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

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11.21.41.61.8

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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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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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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