Avian Monitoring at Meadow Restoration Sites Helen Loffland, Rodney Siegel, Bob Wilkerson The Institute for Bird Populations
Feb 23, 2016
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
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
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
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
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