Objectives
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Avian Monitoring at Meadow Restoration SitesHelen Loffland, Rodney Siegel, Bob Wilkerson
The Institute for Bird Populations
Objectives• Develop and implement
a monitoring protocol for bird species at meadow restoration sites.
• Identify focal species to guide restoration activities and assess their results
Bird Monitoring Protocol• BACI Design• 2 visits between May
25 and July 15• Point counts with 250
m spacing• Area search• Habitat
characterization
Meadow Focal Species• Virginia Rail • Sora• Sandhill Crane• Spotted Sandpiper• Wilson’s Snipe• Red-breasted
Sapsucker• Willow Flycatcher• Warbling Vireo• Swainson’s Thrush• Yellow Warbler• MacGillivray’s Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat• Wilson’s Warbler• Yellow-breasted Chat• Song Sparrow• Lincoln’s Sparrow• White-crowned Sparrow• Brown-headed Cowbird
George Jameson
Monitoring to Inform and Assess
• Hope Valley• Ackerson Meadow
• Perazzo Middle Meadow
Upper Hope Valley
00.20.40.60.8
11.21.41.61.8
2
UpperHopeValley
LowerHopeValley
Red LakeCreek
FaithValley
Spotted SandpiperWilson's SnipeRed-breasted SapsuckerWarbling VireoYellow WarblerMacGillivray's WarblerWilson's WarblerSong SparrowLincoln's SparrowWhite-crowned SparrowBrown-headed Cowbird
Hope Valley – Index of Abundance
Hope Valley – Point Count Stations
Ackerson meadow
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0.5
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AckersonMeadow
AckersonSouth
Road 1S25Meadow
Willow Flycatcher
Red-breastedSapsuckerWarbling Vireo
Yellow Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Ackerson Meadow – Index of Abundance
Ackerson Meadow –Point Count Stations
Ackerson Recommendations
Perazzo Middle Meadow
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0.5
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1.5
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PerazzoMiddle
Mdw 2010
PerazzoMiddle
Mdw 2012
LittleTruckee
Stampede2010
LittleTruckee
Stampede2012
Red-breastedSapsuckerWillow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Yellow Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Meadow & Willow Nesting Birds – Index of Abundance
Waterfowl & Wetland Birds – Index of Abundance
What Next?
http://www.birdpop.org/Sierra/sierra_meadows.htm
Acknowledgments
• NFWF• American Rivers• Sierra Nevada
Conservancy• Forest Service• National Park Service• Calif. Dept. Fish & Wildlife• Pitt Resource
Conservation District• 2010 & 2012 Field Crews
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