffrey. Does drugging crows for capture cause abnormally high mortality? Journal of Field Ornithology 65: 453-457. [For a pdf version of this paper (348 k), click here.]

1993

• McGowan, K. J. Big, black, and beautiful. The World & I 8(1): 248-253.
• McGowan, K. J. On being systematic. Living Bird 12(1): 34-39.

1991

• McGowan, K. J. (Review) Cooperative breeding in birds: long-term studies of ecology and behavior. Journal of Field Ornithology 62: 423-425. [For a pdf version (1,825 kb), click here.]
• McGowan, K. J., and M. C. Witmer. Natural history collections and wildlife rehabilitators: why they should know each other. Wildlife Rehabilitation 8: 237-247.
• Wells, J. V., and K. J. McGowan. Range expansion in Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus): the Ithaca, NY, colony as an example. The Kingbird 41: 73-82.

1990

• McGowan, K. J. Nesting Fish Crows adopt a fledgling Blue Jay. Journal of Field Ornithology 61: 171-173. [For a pdf version (205 kb), click here.]
• McGowan, K. J., and G. E. Woolfenden. Contributions to fledgling feeding in the Florida Scrub Jay. Journal of Animal Ecology 59: 691-707. [For a pdf version (1,685 kb), click here.]

1989

• McGowan, K. J., and G. E. Woolfenden. A sentinel system in the Florida Scrub Jay. Animal Behaviour 37: 1000-1006.
• Fitzpatrick, J. W., G. E. Woolfenden, and K. J. McGowan. Sources of variance in lifetime fitness of Florida Scrub Jays. Pp 876-891 in Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici (H. Ouellet, Ed.). University of Ottawa Press, Ottawa.

1988

• McGowan, K. J., and M. L. Dunham. Intense aggression by male Boat-tailed Grackles. Florida Field Naturalist 16: 74-75.

1987

• McGowan, K. J. Delicate balance--Florida Scrub Jay. Florida Wildlife 41: 33.
• McGowan, K. J. Social development in young Florida Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma c. coerulescens). Ph.D. dissertation, Tampa, University of South Florida.

1986

• McGowan, K. J., and G. E. Woolfenden. Aerial rain bathing by Common Nighthawks. Wilson Bulletin 98: 612-613. [For a pdf version of this paper (138 kb) click here.  All Wilson Bulletin papers are available from the Wilson Ornithological Society.]
• McGowan, K. J., and T. A. Bookhout. Small mammal populations on Ohio strip-mined lands reclaimed with herbaceous vegetation under old and new reclamation laws. Ohio Journal of Science 86: 29-32.
• McGowan, K. J. (Review) Voices of the New World jays, crows, and their allies. Family Corvidae. Florida Field Naturalist 14: 24-25.

1980

• McGowan, K. J. Populations of small mammals and their utilization of arthropods on Ohio strip-mined lands. M.S. thesis, Columbus, Ohio State University.

1974

• Bernstein, N., R. Harris, K. McGowan, G. Miller (compiler), G. Moses, and M. Schugar. Breeding bird census. No. 76. Dune grass-cottonwood beach. American Birds 28: 1023-102.
• Moses, G., R. Harris, N. Bernstein, G. Miller, and K. McGowan (compiler). Breeding bird census. No. 75. Dry juniper-cottonwood savannah. American Birds 28: 1023.
• Moses, G., R. Harris, M. Schugar, N. Bernstein, K. McGowan, and G. Miller (compiler). Breeding bird census. No. 145. Sedge-rush swale. American Birds 28: 1051-1052.
• Moses, G., R. Harris, M. Schugar, N. Bernstein, G. Miller, and K. McGowan (compiler). Breeding bird census. No. 74. Dry cottonwood sand dune. American Birds 28: 1022-1023.
• Schugar, M., N. Bernstein, G. Miller, and K. McGowan (compiler). Breeding bird census. No. 64. White pine-white cedar forest. American Birds 28: 1018-1019.

 

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